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Pioneer Promenaders - Denver University
(1940)
These newspaper clippings and photographs document the Denver University Pioneer Promenaders Square Dance Club as they travel to Washington, DC, for the 1940 National Folk Festival and a separate trip to the Western Slope of Colorado. Inspired by Lloyd Shaw's Cheyenne Mountain Dancers, Colorado colleges and universities saw the formation of square dance groups on many campuses.
These newspaper clippings and photographs document the Denver University Pioneer Promenaders Square Dance Club as they travel to Washington, DC, for the 1940 National Folk Festival and a separate trip to the Western Slope of Colorado. Inspired by Lloyd Shaw's Cheyenne Mountain Dancers, Colorado colleges and universities saw the formation of square dance groups on many campuses.
Source
Special Collections
Carson Brierly Giffin Dance Library
University of Denver
