American Country Dancing on Colorado's West Slope
Creator: Emily K. Abbink (January, 1981)
The article is based on oral history collected in 1979, though no footnotes or direct quotations are included. Instead, it is a generalized summary of the author's findings.
"Depending on the orchestra, both "country" (squares, polkas, schottische, etc.) and "city" (ballroom) dancing were popular around the turn of the century. Among the local, school centered, rural communities, a country dance was planned nearly every weekend, often with ice cream or picnic socials. ...
"Larger dances were held periodically in honor of such events as weddings, holidays, harvest, barn raising or ice cutting. These often included families from all over the country and involved an entire week or weekend's worth of activities."
Subjects: Traditional Western (pre-1940)
Tags: Colorado, Emily Abbink
Tags: Colorado, Emily Abbink
Item Relations
| This Item | is related to | Item: Western Square Dances at Fox Creek, Colorado (ca. 1880-1930) |
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| This Item | is related to | Item: Colorado dancing - Cal Campbell |
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Citation
Emily K. Abbink, “American Country Dancing on Colorado's West Slope,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, https://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/1276.
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Title
American Country Dancing on Colorado's West Slope
Subject
Description
The article is based on oral history collected in 1979, though no footnotes or direct quotations are included. Instead, it is a generalized summary of the author's findings.
"Depending on the orchestra, both "country" (squares, polkas, schottische, etc.) and "city" (ballroom) dancing were popular around the turn of the century. Among the local, school centered, rural communities, a country dance was planned nearly every weekend, often with ice cream or picnic socials. ...
"Larger dances were held periodically in honor of such events as weddings, holidays, harvest, barn raising or ice cutting. These often included families from all over the country and involved an entire week or weekend's worth of activities."
"Depending on the orchestra, both "country" (squares, polkas, schottische, etc.) and "city" (ballroom) dancing were popular around the turn of the century. Among the local, school centered, rural communities, a country dance was planned nearly every weekend, often with ice cream or picnic socials. ...
"Larger dances were held periodically in honor of such events as weddings, holidays, harvest, barn raising or ice cutting. These often included families from all over the country and involved an entire week or weekend's worth of activities."
Creator
Source
The American Dance Circle, quarterly publication of the Lloyd Shaw Foundation, vol 2 #1, pp. 4–7
Date Created
January, 1981