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Jubilee U.S.A. square dancers, 2 - Ozark
Early on, this clip features Ladies Star while gents promenade, then allemande left and Gents Star while ladies promenade. Later, the dancers move into lines of three dancers at the sides with long… View itemMoving Image
Jubilee U.S.A. square dancers, 1 - Ozark
This clip features Sides Divide while head couples circle in the center of the ring and do a doceydo. The tempo is fast-- 164 beats per minute-- but #3 in this series is even faster!The Ozark Jubilee… View itemMoving Image
Texas Star - Mike Rogers, Wien, Missouri, 1994
The caller is 92-year-old Mike Rogers, patter calling at a jam session and square dance held at Wien (Chariton County in north central Missouri) in 1994. There's close-up footage of Rogers starting at… View itemSound
MacNamara's Band - Irene Hewitt
Irene Hewitt was an Australia caller, here doing a well-known singing square. View itemSound
Ladies Chain Through the Stars - Bob Hunt
Bob Hunt was a prominent Australia caller, based in Victoria, who in the 1950s was calling six nights a week. View itemSound
Cindy - Graham Rigby
Graham Rigby, author of "My Life's a Dance," was an Australian caller. Here he does a traditional American square dance figure. View itemSound
Sally Goodin - Eddie Carol & his Corn Cobbers
Eddie Carol, called by some "the greatest authority on the American square dance In Australia," was a leading Australia caller who specialized in a singing patter style of calling after… View itemSound
El Paso Star - Bill McGrath
Bill McGrath was one of the leading callers in Australia, a self-taught patter caller based in Melbourne. View itemSound
Captain Jinks / Divide the Ring - Leonard Hurst
Two clips from Colorado caller Leonard Hurst, who came to Australia in 1951 to do a series of radio broadcasts. He played an important role in spreading square dance to that area. More information… View itemDocument
Shall We Dance? - Maine, 19th century
This article, written by theMaine Memory Network Curator and Historian for the Maine Historical Society, takes two mid-19th books as a focal point for looking at etiquette and social status as… View item
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