SLIDESHOW: Oliver Vogel, right,, square dances with the El Camino Reelers at St. Andrews United Methodist Church in Palo Alto on Jan. 12, 2024. Photo by Magali Gauthier. For nearly 40 years, El Camino ...

Thanks to city slickers, there was a boom last week in country dances. Victor’s square-dance album, Swing Your Partner ($3.25), had sold nearly 2,000 sets fortnight after publication. Columbia had ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

SALISBURY — Square dancing might seem like an old fashioned thing to do, but if you give it an honest try, you might realize how easy and fun it really can be. NorthGate Church in Salisbury is hosting ...

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 ...

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 ...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — Ketchikan’s square dancers warmed up a chilly Friday night in the Creekside Cabaret with laughter and enthusiastic allemandes timed to the lively music of the Free Radicals ...