Amish Barn Dance
Creator: Richard H. Shaner, Pennsylvania Folklife (1962-63)
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Article from Pennsylvania Folklife (winter 1962-63) describing how a traditional community with no electricity hosts events with large crowds: "The most disturbing technical problem that faces the host is that when 200 to 300 of the Amish get together at a dance it is difficult to hear the music." Illustrated with photographs.
Subjects: Northeast - general
Tags: Amish, article, barn dance, Pennsylvania
Tags: Amish, article, barn dance, Pennsylvania
Citation
Richard H. Shaner, Pennsylvania Folklife, “Amish Barn Dance,” Square Dance History Project, accessed November 4, 2025, https://www.squaredancehistory.org/items/show/381.
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Amish Barn Dance
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Description
Article from Pennsylvania Folklife (winter 1962-63) describing how a traditional community with no electricity hosts events with large crowds: "The most disturbing technical problem that faces the host is that when 200 to 300 of the Amish get together at a dance it is difficult to hear the music." Illustrated with photographs.
Source
Bubbaguitar (Bill Martin's site); Pennsylvania Folklife, Vol. 13 No. 2, Winter 1963-63
Date Created
1962-63