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Marie Armstrong - patter
Patter tip called by Marie Armstrong, Kittery, Maine, October, 1960. There are some problems with the original tape, resulting in a 5-second gap at 1:48 and a 7-second gap at 2:50. Rather than edit… View itemSound
Mountain Dew (clip) - Marie Armstrong
Marie Armstrong, recorded live at the Downeast Western Square Dance Club in Kittery, Maine. Immediately before this, Marie called a patter tip.To hear the lyrics for Mountain Dew used in a different… View itemSound
Trail of the Lonesome Pine - Don & Marie Armstrong
Don and Marie Armstrong call Trail of the Lonesome Pine. Recorded live at the Downeast Western Square Dance Club in Kittery, Maine.A clip of Don's commercial recording of this dance can be found here,… View itemMoving Image
Mildred Buhler demonstration group
Contributor Paul Moore writes: "In the late 1940's through the early 50's there was a very popular caller in Northern California named Mildred Buhler. The film was Mildred calling to the demonstration… View itemMac McKenrick photos
Photograph of McKenrick advertisement for square dance instruction at his barn View itemSound
Swanee River (clip) - Mac McKendrick
McKendrick can also be heard on this site calling a singing square to the children's song, Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me. View itemSound
Red Warrick - Dip and Dive (clip)
The dip and dive figures appear in many variations in the square dance repertoire. One common singing square has the figures set to the tune Redwing, while other callers chant the figures to Little… View itemSound
Red Warrick - Heel and Toe (clip)
Texas caller Red Warrick, on a rare recording on the Dude label, with music by Till's Square Dance Band. (See related materials here.) The tune is Golden Slippers, but this recording provides an… View itemSound
Tulip Square (clip) - Jim Brooks
Square dance set to the popular tune, "When You Wore a Tulip (and I Wore a Big Red Rose"). View itemSound
Too Old To Cut the Mustard (clip) - Cal Golden
This is an excerpt; a complete recording can be found here. View itemSound
Barnacle Bill (clip) - Cal Golden
Cal Golden was a prominent modern caller; another audio clip on this website shows him at the giant 1950 Santa Monica square dance, being introduced by Lloyd Shaw. He was a caller with deep Arkansas… View item
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