Microphone in hand, square dance caller Mike Hogan cues up a song as groups of couples take their places on the floor. As the men and women grasp hands, the energetic Omaha man with an easy smile ...
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 ...
HARRISBURG — A local group is taking their square-dancing skills to the Pennsylvania Farm Show on Friday, but these dancers won’t be shining up their dancing shoes — they’ll be polishing up their ...
Am I allowed to fall in love with a 60-plus gay man on the dance floor? Can I do that? I, a person who identifies as a girl, went to a gay square dancing club on July 16 in Springfield with my own ...
The strains of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” are pulsing, and the dance floor is packed. “There’s a fire starting in my heart reaching a fever pitch and it’s bringing me out the dark” Allemande left, ...
At its most basic level, square dancing requires only a couple of things: eight people who can form a square and a shared language. It's a language that doesn't care about gender or politics. "It's ...
They come in jeans and knit ski caps. Shiny cowboy shirts with scorpion bolo ties. Or in pressed suits just from the office. In churches, recreation centers and private basements throughout the Bay ...
Square dancing sounds like something out of Little House on the Prairie, but in truth, square dancing has been a part of American entertainment for centuries. According to the Square Dance History ...
Chip takes a turn at Carcassonne Square Dance. The square dance is a tradition known all across America. And in a tiny town in Eastern Kentucky, a community center claims the title of the ...