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 halfway-- then both head couples do the figure, then sides, and finally all four.
Don Durlacher, son of Ed, was a well-respected called in his own right. Note the tag on the cover, "with calls you can understand" —Don's father stressed careful enunciation, and this album was released at a time when the market was flooded with lots of fast-talking callers.
Tony Parkes remembers dancing with Don: "When (Ed) died, his son Don Durlacher took over. I danced, for about three summers, I danced with Don Durlacher at Jones Beach, and that was important too." Tony credited Don with being one of his models.
Other cuts on the album are:
- Cindy Lou (split the sides)
- Birdie in the Cage
- Forward Six and Back
- Comin' Round the Mountain
- Forward Eight and Back
- Honeycomb
The liner notes to this album provide an overview of Don's calling background:
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Little did Don Durlacher realize that when starting calling Square Dances professionally twelve years ago, at the age of sixteen, that he would make "calling" his life time profession, some ten years later.
Don, one of three brothers, received his first lesson in the art of calling in the family living room from his square-dance-calling father, Ed Durlacher, in May, 1946. Having the natural ability, and having been exposed to Square Dancing and Square Dance Calling for some eight years, Don took to it like duck to water. That summer he called as a counsellor at the Y.M.C.A. Camp Brooklyn in the Poconos of Pennsylvania.
With the coming of fall, while attending Freeport High School, Don made use of his talent on weekends, calling for numerous organizations throughout the Long Island area.
Following Don's graduation from high school in June of 1949, he called for a series of outdoor summer Square Dances at the famed Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaways. Five hundred people from all walks of life filled the dance area once a week and left that evening feeling completely divorced from the tensions of the day. With the money Don had saved from this summer series, he embarked on a three month hitch-hiking, bus, and plane tour of the U.S.A., for the prime purpose of furthering his knowledge of Square Dancing and of people.
In December of 1950, Don enlisted in the U.S. Air Force for four years. Having completed a two months' training course at the Army and Air Force Special Services School, he was soon to find himself being shipped up to Alaska, where he set up recreational facilities for the three hundred man radar outpost, for a period of fifteen months.
Following his discharge from the Air Force in May of 1954, Don returned to Long Island, New York, where he engaged himself in various jobs along with his square dance calling, while becoming adjusted to civilian life once again. It was in December of this year that Don met his wife Helen, and following a Caribbean cruise, on which he served as a recreational assistant, they became engaged. In September, Don and Helen were married, and with the coming of January 1956, Don set out to make Square Dance Calling his full-time profession.
Don spends his daylight weekday hours in the fall, winter, and spring months conducting Square Dance Workshops for the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade children in numerous schools throughout the Long Island area, along with junior and senior high school groups. His weekday evenings are spent with fifth and sixth grade Square Dance Clubs sponsored by the Recreation Departments, and with private organizations on weekends. Don's summers take him to many of the Day Camps and evening outdoor recreational family Square Dances.
It is Don's belief that Square Dancing is here to stay for the simple reason, that Square Dancing is one of the finest forms of social recreation in our country today, and anyone, no matter what race, creed, or social standing can enter into it and have the feeling of belonging.
Don is without a doubt one of the clearest and liveliest Square Dance Calling personalities in our of country today, and with his love of Square Dancing and the people who dance it, he's destined to go a long way.
Subjects: Northern / Prompt & Patter
Tags: Bumps-a-Daisy, Don Durlacher
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Don Durlacher, son of Ed, was a well-respected called in his own right. Note the tag on the cover, "with calls you can understand" —Don's father stressed careful enunciation, and this album was released at a time when the market was flooded with lots of fast-talking callers.
Tony Parkes remembers dancing with Don: "When (Ed) died, his son Don Durlacher took over. I danced, for about three summers, I danced with Don Durlacher at Jones Beach, and that was important too." Tony credited Don with being one of his models.
Other cuts on the album are:
- Cindy Lou (split the sides)
- Birdie in the Cage
- Forward Six and Back
- Comin' Round the Mountain
- Forward Eight and Back
- Honeycomb
The liner notes to this album provide an overview of Don's calling background:
===
Little did Don Durlacher realize that when starting calling Square Dances professionally twelve years ago, at the age of sixteen, that he would make "calling" his life time profession, some ten years later.
Don, one of three brothers, received his first lesson in the art of calling in the family living room from his square-dance-calling father, Ed Durlacher, in May, 1946. Having the natural ability, and having been exposed to Square Dancing and Square Dance Calling for some eight years, Don took to it like duck to water. That summer he called as a counsellor at the Y.M.C.A. Camp Brooklyn in the Poconos of Pennsylvania.
With the coming of fall, while attending Freeport High School, Don made use of his talent on weekends, calling for numerous organizations throughout the Long Island area.
Following Don's graduation from high school in June of 1949, he called for a series of outdoor summer Square Dances at the famed Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaways. Five hundred people from all walks of life filled the dance area once a week and left that evening feeling completely divorced from the tensions of the day. With the money Don had saved from this summer series, he embarked on a three month hitch-hiking, bus, and plane tour of the U.S.A., for the prime purpose of furthering his knowledge of Square Dancing and of people.
In December of 1950, Don enlisted in the U.S. Air Force for four years. Having completed a two months' training course at the Army and Air Force Special Services School, he was soon to find himself being shipped up to Alaska, where he set up recreational facilities for the three hundred man radar outpost, for a period of fifteen months.
Following his discharge from the Air Force in May of 1954, Don returned to Long Island, New York, where he engaged himself in various jobs along with his square dance calling, while becoming adjusted to civilian life once again. It was in December of this year that Don met his wife Helen, and following a Caribbean cruise, on which he served as a recreational assistant, they became engaged. In September, Don and Helen were married, and with the coming of January 1956, Don set out to make Square Dance Calling his full-time profession.
Don spends his daylight weekday hours in the fall, winter, and spring months conducting Square Dance Workshops for the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade children in numerous schools throughout the Long Island area, along with junior and senior high school groups. His weekday evenings are spent with fifth and sixth grade Square Dance Clubs sponsored by the Recreation Departments, and with private organizations on weekends. Don's summers take him to many of the Day Camps and evening outdoor recreational family Square Dances.
It is Don's belief that Square Dancing is here to stay for the simple reason, that Square Dancing is one of the finest forms of social recreation in our country today, and anyone, no matter what race, creed, or social standing can enter into it and have the feeling of belonging.
Don is without a doubt one of the clearest and liveliest Square Dance Calling personalities in our of country today, and with his love of Square Dancing and the people who dance it, he's destined to go a long way.