Pat Napier interview
Creator: Patrick Napier (April 20, 2013)
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This is a short interview (2013) with Patrick Napier, author of Kentucky Mountain Square Dancing. In it, he talks about his experiences as a member of the Berea Country Dancers, working with Frank Smith, and how he came to write his book, a senior project when a student at Berea College. He started teaching square dance at the Berea Christmas Country Dance School in 1948 and continued for every year after that except for 1951, when he was in Korea. ("I'd rather have been here," he comments.)
Collection: Southern Appalachian
Subjects: Southern / Appalachian / Big sets, Southern / Appalachian / Four-couple squares, Person
Tags: Berea Country Dancers, Frank Smith, Patrick Napier
Subjects: Southern / Appalachian / Big sets, Southern / Appalachian / Four-couple squares, Person
Tags: Berea Country Dancers, Frank Smith, Patrick Napier
Item Relations
| This Item | is related to | Item: Kentucky Mountain Square Dancing |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Old Side Door: A Kentucky Mountain Dance |
| This Item | is related to | Item: Set Runnin' in Eastern Kentucky |
Citation
Patrick Napier, “Pat Napier interview,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, https://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/2003.
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Pat Napier interview
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This is a short interview (2013) with Patrick Napier, author of Kentucky Mountain Square Dancing. In it, he talks about his experiences as a member of the Berea Country Dancers, working with Frank Smith, and how he came to write his book, a senior project when a student at Berea College. He started teaching square dance at the Berea Christmas Country Dance School in 1948 and continued for every year after that except for 1951, when he was in Korea. ("I'd rather have been here," he comments.)
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Berea College Collections, SC-VD-463-008
Date Created
April 20, 2013