Square Dance Party handbooks
Creator: Bob Osgood, Sets in Order
These handbooks, published by Bob Osgood and Sets in Order, describe how to plan a square dance party. They offer a look at modern square dance culture in the years from the early 1950s through the mid-1960s.
• So You're Going To Give a Square Dance Party was prepared by Osgood in 1950 for Capitol Records.
• The Record Square Dance Party (1962) is a sixteen page booklet that also contains lots of advertisements.
• A Springboard to Planning Square Dance Party Fun (1965) is by far the most detailed booklet in this collection. It is an exceptionally detailed guide, covering such topics as Planning a Calendar of Events, Dances with a Theme, Decorations, Gimmicks with a Purpose, After Parties, and Leading Square Dance Party Fun.
Subjects: Modern square dance - general
Tags: MWSD, party, records
Tags: MWSD, party, records
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Bob Osgood, Sets in Order, “Square Dance Party handbooks,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, https://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/1081.
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These handbooks, published by Bob Osgood and Sets in Order, describe how to plan a square dance party. They offer a look at modern square dance culture in the years from the early 1950s through the mid-1960s.
• So You're Going To Give a Square Dance Party was prepared by Osgood in 1950 for Capitol Records.
• The Record Square Dance Party (1962) is a sixteen page booklet that also contains lots of advertisements.
• A Springboard to Planning Square Dance Party Fun (1965) is by far the most detailed booklet in this collection. It is an exceptionally detailed guide, covering such topics as Planning a Calendar of Events, Dances with a Theme, Decorations, Gimmicks with a Purpose, After Parties, and Leading Square Dance Party Fun.
• So You're Going To Give a Square Dance Party was prepared by Osgood in 1950 for Capitol Records.
• The Record Square Dance Party (1962) is a sixteen page booklet that also contains lots of advertisements.
• A Springboard to Planning Square Dance Party Fun (1965) is by far the most detailed booklet in this collection. It is an exceptionally detailed guide, covering such topics as Planning a Calendar of Events, Dances with a Theme, Decorations, Gimmicks with a Purpose, After Parties, and Leading Square Dance Party Fun.