Square Dance History Project

Otto Wood - singing squares

Caller Otto Wood's calls and notes for singing squares. You can hear Belle of the Ball called by Ira Huntley here; it's the second dance in the set of three on this link.This collection was created by storyteller and dance caller Donald Davis, and…

Tags: Animal Fair, Belle of the Ball, Chinese Breakdown, Down South, Girl I Left Behind Me, Hurry Hurry Hurry, If You Knew Susie, Irish Washerwoman, Just Because, Louisiana Swing, Oh Lonesome Me, Otto Wood, Red River Valley, singing square, Solomon Levi, Too Old To Cut the Mustard, Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Tulsa Square, You Call Everybody Darling

Dudley Laufman - Girl I Left Behind Me (clip)

Live recording, Bernardston, Massachusetts, with Dudley Laufman calling. This was the third dance of the evening. At the end of Soldier's Joy, a contra, Dudley had groups of two couples circle left and right, then find another foursome to circle…

Tags: Bernardston, Dudley Laufman, Girl I Left Behind Me, singing square

Ralph Page - Star the Ring (clip)

Recorded by the Ralph Page Trio, to the tune of Girl I Left Behind Me (Disc 364)

Tags: Girl I Left Behind Me, Ralph Page, Ralph Page Trio, Star the Ring