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Hire a Band: Unless you’re lucky enough to know a square dance band offhand you may have to take to the web to find (more…)

From beginner to advance square dancer, no matter what club you choose to join some things are for sure within the whole square dance community. You will laugh a lot and meet a lot fun, fantastic people. Whether you are single and looking to join a club for social activity or an established dance couple looking for an additional night of dancing to add to your repertoire, square dancing offers something for everyone. If you are looking for a fun method of getting a great exercise workout, square dancing is a fun (more…)

Music: Pop, Traditional Country, And Broadway

Square dancing has been in man’s history for centuries; beginning with the first form, the ‘Irish Jig.’ The dancing and music is lively, and just a lot of fun for couples and groups. Couples enjoy the interaction between themselves and other couples as they dance their routine of steps and movements.

Today the type of square dancing depends on the style of music and the event; the theme could be Traditional country, Pop or Broadway theater productions. The groups of dancers will (more…)

Country music is in the soul of anyone who loves music. Country music stars today can give credit to those who came before them and paved the way for so many stars today. Music is part of square dancing and you can learn dance steps while listening and singing along to many songs. Dance fashions mean wearing jeans and a T-shirt with a kerchief around your neck or a full skirt surrounded by ruffles. Dance to the beat of the fiddle player while he strums the strings and makes the music come alive. Fiddles, strings and banjos (more…)

Topeka, Kansas, while not one of the many U.S. states to lay claim on the square dance as their state dance, does boast the official headquarters of Callerlab, otherwise known as the International Square Dance Caller Association, the largest square dance association in the United States, boasting members from as far away as Germany and Saudi Arabia. Its history is as American as America’s love affair with square dance, as American as Dr. Lloyd, “Pappy” Shaw.

Dr. Lloyd Shaw, a man (more…)

Square Dancing has evolved significantly in the last deacde. While it is still the national dance, no longer is it held just in barns with farmers in overalls calling out the steps. Haystacks have been replaced by air conditioning, and fiddles and banjos have been replaced with top 40 hits and classic rock.

The garb worn during the dancing has changed a bit as well. While some of the more classic square dancing rituals are still performed in the wide ruffled skirts and cowboy boots, today’s square dancers can also be found wearing dungarees, jeans (more…)

Square Dancing is a fun sport that is easy for any beginner to master. Most would define square dancing as friendship set to music; simply put it is four couples in a square. A caller will call out the moves and you follow those moves.

There are some basic dance moves to get started; as you progress you can learn the more advanced moves. Circle, everyone in the square joins palms as they move in (more…)