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Square dance music

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
Scope Note: Harvard dictionary of music, 4th ed. : ǂb under Square dance (A folk dance of the U.S. dance by groups of four couples forming a square... It employs music in moderately fast duple meter performed by a fiddle and or various other instruments...)

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

Cal Golden Papers

 Collection
Identifier: D059
Abstract

This collection contains memorabilia from Cal Golden's time as a Square Dance Caller. The collection includes awards, realia, audio recordings, textiles, and photographs. Cal used the textiles for his performances. The awards, realia, and photographs were gifts or depict Cal performing.

Dates: 1928-2012

Container 16: Calling Mic

 File — Object D050.0016: Series D050.07 [Barcode: U186023286861]
Identifier: D050.07.0016
Abstract

This object is a calling mic used by Jimmy Clossin during square dance events.

Dates: 1923-1981

Dance Notation - Central City Opera , 1957

 File
Identifier: D037.05.0004.0051
Abstract

File contains dance notation for choreography for the operas: "Rigoletto," "The Gypsy Baron," square dance.

Dates: 1957

Jimmy Clossin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: D050
Abstract

Born in West Texas, Jimmy Clossin was a square-dance caller and teacher who published a book of West Texas Cowboy Square Dances. He taught dance classes at universities and schools across the United States. This collection contains photographs, programs, serials, class syllabi, correspondence, a scrapbook, and papers related to Clossin's square dance teaching.

Dates: 1923-1981

Lloyd Shaw Foundation Records

 Collection
Identifier: D096
Abstract The Lloyd Shaw Foundation is dedicated to the preservation, restoration and teaching of the folk dances of America. Our work is intended to share a diverse range of dance and music with an intergenerational audience, develop leadership in dance and music to ensure its continuity, retain records which document the past, present, and future of our American dance and promote fellowship and enjoyment through the production of dance events, music, and dance materials. All of this emphasizes the...
Dates: 1850-2007

Records

 Series
Identifier: D050.09
Scope and Contents

This series contains 10" and 12" inch record owned, recorded, or used by Jimmy Clossin in calling dances.

Dates: 1923-1981

Square Dance Calling, 1955

 Item
Identifier: D109.0001.0001.00017
Abstract

Charlotte calling square dance on the patio of the University Memorial Center (UMC) at CU Boulder with her daughter Susan Sitting beside her.

Dates: 1955

"Square Dance in the American West" Documentary, 2018

 Item
Identifier: D114.02.0001.0004.00001
Abstract

Documentary produced for the 2018 Annual Meeting "Square Dance in the American West." The documentary includes photos, videos, and clips from oral histories conducted as part of this project.

Dates: 2018

Square Dance Music

 File
Identifier: M123.05.0169.0004
Abstract

Sheet music (6 scores) used for CCOHA Square Dances by an unknown performer affiliated with the Central City Opera House.

Dates: 1850-1957