Grey Eagle Square Dance with the New Lost City Ramblers
(1966)
This program appeared on German television during the 1966 European tour by the New Lost City Ramblers, with Roscoe Holcomb, the Stanley Brothers, Cousin Emmy and others. See article by Philip Gura in the Old-Time Herald for more information on the band's history. If you can identify the caller, please let us know!
2025 update (thank you, Gary Reid):
Here are a few tidbits concerning the German television production from March 1966.
This was mentioned in Stars and Stripes (March 9, 1966, page 13): To add color to the square dance music, TV director Horst Lippman invited four couples and a caller from American clubs in Frankfurt, Mannheim and Wiesbaden.
The other is correspondence with John R. Swee, who apparently was in charge of rounding up the square dancers for the show. Aside from the mention of a Mr & Mrs Boyd, no other names are mentioned:
Mr. John R. Swee
American Forces Network,Europe
Office of the Commander
623) Frankfurt am Main-Hoechst
we beg acknowledge that we have made reservation for you
and your group including Mr. and Mrs. Boyd, i.e.
5 double rooms and 1 single room
at the hotel HAUS ECKBERG, Baden-Baden , Eckbergstrasse, tel.74821,
owner Mrs. Charlotte Plagemann.
We are looking forward very much to a good cooperation with
you and are
Yours sincerely
(Helga Tiedemann)
Subjects: Modern Western 1960 - 1974
Tags: Germany, New Lost City Ramblers, television
Tags: Germany, New Lost City Ramblers, television
Citation
“Grey Eagle Square Dance with the New Lost City Ramblers,” Square Dance History Project, accessed April 21, 2025, https://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/363.
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Grey Eagle Square Dance with the New Lost City Ramblers
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This program appeared on German television during the 1966 European tour by the New Lost City Ramblers, with Roscoe Holcomb, the Stanley Brothers, Cousin Emmy and others. See article by Philip Gura in the Old-Time Herald for more information on the band's history. If you can identify the caller, please let us know!
2025 update (thank you, Gary Reid):
Here are a few tidbits concerning the German television production from March 1966.
2025 update (thank you, Gary Reid):
Here are a few tidbits concerning the German television production from March 1966.
This was mentioned in Stars and Stripes (March 9, 1966, page 13): To add color to the square dance music, TV director Horst Lippman invited four couples and a caller from American clubs in Frankfurt, Mannheim and Wiesbaden.
The other is correspondence with John R. Swee, who apparently was in charge of rounding up the square dancers for the show. Aside from the mention of a Mr & Mrs Boyd, no other names are mentioned:
Mr. John R. Swee
American Forces Network,Europe
Office of the Commander
623) Frankfurt am Main-Hoechst
we beg acknowledge that we have made reservation for you
and your group including Mr. and Mrs. Boyd, i.e.
5 double rooms and 1 single room
at the hotel HAUS ECKBERG, Baden-Baden , Eckbergstrasse, tel.74821,
owner Mrs. Charlotte Plagemann.
We are looking forward very much to a good cooperation with
you and are
Yours sincerely
(Helga Tiedemann)
Date Created
1966
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4:27