Items in the Northern squares Collection (12/357)
Sound
Bumps-A-Daisy
The figures of this dance mirror the basic pattern found in Solomon Levi, Nelly Bly, and others; each couple in turn stands back to back, dances around the outside of the set-- in this one, just… View itemDocument
Community Squares - Ed Durlacher
Writing for Sets in Order, Ed Durlacher looks back at his successful program of outdoor dancing in New York City parks.===The first evening was more or less a nightmare. ... From the hundred or so the… View itemDocument
Saturday Night in Central Park
This song is from a 1947 musical, Make Mine Manhattan, and refers to the popular Saturday night square dances led by Ed Durlacher in Central Park. Clearly, the dances were enough of a phenomenon that… View itemWebsite
First Lady to the Right - Joe Robertson
The recording comes from a Fretless album, 1973, with Robertson accompanying himself on electric guitar. Robertson, a stone mason from White Creek, NY, close to the Vermont border, was also an… View itemDocument
"Kitchen Junket"
This evocative portrait of a New England kitchen junket ran over the first four issues of Ralph Page's Northern Junket magazine. Page draws on his own memories to paint a detailed picture of the… View itemDocument
Jim Hopkins Remembers The Neighbourhood Dance Parties Of The 1940s
Detailed recollections of dancing in central Ontario in the 1940s, including neighborhood house parties, dancing at larger halls, and teaching square dance in schools. In other regions, these house… View itemDocument
Friday Night Supper Dances - Windham, VT
This is an account of social dances in a small southern Vermont town, held from 1926 until about 1940. The first two pages of the PDF show the article as it appeared, followed by a clean copy of the… View itemSound
Keeler Calling - audio
These six files are the recordings contained in Keeler Calling, the 1950 release by New York caller Elisha Keeler.The album's first three disks contained the six dances, one on each side; the final… View itemDocument
Keeler Calling
This four-disk set of 78rpm records features caller Elisha Keeler and the band with whom he recorded, Mac Ceppos and his Country Rhythm Boys: Mac Ceppos, violin Eddie Smith, accordion Bill Horan,… View itemMoving Image
Square Dancing in Sudbury, Ontario
This film, made in 1959 by members of the Mine, Mill, and Smelter Workers Union Local 598 in Sudbury, Ontario, illustrates the wide range of programming that the union provided for the community.… View itemStill Image
Buffalo Boy Go Round the Outside
Lawrence Loy is the caller, working with Carson Robison and his Old Timers. (Click on the Additional Files link to hear the audio clip.) You can also download the cover or the instructions from inside… View itemStill Image