Bob Sumrall
Creator: Marlys Swenson (March 1947)
Bob Sumrall (born Virgil Giles Sumrall) was the leader of the Abilene Set, a group that he started around 1938 (when he was 20); this group of Texas square dancers won the Texas square dance competitions year after year, and they popularized the "Abilene lift" style of footwork.
Click on the link in the Additional Files section to read an account from the Texas square dance journal Foot 'n' Fiddle.
Collection: Traditional western
Subjects: Transitional/Western 1940s
Tags: Abilene, Bob Sumrall, Texas
Subjects: Transitional/Western 1940s
Tags: Abilene, Bob Sumrall, Texas
Item Relations
| This Item | is related to | Item: Bob Sumrall - Olcutt Sanders correspondence, 1939 |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Texas Square Dance Contests |
| This Item | is related to | Item: 1940 Texas Square Dance Contest |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Bill Litchman 1 - Traditional Western Squares |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Abilene Lift - Rickey Holden |
| Item: Bob Sumrall - newspaper clippings | is related to | This Item |
Additional Files
Citation
Marlys Swenson, “Bob Sumrall,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, https://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/1619.
Dublin Core
Title
Bob Sumrall
Subject
Description
Bob Sumrall (born Virgil Giles Sumrall) was the leader of the Abilene Set, a group that he started around 1938 (when he was 20); this group of Texas square dancers won the Texas square dance competitions year after year, and they popularized the "Abilene lift" style of footwork.
Click on the link in the Additional Files section to read an account from the Texas square dance journal Foot 'n' Fiddle.
Click on the link in the Additional Files section to read an account from the Texas square dance journal Foot 'n' Fiddle.
Creator
Source
Foot 'n' Fiddle, Vol I #5, March 1947, pp. 11–12
Date Created
March 1947