Forward 6, Fall Back 8
Creator: Gib Gilbert (January 8, 1979)
Colorado caller Gib Gilbert calls a traditional western square dance for a New England audience. Caller Bill Litchman comments, "He took his calling style directly from his father and Marvin Shilling. Listening to Marvin, I can hear Gib easily. Gib taught me." The first Related Item shows Litchman teaching and then calling the dance.
Music is by the band Yankee Ingenuity. The dance appears in Lloyd Shaw's Cowboy Dances (1939).
Collection: Traditional western
Subjects: Traditional Western (pre-1940)
Tags: Forward Six and Fall Back Eight, Gib Gilbert
Subjects: Traditional Western (pre-1940)
Tags: Forward Six and Fall Back Eight, Gib Gilbert
Item Relations
| This Item | is related to | Item: Forward 6, Fall Back 8 - Bill Litchman |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Traditional Square Dance Figures |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Promenade - Seven Cowboy Dances |
Citation
Gib Gilbert, “Forward 6, Fall Back 8,” Square Dance History Project, accessed March 29, 2025, https://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/1935.
Dublin Core
Title
Forward 6, Fall Back 8
Subject
Description
Colorado caller Gib Gilbert calls a traditional western square dance for a New England audience. Caller Bill Litchman comments, "He took his calling style directly from his father and Marvin Shilling. Listening to Marvin, I can hear Gib easily. Gib taught me." The first Related Item shows Litchman teaching and then calling the dance.
Music is by the band Yankee Ingenuity. The dance appears in Lloyd Shaw's Cowboy Dances (1939).
Music is by the band Yankee Ingenuity. The dance appears in Lloyd Shaw's Cowboy Dances (1939).
Creator
Source
Live recordings (TP-11 & TP-12), made by Tony Parkes, digitized and archived at the New Hampshire Library of Traditional Music & Dance, University of New Hampshire
Date Created
January 8, 1979
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Temporal Coverage
Sound Item Type Metadata
Original Format
cassette tape
Duration
5:07