Mildred Buhler demonstration group
Title
Mildred Buhler demonstration group
Subject
Transitional/Western 1950s; Modern square dance - general
Description
Contributor Paul Moore writes: "In the late 1940's through the middle 50's there was a very popular caller in Northern California name Mildred Buhler. The film was Mildred calling to the demonstration group she had in NorCal. When her husband was transferred to London, Mildred took along her calling equipment and called there. She established the British Association of American Square Dance Clubs." (She is listed on the BAASDC website as "Founding Patron." Elsewhere on the SDHP website you can see a video produced in 2001 by the BAASDC, featuring seven top callers there.)
Mildred Buhler also taught international folk dance, attended the Stockton summer dance camp for many years. An associate of Lucile Czarnowski, Buhler served on the Research Committee for the Folk Dance Federation of California.
She drove with her husband and children from Colorado to study with Lloyd Shaw in Colorado, and the Lloyd Shaw styling is evident in this film. Fred Buhler, her son, confirms that this film was made in the very early 1950s, before the family moved to London in 1952.
The film is broken into segments, with Buhler speaking directly to the camera to introduce the dance figures that are being shown. Among them:
Teacup Chain
Freewheeler
Heel and Toe Polka Square
The Fountain with a Cartwheel break
Daisy Chain
and three that she describes as Texas figures:
Dixie Travel On
Whirlpool Square
The Old Bump Gate
Mildred Buhler also taught international folk dance, attended the Stockton summer dance camp for many years. An associate of Lucile Czarnowski, Buhler served on the Research Committee for the Folk Dance Federation of California.
She drove with her husband and children from Colorado to study with Lloyd Shaw in Colorado, and the Lloyd Shaw styling is evident in this film. Fred Buhler, her son, confirms that this film was made in the very early 1950s, before the family moved to London in 1952.
The film is broken into segments, with Buhler speaking directly to the camera to introduce the dance figures that are being shown. Among them:
Teacup Chain
Freewheeler
Heel and Toe Polka Square
The Fountain with a Cartwheel break
Daisy Chain
and three that she describes as Texas figures:
Dixie Travel On
Whirlpool Square
The Old Bump Gate
Creator
Mildred R. Buhler
Contributor
Paul Moore
Spatial Coverage
USA, California, Redwood City
Temporal Coverage
1950s