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SDFNE 1960's Era Recordings
Jim Mayo undertook a project to use the Square Dance Foundation of New England's audio archives and locate representative samples of square dance calling from the time period when Modern Western… View itemSound
Chase the Rabbit - Ed Gilmore
Ed Gilmore, caller. Gilmore was from California, but demonstrates here his familiarity with traditional Southern Appalachian style patter. View itemSound
Lady Be Good - Ed Gilmore
Ed Gilmore, caller, taking the song by George and Ira Gershwin and turning it into a singing square. View itemMoving Image
Ends Turn In - Susan Kevra
Dance composed in 1952 by Ed Gilmore, a well-known square dance leader of the 1950s; Susan Kevra, caller; Becky Tracy, fiddle, and Keith Murphy, piano; recorded at Pinewoods Camp, Plymouth, MA, Family… View itemWebsite
Square Dances Without Calls
Square Dances Without Calls is a channel on the Internet Archive devoted to older recordings that were made for square dancing. The collection pays particular attention to records from the Southwest.… View itemStill Image
Ed Gilmore - albums
These album covers show two recordings by the influential California dance caller Ed Gilmore. In the first cover, Chip Hendrickson is on the left dancing with wife Elaine and Al Brundage on the right… View itemDocument
Ed Gilmore - Square Dance Callers Instruction Course - 1949
This is the text of the syllabus of Ed Gilmore's class. It contains plenty of philosophy, discussion of the caller's role, a detailed series of suggestions about how to teach basic figures… View itemSound
Ed Gilmore - Q&A, 1962 - part 1
This is a discussion with noted California caller Ed Gilmore, recorded October 21, 1962, at a meeting of the Tri-State Callers Association, an organization of professional MWSD callers from Maine, New… View itemSound
Ed Gilmore - Q&A, 1962 - part 2
This is a discussion with noted California caller Ed Gilmore, recorded October 21, 1962, at a meeting of the Tri-State Callers Association, an organization of professional MWSD callers from Maine, New… View itemSound
Ed Gilmore - Q&A, 1962 - part 3
This is a discussion with noted California caller Ed Gilmore, recorded October 21, 1962, at a meeting of the Tri-State Callers Association, an organization of professional MWSD callers from Maine, New… View itemSound
Ed Gilmore - Q&A, 1962 - part 4
This is a discussion with noted California caller Ed Gilmore, recorded October 21, 1962, at a meeting of the Tri-State Callers Association, an organization of professional MWSD callers from Maine, New… View itemMoving Image
Lazy H - Tony Parkes
Tony Parkes is calling Ed Gilmore's classic dance, the Lazy H. As the dance progresses, Tony adds variations so that instead of couples doing a right and left through around a standing line of four,… View item
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