Texas Star - Mike Rogers, Wien, Missouri, 1994
Creator: MIke Rogers (1994)
The caller is 92-year-old Mike Rogers, patter calling at a jam session and square dance held at Wien (Chariton County in north central Missouri) in 1994. There's close-up footage of Rogers starting at 2:15, 3:45 and 7:20. He changes the calls about halfway through, to two gents allemande followed by a doceydo figure. Fiddlers include Nile Wilson (traditional fiddler from Bucklin in north central Missouri) and Charlie Walden, playing at 130 beats per minute.
Another clip from the same event, with more footage of the caller, is here.
Collection: Southern Appalachian
Subjects: Southern / Ozark & Midwest
Tags: Charlie Walden, MIke Rogers, Missouri, Nile Wilson, Texas star
Subjects: Southern / Ozark & Midwest
Tags: Charlie Walden, MIke Rogers, Missouri, Nile Wilson, Texas star
Item Relations
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Citation
MIke Rogers, “Texas Star - Mike Rogers, Wien, Missouri, 1994,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, https://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/1235.
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Texas Star - Mike Rogers, Wien, Missouri, 1994
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The caller is 92-year-old Mike Rogers, patter calling at a jam session and square dance held at Wien (Chariton County in north central Missouri) in 1994. There's close-up footage of Rogers starting at 2:15, 3:45 and 7:20. He changes the calls about halfway through, to two gents allemande followed by a doceydo figure. Fiddlers include Nile Wilson (traditional fiddler from Bucklin in north central Missouri) and Charlie Walden, playing at 130 beats per minute.
Another clip from the same event, with more footage of the caller, is here.
Another clip from the same event, with more footage of the caller, is here.
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1994
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Duration
8:50
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8mm video