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 ...
I recently returned from the annual Callerlab convention, held this year in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is a gala event where the icons of the square dance industry gather to impress and encourage the ...
The dance used to be taught in elementary school physical education classes and became the official dance of Texas in 1991.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the National Square Dance Convention last came to Milwaukee in 1979, about 20,000 people clapped, tapped and twirled their ...
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 ...
"Burnin', burnin'. Doin' the Neutron Dance," Roger McNeil sings as he calls a square dance for the L&M Squares on Tuesday night in the Fargo Cashwise Community Room. He wears the blue glasses for the ...
A first-person account from off the beaten track, as told to Anne Ford. “At one point, there were 25 or 30 African-American square-dance callers. Now there are probably 12 or 14 of us in the whole ...
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 ...