Kentucky Running Set Hoedown, Encore. Eigth of January
Born Morris Wayne on Aug 7, 1915, in Carmi, IL, “Sleepy” Marlin took up the fiddle at age 12 and won his first fiddlers’ contest at age 18. He was an international champion fiddler, winning 17...
View ArticleEd Gilmore, 1958 club dance excerpt
Thanks to an amateur tape recording we can once again hear an example of why Ed Gilmore was so popular in the early years of Western Square Dancing.In the first dance Ed has alerted that one...
View ArticlePortland Fancy, Contra dance
In my dance world, Squares, Contras, circle and couple dances are all part of the same pie to be enjoyed over and over. This being said I’m putting up this 1920 recording of a Contra dance, Portland...
View ArticlePortland Fancy, Henry Ford Circle mixer
From the Henry Ford “Good Morning” recordings comes this called version of “Portland Fancy, as a circle mixer (couple facing couple).
View ArticleEd Gilmore Lady Be Good, request
Welcome to “Our” square dance music room. I say “Our” because this is a place where you may be able to locate vintage dance music and I get to share some of my favorite classics.Rich Sabardella...
View ArticleLady Be Good, Calls by Ed Gilmore
Now here is the called version. You will notice a distinct difference in the music on the Decca records release which was recorded before the instrumental version on Balance.
View ArticleDe Boom, The route music
De Boom, Hoedown is the background for Bob Osgoods calling of The Route and features the banjo artistry of Jack Hawes. The original 78 rpm recording is Sets In Order #2087. The tempo is 130bpm which...
View ArticleDancing the Route with Bob Osgood
Heres an uncomplicated dance but will keep you on your toes without any puzzles to solve.The choreograph comes from the 1948-1953 Sets In Order Archive. Bob Osgood makes good use of ladies chain....
View ArticleHow do you define “Old Time” Square Dance music” ?
This is the second of what I put in the traditional list of tunes played by a more traditional band, Floyd Woodhull, who play’s accordion with his bandThis is “Soldiers Joy” a good example of 4/4...
View ArticleHow do you define “Old Time” Square Dance music” ?
I am posting 2 of what I would put on my list of “traditional” dance tunes played by a traditional band, Floyd Woodhull and his Old Tyme Masters.The first is “Blackberry Quadrille”, in 6/8 or what is...
View ArticleSugar Time & 8 More miles to Louisville
Here’s 2 great singing calls for your dancers. Totally refurbished (response 40hz-10khz) Jack Barbour and Rhythm Rustlers, Sugar Time and 8 More Miles to Louisville. Almost any 32 bar singing call...
View ArticleAll aboard for musical cruise
Treat your dancers to a musical cruise, Down Where The Trade Winds Blow, along with the Sundowners band. The melody is infectious, the beat moves your feet and you can ride the phrase all way through....
View ArticleEd Durlacher private recordings
Do Si Do in New York’s Grand Central Park to the calls of Ed Durlacher, who held reign as one of the most unique Square Dance Callers of all time.His talk-through dance approach brought smiles to 10’s...
View ArticleEd Durlacher, American Folk Dances
Ed Durlacher 503-4 “American Folk Music and Dances” 1; Billy Boy / Billy boy2; Three ladies chain / Soldiers Joy 3; Standard waltz quadrille / Couple down center, By Bonnie, Where has my...
View ArticleDurlacher sqyare dances revisited via private recordings 506-6
From historical private recordings I bring you more of the unique Square Dance style of Ed Durlacher. Ed Durlacher set 505-6 Library of American folk dances 1; Pop goes weasel, music same/Farmer in...
View ArticleEd Durlacher’s community square dances set 511&12
From the archives of Society of European Stage Actors and Composers recordings of American Folk Music and dances, this series of recordings has been resurrected to be shared over half a century after...
View ArticleThe Ed Durlacher calling style 513 14
Here to enjoy is the last set of Ed Durlacher private recordings I unearthed. This like the previous sets was not intended to serve as dance length, but as historical examples of a unique style of...
View ArticleDown where trade winds blow
The call went out for Hawiian square dance tunes……. well this is kinda in keeping with the theme. We used to all sing the last 4 bars while we promenaded home, “well sing and dance on the way home,...
View ArticleScottish muisc is more than a name
Music is what drives square dancing………… but using the same style over and over can get stale. For a change of pace try some real Scottish tunes and watch the floor come alive. Be it a jig or reel the...
View ArticleRedWing Dip and Dive Square Dance
A visit to the master tape archive turned up this saught after version of Red Wing. The dance has 32 bar intro and closer and 4 x 48 bar figures in succession (no middle break) The file is mp3 192 bit...
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