Old Time Square Dancing on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
Creator: Bob Dalsemer (1996)
Author Bob Dalsemer discovers a long tradition of the "big circle" square dance on this island off the North Carolina coast, far from the Appalachian Mountains where it is usually encountered.
Collection: Southern Appalachian
Subjects: General - Dance and Culture
Tags: big set, Bob Dalsemer, North Carolina, Ocracoke
Subjects: General - Dance and Culture
Tags: big set, Bob Dalsemer, North Carolina, Ocracoke
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Citation
Bob Dalsemer, “Old Time Square Dancing on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina,” Square Dance History Project, accessed March 10, 2025, https://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/898.
Dublin Core
Title
Old Time Square Dancing on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
Alternative Title
Notes from Interviews with Ocracoke Island Dancers, September 13–15, 1992
Subject
Description
Author Bob Dalsemer discovers a long tradition of the "big circle" square dance on this island off the North Carolina coast, far from the Appalachian Mountains where it is usually encountered.
Creator
Source
Country Dance and Song, #26 (July 1996), pp. 1–11, published by Country Dance and Song Society; used with permission of the author and CDSS.
Date Created
1996