About 100 of the world's most experienced square-dancers showed off their best do-si-dos, promenades and allemande lefts as they kicked off a four-day Callerlab convention Sunday in the Conference and ...

When the National Square Dance Convention last came to Milwaukee in 1979, about 20,000 people clapped, tapped and twirled their way across the dance floor. There's fewer square dance partners to swing ...

FARGO - Vivid skirts with petticoats were flying and boots were stomping at the Cash Wise Community Center here recently when suddenly the dancing came to a halt. “What happened over here?” square ...

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- If you ask longtime square-dance caller Charlie Stockman what got him hooked, he'll point to his wife. Stockman first took square-dance lessons at Ballenger Community Hall 20 ...

At first glance, a room full of contra dancers looks like mildly organized chaos. But look more closely, and patterns emerge: Four dancers with right hands touching create a spinning star. Long lines ...

While you are passing time, does it ever occur to you the time is passing? Precious time! Time that will never be again. Time itself is infinite, but our time is rationed. I often reflect on the time ...

Aleman Left”You can tell by the way people walk,” Gene Hubert whispers in my ear during the break. “The beginners always act funny and nervous when they walk up to the square.” I’m walking mighty ...

While a few square-dance callers have stayed loyal to turntables and 45s, Johnny Eubanks isn't among them. He's still got a turntable that he sets up in front of Bella Vista's Riordan Hall's stage, ...

At 61, square dance teacher and caller Scotty Sharrer has been in a vocation he has loved and pursued for a half-century. Last month, his wife Marlene and a longtime group of square dance friends ...

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