American Square Dancing in Three Sections of Maryland and the District of Columbia - 1943
This is a Master's thesis based upon observation at three locations in Maryland:
1. Salisbury and vicinity, particularly Public Landing, on the Eastern Shore
2. Oakland and vicinity, particularly Altamount, in the mountains of western Maryland.
3. Buzzards' Glory in Carroll County thirty miles from Baltimore
and, for contrast, square dancing in the District of Columbia.
The questions she set out to answer:
1, What are the general characteristics of the dancing, the callers, and the music?
2. Specifically, what dances and figures are used?
3. How is the dancing affected by the character of the inhabitants and the location.
Because of its mid-Atlantic location, dances studied included some from Northern traditions, some from the South, and some from the West. The dissertation is especially useful because of the detailed description of the dances and calls that the author observed.
Thirty years after this research, Bob Dalsemer wrote an article about the Buzzards' Glory dance.
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This is a Master's thesis based upon observation at three locations in Maryland:
1. Salisbury and vicinity, particularly Public Landing, on the Eastern Shore
2. Oakland and vicinity, particularly Altamount, in the mountains of western Maryland.
3. Buzzards' Glory in Carroll County thirty miles from Baltimore
and, for contrast, square dancing in the District of Columbia.
The questions she set out to answer:
1, What are the general characteristics of the dancing, the callers, and the music?
2. Specifically, what dances and figures are used?
3. How is the dancing affected by the character of the inhabitants and the location.
Because of its mid-Atlantic location, dances studied included some from Northern traditions, some from the South, and some from the West. The dissertation is especially useful because of the detailed description of the dances and calls that the author observed.
Thirty years after this research, Bob Dalsemer wrote an article about the Buzzards' Glory dance.