LIMA — In the good old days of early 1941, as Americans made the most of a nervous peace in the final months before Pearl Harbor changed everything, 59-year-old Bill Hodde, “Lima’s Old Dance Man,” ...

25 - Park Rapids Friendly Squares dance, Abe Maier, caller; Donna Stone, cuer; "Plus" dancing from 7:30 to 8 p.m. and mainstream dancing from 8 to 10 p.m., Century School, 501 Helton Ave., Park Rapids ...

BRECKSVILLE, Ohio -- Square dancing developed long ago from a mix of English country dances and African-American social dances, with communities getting together in what were originally intended as ...

The Rambling Roses Square Dance Club wants younger members to join to keep square dancing alive. “We are trying to change the image that someone has of square dancing. It’s fun,” said Wayne Carter, ...

Square dance, explained Pegasus Squares’ former president Alan Josephson, is “not a set dance.” It is, instead a set of calls, from the “caller,” telling the dancers what to do next. The caller calls ...

The only thing square about square dancing, according to those who do it, is the occasional dance formation, as partners prepare to spin, pivot and step in tune to commands of the caller. It's an ...

Four squares of dancers were in full swing at the Covington Community Center as they answered the call to do-si-do, promenade and allemande. The Ozone Squares, one of two square dance clubs in St.

Square dances have grown in popularity in recent years, but for your information, they're not really square dances, they're "hog rassles." This on the authority of George R. (Pop) Sweet, a man now 77 ...

Lyons couple LaVerne and LaVern (yep, those are their real names) Johnson didn’t know the first thing about square dancing when LaVern’s aunt and uncle came to visit them in September of 1958. But ...

Why do people take up square dancing? For most it appears that the appeal is the fun of moving to music in a special way, in a definite pattern, led by a caller who also plays the music. A square is ...

Couples in the Swinging Stars Square Dance Club get into the, ahem, swing of things every time they meet. The group, which celebrates 58 years this May, meets weekly at Roger Bryan Elementary School.