Don & Marie Armstrong - Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Title
Don & Marie Armstrong - Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Subject
Northern / Singing
Description
Don and Marie Armstrong call Trail of the Lonesome Pine. Recorded live at the Downeast Western Square Dance Club in Kittery, Maine.
A clip of Don's commercial recording of this dance can be found here, and a search on this website will reveal additional examples:
* Video, called by Bill Litchman at Dare To Be Square, Brasstown, NC
* Video, called by Tod Whittemore at the Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend
*Video, called by Tony Parkes at release party for Ralph Sweet's book
* Video, called by Rich Sbardella in Connecticut
Don took the figures from Ralph Page's dance Gents and Corners and set them to this popular tune, and it has become a well-known singing square in the decades since. Here is Gents and Corners, called by Tony Parkes.
Creator
Don and Marie Armstrong
Source
Tape recorded by Tom Potts and donated by his estate to the Square Dance Foundation of New England
Date Created
October, 1960
Contributor
Tom Potts, SDFNE
Spatial Coverage
USA, Maine, Kittery
Temporal Coverage
1960s