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The Afro-American Transformation of European Set Dances and Dance Suites
Scholarly article that looks at the way that European set dances such as the quadrille became changed by African Americans. The article looks in detail at the quadrille tradition in the Caribbean… View itemWebsite
Haynes Family manuscript - Oregon
This manuscript of sixty-five dance tunes was handed down through several generations of the Haynes, Shuck, and Adams families who came West over the Oregon Trail from Ohio, Kentucky, Iowa and… View itemWebsite
Peter Beemer manuscript - Idaho
This is a collection of mid-19th century dance tunes from a remote Idaho location; as such, it is a useful record of the music being used for dances of the period. This website also contains… View itemWebsite
Washington Fiddlers Project Panel Discussion
This is an edited transcript of the panel discussion at the Festival of American Fiddle Tunesl, Port Townsend, Washington, July 2, 1986, as a part of the Washington Fiddlers Project, funded by the… View itemMoving Image
Lucky Strike cigarettes - commercial
Television commercial featuring animated cigarettes doing square dance figures, with caller's patter describing the cigarette's many virtues. View itemStill Image
Square Dance in advertisements
These magazine ads, mostly from the late 1940s and early 1950s, illustrate the widespread presence of square dance in American popular culture. Beech-Nut chewing gum Life April 21, 1952beer (beverage… View itemSound
Polly Wolly Doodle (clip) - Gene Gowing
This dance uses the familiar children's song as the basis for a singing square. It's unclear whether caller Gene Gowing is singing the song at the beginning; the quality of the voice… View itemStill Image
Glenn Pease - dance posters
Two posters advertising dances called by Orford, NH, caller Glenn Pease. (He did spell his name with "nn," despite one of the posters.) The Huntington Pavilion poster dates from 1946; that dance venue… View itemDocument
Women Callers - article
Article presumably written by Bob Osgood, describing the challenges and opportunities for women square dance callers View item
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