In the fourth grade, my teacher had us move all our desks to the side. We would square dance…..on rainy days. I loved it. 💜

Square dance is how I met my 1st wife. The club crashed our reception. 4 complete squares. My sister's, my parents, maid of honor all were dancing. We had a great time then. My uncle was a caller for square and line dance. I miss doing it.

@stalstonestacy4316

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great reception!

@fonzarelli1962

4 жыл бұрын

@@stalstonestacy4316 It was.

I must say after 3yrs of square dancing.. I was good. I miss it.

I miss this. I use to square dance in my high school School yrs with Mr Johnson. Mr Johnson if u see this I miss going with ur family to do square dance.

The wish bring back square dancing so the young generation understand

First danced this when Bob Dalsemer called it for us in this very same lovely room ( with the world's best dance floor). It was a magical moment in my long career as a square dance enthusiast. Love this, Tony. Thanks for posting!!

If you can walk and understand English, you can square dance. I was in two clubs in WV in the 80s and 90s. I really miss it.

A nicely flowing dance...easy going pace, tuneful caller and LIVE MUSIC!!! Makes all the difference! I might simplify part of this dance and call it at my dances here in Australia. Thanks for the nice video

@tonybethparkes2864

7 жыл бұрын

Hi, Ken... Thanks for the kind words. I have a simplified version that I adapted from this one, but at the 2011 weekend I used Flippo's choreography because Jim Mayo (our resident modern square dance caller) had just taught all of the moves in it.

My Uncle Jack St. Thomas from Peterborough ont.was in all of No.1 Ontario Greatest square dance Caller that ever lived!! And we miss him and love him Dearly. God Bless you Uncle Jack

Wish they would do this now..I'd love to do it again..

@billcard7074

7 ай бұрын

They still do - look up square dancing, or contra dancing, in your area...I've danced this in New England within the last few years.

This is a nice song to dance to. And live music what a bonus! It occasionally gets dusted off and played in Adelaide South Australia.

I can probably remember most of these but it's been 30 years.

just wonderful, thank you

Loved these awesome dancers such fun!

It was coming back to me just watching. I haven't square danced since 2005 or 2006 or something like that.

I used to belong to Jefferson squares alamand left overs started when I was 15 loved to to this till I could no longer walk

I love this I wish I could dance like these guys🙂❤❤❤

Lovely dance Love my square dancing

Jen Psaki, Circle on back now do-si-do now circle on back now

one of the best!

@user-er8ve9rw3u

4 жыл бұрын

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good stuff!

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At 2:01 Can anyone tell me what it means when a female grabs her skirt and shakes it back-and-forth like this lady at the 2:01 mark. Name? Meaning? Thank you!

Is each dance unique with the caller doing calls to his whim or are there set patterns that each tune has? In other words, do the dancers have to be totally on top of the calls and don’t know what will come next or does each tune have its own pattern so the dancers know what is coming?

@billcard7074

7 ай бұрын

Some tunes are unique, same tune same figures, and this is one of them. But most are in a general pattern, with the caller filling in the details.

Much more entertaining to set the playback speed to 1.15! Sounds more like a regular auctioneer!

love it! 48 yo white dude and I think its fantastic. Its a shame I dont see more smiles than faces of determination. Cant have it all I guess.

@stalstonestacy4316

4 жыл бұрын

With a fast caller or a lot of beginners, it takes a LOT of concentration 😉

This looks hard

It's sad to see they no longer where to traditional clothing. For me, it added an additional layer of fun to the dance.

Please can someone write/explain what he is talking in time of promenade? He's talking too fast for me, I can't understand the words :) Great video btw!

@tonybethparkes2864

Жыл бұрын

It's an imitation of an auctioneer's spiel: "25 dollar bidda, now 30 dollar 30, Will you gimme 30, make it 30, biddle in form of 30 dollar, Who'll-a gimme 30, now, who'll-a make a 30 dollar bid" The number goes up by 5 each time.

Well, I do declare. YeeHar

How come no one is wearing square dancing clothes? The dancing was great. I would have gotten mixed up.

@tonybethparkes2864

7 жыл бұрын

Those *are* square dancing clothes. In our network, no special outfits are needed. The clothes in the video are actually a bit dressier than you'll see at some dance events. OTOH, at traditional square dances in rural areas up and down the East Coast, many people dress fancier -- not specifically "square dance" outfits, more like business casual. It varies considerably. Even in the "modern square dance" world (the other network), there's more variety than there used to be.

@tbird5696

6 жыл бұрын

They're not the square dance clothes that I remember but I haven't danced in almost 30 years.

@stalstonestacy4316

4 жыл бұрын

@@tonybethparkes2864 our club is pretty traditional. My guest bedroom has been taken over as storage for a rainbow collection of crinolines and dresses and my husband and I always match our outfits. We look straight out of any club from the 70s-90s. As a matter of fact a good many of my dresses are vintage from as early as the mid 60s but I also sew a lot, occasionally have some made and buy a few new ones here and there. We are incidentally in our early 40s, the youngest in our club I believe is around 27 and we are located on the WV side of the WV-KY-OH tristate point. Some of our dancers are quite casual attending in office workwear. Surprisingly, the younger people are much more eager to wear traditional dress than the middle years set. They puttheir own twist on it as every generation does but then, everything living must remain growing, evolving and changing

@concertinamadrigals4058

3 жыл бұрын

@@stalstonestacy4316 Where I live, the square-dance clubs have a rising average age, hovering in the 60s. Kinda makes me consider moving to an area where it's a more popular activity.

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