Hambo
Creator: Ernie Spence (June 12, 1986)
Traditional square and contra dance series often include a variety of couple dances as part of their program. Depending on location and time, dancers might enjoy waltz, polka, or schottische, among others, in addition to the primary dance forms in the evening. Here, it's a hambo. a traditional Swedish turning dance. Recorded at Tod Whittemore's contra dance series at the VFW, Cambridge, MA.
There are many examples of couple dances included in the SDHP collection. Click on this link to go to a listing.
Collection: Couple dances
Subjects: Couple dance
Tags: couple dance, hambo
Subjects: Couple dance
Tags: couple dance, hambo
Item Relations
| This Item | is related to | Item: Two-Step at a Square Dance |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Broom Dance - Ava, Missouri |
Citation
Ernie Spence, “Hambo,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, https://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/1538.
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Title
Hambo
Subject
Description
Traditional square and contra dance series often include a variety of couple dances as part of their program. Depending on location and time, dancers might enjoy waltz, polka, or schottische, among others, in addition to the primary dance forms in the evening. Here, it's a hambo. a traditional Swedish turning dance. Recorded at Tod Whittemore's contra dance series at the VFW, Cambridge, MA.
There are many examples of couple dances included in the SDHP collection. Click on this link to go to a listing.
There are many examples of couple dances included in the SDHP collection. Click on this link to go to a listing.
Creator
Source
Part of the collection of videotapes made by Ernie Spence, now in the collection of the New Hampshire Library of Traditional Music and Dance at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
Date Created
June 12, 1986
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Duration
2:33