Browse Items (1926 total)
Sort by:
Document
Old Square Dances of America
In his Square Dances of West Texas booklet and elsewhere, Rickey Holden makes frequent references to Iowa as a source of western dancing: --- There are, not counting the Southern Mountain clogging of… View itemWebsite
Square Dance Resources - CDSS website
A rich, detailed, extensive collection of resources assembled by caller Nils Fredland and hosted on the website of Country Dance and Song Society. In some ways, the website mirrors this site in… View itemMoving Image
Nils Fredland - Bachelor Mill
This dance originated with George Waudby, of Tucson, Arizona, and was adopted by Jimmy Clossin of El Paso, Texas. It is described in more detail in Lee Owens, Advanced Square Dance Figures of the West… View itemMoving Image
Little Red Wagon - Nils Fredland
Recorded at the Greenfield, MA, Grange Hall on June 27, 2010. The event was sponsored by Country Dance and Song Society to celebrate the publication of "On the Beat with Ralph Sweet."… View itemMoving Image
Nils Fredland - Bouquet Waltz
Nils Fredland calls a traditional square dance figure to the tune of Kitchen Girl with music provided by Notorious (Larry Unger and Eden MacAdam Somer) and Old New England (Bob McQuillen, Jane… View itemStill Image
Dare To be Square 2011 - syllabus and audio
You've watched the videos – now for the rest of the story! CD-ROM of the Dare to be Square mega-event held November 18-20, 2011 at the John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC with callers… View itemDocument
Dancing Feet of Ontario
Article looking at square dance traditions in Ontario; includes anecdotes from several locations and a lengthy letter describing dances in Fergus, Ontario. View itemDocument
Come Square Dancing (Australia, 1953)
Note: The file is a large one. Depending on the speed of your internet connection it may take a while to load. For ease of viewing offline, you could also click on the download icon (next to the print… View itemMoving Image
Set carré - Drummondville, Quebec
Dance filmed by Normand Legault, filmed in the early 1980s in Durham-Sud (South Durham), south of Drummondville. Caller: Ernest Carson Fiddle: Mario Landry Mandolin: Dave Gallant Piano: Paul… View itemStill Image
Round Dance Positions 2
Round dancing, a form of couple dancing in which a cuer calls out the figures, is frequently a part of modern square dance clubs. In some locations, instead of round dances being incorporated into an… View itemDocument
"The Texas Cattle Country and Cowboy Square Dance" – Olcutt Sanders
This article, scholarly yet accessible, provides an excellent look at square dancing in west Texas in the late 1800s. He starts with a look at the conditions that set this region apart from… View itemDocument
Texas Square Dance - Family Tree
The author attempts to trace the various antecedents leading up to Texas square dancing in the 1940s. After the obligatory look at British sources, he notes: "The recent history of the square… View item
Sort by: