Callers' Jamboree - NH, 1947
Callers sitting on stage:
Gene Gowing, Ralph Page, Hal Brundage, Al Brundage, Ed Durlacher, Lawrence Loy, Orville "Pop" Smith
Musicians on stage:
Bob Gulyassy, George Gulyassy, Dick Best, Bob McQuillen, Russ Allen, ? banjo player, Dick Richardson, Junior Richardson, Johnny Tromblay, Cy Kano (behind piano)
The dance was a Caller's Jamboree, held at Concord High School, NH, a Monday night event held for several years. (Monday was a good night because the callers didn't have regular evening gigs then.)
A few years after this photograph was taken, square dancing split into two camps, traditional and what came to be called "modern western. Jim Mayo writes, in Step by Step Through Modern Square Dance History (2003), "In the summer of 1949, I was dancing regularly to Ralph Page in the town halls of southwestern New Hampshire. He had attended the Lloyd Shaw institute and at one of the dances soon after his return he called the dancers through the Allemande Thar routine. I noted the change from his usual routines and asked him about it after that tip. He said he had just tried it out to see how it went - and added that he didn’t think much of it. He never used it again."
In contrast, Al Brundage attended one of Lloyd Shaw's summer institutes in Colorado Springs in 1949, and after that he was promoting the new style of western square dance in New England.
Herb Greggerson came from El Paso in 1950 to lead a two-day workshop at Square Acres, a visit arranged by Lawrence Loy. Greggerson brought with him Allenade Thar, the western dosado (dubbed DoPaso), and round dances such as Laces and Graces. Bob Brundage recalled that Greggerson was doing 30 dances in 31 days and was getting paid $100 a night. That made an impression!
Subjects: Northern / New England
Tags: Al Brundage, Bob Gulyassy, Bob McQuillen, Callers Jamboree, Concord, Cy Kano, Dick Best, Dick Richardson, Ed Durlacher, Gene Gowing, George Gulyassy, Hal “Dad” Brundage, Herb Greggerson, Johnny Tromblay, Junior Richardson, Laces and Graces, Lawrence Loy, New Hampshire, Orville "Pop" Smith, Ralph Page, Russ Allen
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Gene Gowing, Ralph Page, Hal Brundage, Al Brundage, Ed Durlacher, Lawrence Loy, Orville "Pop" Smith
Musicians on stage:
Bob Gulyassy, George Gulyassy, Dick Best, Bob McQuillen, Russ Allen, ? banjo player, Dick Richardson, Junior Richardson, Johnny Tromblay, Cy Kano (behind piano)
The dance was a Caller's Jamboree, held at Concord High School, NH, a Monday night event held for several years. (Monday was a good night because the callers didn't have regular evening gigs then.)
A few years after this photograph was taken, square dancing split into two camps, traditional and what came to be called "modern western. Jim Mayo writes, in Step by Step Through Modern Square Dance History (2003), "In the summer of 1949, I was dancing regularly to Ralph Page in the town halls of southwestern New Hampshire. He had attended the Lloyd Shaw institute and at one of the dances soon after his return he called the dancers through the Allemande Thar routine. I noted the change from his usual routines and asked him about it after that tip. He said he had just tried it out to see how it went - and added that he didn’t think much of it. He never used it again."
In contrast, Al Brundage attended one of Lloyd Shaw's summer institutes in Colorado Springs in 1949, and after that he was promoting the new style of western square dance in New England.
Herb Greggerson came from El Paso in 1950 to lead a two-day workshop at Square Acres, a visit arranged by Lawrence Loy. Greggerson brought with him Allenade Thar, the western dosado (dubbed DoPaso), and round dances such as Laces and Graces. Bob Brundage recalled that Greggerson was doing 30 dances in 31 days and was getting paid $100 a night. That made an impression!