"The Good Ole Days" - Olcutt Sanders, 1949
Dance historian Olcutt Sanders asks, "As you unwound yourself from the mazes of the latest square dance concoction introduced at your club meeting, did your ever wonder how people ever got along without the inventive genius of today's callers? Did dancers of an earlier generation actually keep coming back for more even without a new trick or twist introduced frequently during the evening?"
His answer: "It looks as if they did , not only in Texas but all around the country. And we can make some fairly good guesses as to why they got along with a limited repertoire of relatively simple calls ."
Sanders then looks to see what figures can be found in the repertoire in five different regions of the country, identifying the most common figures that are shared. He notes that there are few Texas examples of 1st and 3rd couples dancing together, explaining that Texas dances are strongly related to the southern Appalachian big set traditions.
Subjects: Traditional Western (pre-1940)
Tags: Olcutt Sanders, Texas
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His answer: "It looks as if they did , not only in Texas but all around the country. And we can make some fairly good guesses as to why they got along with a limited repertoire of relatively simple calls ."
Sanders then looks to see what figures can be found in the repertoire in five different regions of the country, identifying the most common figures that are shared. He notes that there are few Texas examples of 1st and 3rd couples dancing together, explaining that Texas dances are strongly related to the southern Appalachian big set traditions.