'Sophisticated' City Folks Are Getting Rural Rhythm
Newspaper story (1946) datelined New York that describes the post-WWII enthusiasm about square dancing:
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lt's hep these days to be a square—a square dancer, that is. Folks from 7 to 70 are discovering the fun of do-se-do and swing your partner in a nationwide big town square dance revival. They're sashaying in places where such capers once were considered hick stuff—in cities like Denver, Philadelphia, Boston, Spokane, El Paso, New York and Minneapolis. Or as Variety, hardboiled, sophisticated show business Bible said in a typical page one head: "Square Dance Click in Heart of New York Cues New National Terp Vogue."
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Ed Durlacher and Ralph Page are quoted offering opinions about the origins of this square dance revival. Also featured is Barney Hyman, a New York physical education teacher who teaches dance.
Subjects: Transitional/Western 1940s
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Newspaper story (1946) datelined New York that describes the post-WWII enthusiasm about square dancing:
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lt's hep these days to be a square—a square dancer, that is. Folks from 7 to 70 are discovering the fun of do-se-do and swing your partner in a nationwide big town square dance revival. They're sashaying in places where such capers once were considered hick stuff—in cities like Denver, Philadelphia, Boston, Spokane, El Paso, New York and Minneapolis. Or as Variety, hardboiled, sophisticated show business Bible said in a typical page one head: "Square Dance Click in Heart of New York Cues New National Terp Vogue."
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Ed Durlacher and Ralph Page are quoted offering opinions about the origins of this square dance revival. Also featured is Barney Hyman, a New York physical education teacher who teaches dance.