Uptown – Downtown (Golden Slippers) - Ed Durlacher
Creator: Ed Durlacher (1946)
Classic square dance figure, Uptown Downtown, done as a singing square to Golden Slippers by caller Ed Durlacher; music provided by The Top Hands, directed by Frank Novak. One of the Related Items is a newsreel with Durlacher calling this very dance in Central Park, New York.
More detailed information about this recording, part of a collection, titled Country Dances, is available here, from the National Museum of American History. Durlacher's calls can be found here.
The SDHP collections includes several other illustrations of this dance as a singing call; the Bill Litchman Related item is a western version of the figures done as a patter call.
Collection: Northern squares
Subjects: Northern / Singing
Tags: singing square
Subjects: Northern / Singing
Tags: singing square
Item Relations
| This Item | is related to | Item: Honor Your Partner - records |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Ed Durlacher (photos) |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Ed Durlacher - Central Park Newsreel |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Ed Durlacher - Central Park, photos |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Golden Slippers - Bob Dalsemer |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Golden Slippers - Ralph Sweet |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Golden Slippers - Donald "Jake" Jacoby |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Goin' Uptown - Bill Litchman |
Citation
Ed Durlacher, “Uptown – Downtown (Golden Slippers) - Ed Durlacher,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, https://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/1384.
Dublin Core
Title
Uptown – Downtown (Golden Slippers) - Ed Durlacher
Subject
Description
Classic square dance figure, Uptown Downtown, done as a singing square to Golden Slippers by caller Ed Durlacher; music provided by The Top Hands, directed by Frank Novak. One of the Related Items is a newsreel with Durlacher calling this very dance in Central Park, New York.
More detailed information about this recording, part of a collection, titled Country Dances, is available here, from the National Museum of American History. Durlacher's calls can be found here.
The SDHP collections includes several other illustrations of this dance as a singing call; the Bill Litchman Related item is a western version of the figures done as a patter call.
More detailed information about this recording, part of a collection, titled Country Dances, is available here, from the National Museum of American History. Durlacher's calls can be found here.
The SDHP collections includes several other illustrations of this dance as a singing call; the Bill Litchman Related item is a western version of the figures done as a patter call.
Creator
Source
Sonora 1122
Date Created
1946
Contributor
Temporal Coverage
Sound Item Type Metadata
Original Format
78 rpm record
Duration
1:29