Dean Edwards interview
Dean Edwards was a square caller based in Colorado Springs for some 50 years. In this interview, he talks about his Fun Finders group and his approach to square dancing. Toward the end, he is asked about Lloyd Shaw, and from his careful answer it appears that he was not fond of Shaw.
Biographical information from the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, 2007: "W. Dean Edwards was born in La Junta, Colorado, in 1927. He was first introduced to square dancing in 1939 through Acacia Park community dances in Colorado Springs, Colorado. From 1946 to 1947, Edwards was a member of the Pikes Peak Square Dancers, an exhibition dance group organized by Bob Cook. He began calling his first square dances in the late 1940s and went on to win the Colorado State Champion Square Dance caller contest each year from 1951-1955. In the late 1940s, he began organizing and directing the activities of the traditional square dance group, the Fun Finders, which he and his wife Peggy headed for more than forty years."
A finding aid for the W. Dean Edwards Collection at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress is available, as is a finding aid for the Dean and Peg Edwards Collection at the Colorado Springs Pioneer Museum.
Subjects: Transitional/Western 1950s
Tags: Colorado, Colorado Springs, Dean Edwards
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Biographical information from the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, 2007: "W. Dean Edwards was born in La Junta, Colorado, in 1927. He was first introduced to square dancing in 1939 through Acacia Park community dances in Colorado Springs, Colorado. From 1946 to 1947, Edwards was a member of the Pikes Peak Square Dancers, an exhibition dance group organized by Bob Cook. He began calling his first square dances in the late 1940s and went on to win the Colorado State Champion Square Dance caller contest each year from 1951-1955. In the late 1940s, he began organizing and directing the activities of the traditional square dance group, the Fun Finders, which he and his wife Peggy headed for more than forty years."
A finding aid for the W. Dean Edwards Collection at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress is available, as is a finding aid for the Dean and Peg Edwards Collection at the Colorado Springs Pioneer Museum.