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Square Dances for White Collars (1941 article)
Article in Time magazine (1941) describing popularity of square dancing, evidenced by record sales (Victor, Columbia, Decca) and the work of teacher and caller Lawrence Loy. View itemStill Image
"So They Gave Up Football"
This full-page article and layout of photographs was created by the Associated Press, drawing attention to Lloyd Shaw and the Cheyenne Mountain Dancers. The top right photo shows the bus in which the… View itemDocument
Cheyenne Mountain Dancers - death in La Jolla
Tragedy hit the Cheyenne Mountain Dancers on one of their trips. On Thursday, November 4, 1948. dancer Tommy Collins died when he was swept into the Pacific Ocean near La Jolla, California. After… View itemDocument
Santa Monica 1950 - Let's Dance
Cover story about the Santa Monica dance from Let's Dance magazine View itemMoving Image
Bill Litchman - oral history
This is an interview conducted with Bill Litchman as part of the research into preparing a 2018 exhibit on "Square Dancing in the American West" at the University of Denver. Litchman discusses his own… View itemDocument
Santa Monica 1950 - interview with Bob Osgood
As part of his extensive series of interviews with notable figures in the square dance world, Bob Brundage conducted a lengthy interview with Bob Osgood. Included here is the part of that discussion… View itemDocument
Pappy's Kids - SIO, 1948
The Cheyenne Mountain Dancers were featured on the cover and the lead story of the first issue ofSets in Order, published to coincide with the appearance of the group in southern California.The… View itemStill Image
Audience Cheers Cheyenne Dancers (newspaper)
This newspaper account describes the enthusiastic reception given the Cheyenne Mountain Dancers when they performed at Swarthmore College (PA). This was the second stop on the dancers' inaugural trip… View itemMoving Image
Herb Egender - part 1
Herb Egender was a member of Lloyd "Pappy" Shaw's legendary square dance demonstration team, the Cheyenne Mountain Dancers. This footage of his recollections of that experience was… View itemMoving Image
Rocky Mountain Dancers - Lloyd Shaw tribute
The Colorado Rocky Mountain Dancers formed in 1999 to represent Lloyd Shaw's Cheyenne Mountain Dancers in a historical pageant to be presented at the 50th National Square Dance Convention. The pageant… View itemMoving Image
Pappy's Do-Si-Do – Rocky Mountain Dancers
This video shows the group dancing to a recording of Lloyd "Pappy" Shaw calling. The calls are designed to showcase a series of different figures.Performed by the Colorado Rocky Mountain Dancers. The… View item
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