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Woman in Love - Red Bates, 1961
The singing call, Woman In Love, is a classic and Red uses the figure as it was recorded by Dick Leger on Grenn record #12128. Tempo is a characteristic of calling that underwent considerable change.… View itemDocument
Women Callers - article
Article presumably written by Bob Osgood, describing the challenges and opportunities for women square dance callers View itemSound
Wreck of the Old '97 - Jim Munyon
Jim Munyon was a popular caller in southern California in the early 1950s. Indeed, he was one of the callers at the famous (and enormous) 1950 square dance in Santa Monica with Lloyd Shaw as the MC.… View itemMoving Image
Wrong Way Thar - Bob Dalsemer
Bob Dalsemer calls this figure, which he adapted from Milly Riley's self-published book Western Square Dancing based on Dorothy Shaw's syllabi of the Lloyd Shaw Dance Fellowship, 1955-1970. The… View itemMoving Image
Yee Haw! A Curious Stroll Down Square Dancing’s Memory Lane
A quirky and informative movie of how square dancing has been portrayed in historical, non-theatrical motion pictures aggregated from The Internet Archive. The collection illustrates some of the ways… View itemSound
Yellow Rose of Texas - Dad Brundage
Dad Brundage was the father of Al and Bob Brundage, each of whom became well-known modern square dance callers. In his autobiography, This Is My Square Dancing Life, Bob Brundage writes, "Then when I… View itemStill Image
Young African Americans Square Dancing - 1952
This photo shows a square dance at the Hallie Q. Brown Center, St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1952. View itemDocument
Your Favorite Calls and Callers
This booklet features 30 callers, the majority of whom are from Texas. Each person is represented by a short biography, a photograph, and an example of a dance associated with them. Texas callers and… View itemSound
Your Home Town - Fenton "Jonesy" Jones
A rare live recording of Jonesy calling, this time a singing square. View item
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