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The only podcast dedicated to square dancing, this show brings the excitement of square dancing to you with live recordings and vintage albums that celebrate callers from both yesterday and today.
Episodes are released on the 1st and 15th of each month with occasional bonus episodes. Each episode offers a rich snapshot of square dancing - honoring its roots while spotlighting its living legacy. Hosted by Buddy Weaver, acclaimed caller, recording artist, and publisher of American Square Dance.
Episodes
Sunday Sep 19, 2021
Sunday Sep 19, 2021
A reel-to-reel tape recording of a live dance held in Honolulu, Hawaii featuring the calling of Frank Lane, Marshall Flippo, and Dick Enderle. Frank and Marshall were considered the top two callers in the country at the time while Dick was an up-and-coming traveling caller.
Nearly sixty-years of age hasn't affected the finished product in this episode. There is occasional distortion caused by either the amplifier output being too loud or the microphone input being set too high. This doesn't take away from the excellence of these three callers.
The tape comes from the Frank Waters collection
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Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
This podcast advocates for the newest Modern Western Square Dance program - SSD or Social Square Dancing. A program that is growing in popularity for the joy it is bringing to more and more dancers everyday.
Today's episode features yesterdays Staff Recording Artists calling singing calls using the SSD program. This is excellent for home use, when you don't have a caller, or for callers to use as a learning resource.
At this time, none of the musical accompaniment is available so please enjoy this episode.
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Sunday Sep 05, 2021
Sunday Sep 05, 2021
This episode we feature a vintage Blue Star Records long-play album recorded by Marshall Flippo. Released in August 1964 as Blue Star 1010, "The Best Collection Of New Squares Yet By Marshall Flippo On Blue Star ... Of Course"
This is Marshall's seventh recorded album. Here you begin to see MWSD evolving with the introduction of the call "Swing Thru" and other Ocean Wave type actions. Great calling and great music.
Read more about Marshall Flippo here
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Sunday Aug 29, 2021
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
This podcast advocates for the newest Modern Western Square Dance program - SSD or Social Square Dancing. Proving to be a dancer favorite as it promotes dancer success and the opportunity for non-dancers to join into square dancing faster.
Today's episode features Staff Recording Artists calling singing calls using the SSD program. This is excellent for home use, when you don't have a caller, or for callers to use as a learning resource.
Here are the callers and singing calls in this episode:
Eric Henerlau calling "Sugar Sugar" on Blue Star Music 2573
Ken Bower calling "Night Train To Memphis" on Blue Star/Square L 1003
Andy Allemao calling "TROUBLE" on Rawhide Music 1186
Bear Miller calling "Macho Man" on Rawhide Music 1163
Mike Hogan calling "Sea Of Heartbreak" on Rawhide Music 1099
Lisa Lincoln calling "Hallelujah" on Female Edition Blue Star 201
Jerry Gilbreath calling "Rocking With You" on Rawhide Music 1224
Buddy Weaver calling "Just The Way You Are" on Blue Star Music 2569
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Sunday Aug 22, 2021
Sunday Aug 22, 2021
Unique to the MWSD activity is the callers/teachers who also have the talent to perform without the dance calls. This episode features a beloved caller from Southern California, Lee Schmidt.
The album presented here is a compilation of his studio recordings from the eighties through the nineties with the musical accompaniment done by studio musicians from the Los Angeles area. Lee was responsible for hundreds of dancers learning MWSD in addition to acting as a mentor to some of today's influential callers. From the sixties until his retirement in 2012, he was a popular figure in the California square dance scene.
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Sunday Aug 15, 2021
Sunday Aug 15, 2021
The square dancer of today may not recognize the name, Dick Houlton, but he was a popular personality calling for thousands of dancers each month in his heyday. His had a great influence over callers of the current generation.
Here is a live dance recording from 1990 of the late, great Dick Houlton. Dancers of Mainstream and Plus will enjoy the calling while every caller should listen, over and over, to learn from a master caller.
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Sunday Aug 08, 2021
Sunday Aug 08, 2021
This episode we feature a vintage Blue Star Records long-play album recorded by Marshall Flippo. Released in August 1964 as Blue Star 1009, "More Dance For Fun Level Dancing By Marshall Flippo"
This is Marshall's sixth recorded album. It is an excellent example perfect timing and delivery by a master caller.
Read more about Marshall Flippo here
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Sunday Aug 01, 2021
Sunday Aug 01, 2021
This podcast advocates for the newest Modern Western Square Dance program - SSD or Social Square Dancing. A great way to join in square dancing where classes take about 14 weeks and the entire program is about 50 calls.
Today's episode features Staff Recording Artists calling singing calls using the SSD program. This is excellent for home use, when you don't have a caller, or for callers to use as a learning resource.
Here are the callers and singing calls in this episode:
Andy Allemao calling "Let The Good Times Roll" on Blue Star Music 2563
Jim Steele calling "Two More Bottles Of Wine" on Hi Hat Music 5355
Lisa Lincoln calling "Open Arms" on Female Edition Blue Star 206
Dave Guille calling "Rocky Top" on Rawhide Music 1154
Eric Henerlau calling "I'm Beginning To See The Light" on Blue Star Music 2621
Lone Blume calling "When The Sun Goes Down" on Hi Hat Music 5289
Nicholas Brendzy calling "Earthquake" on Rawhide Music 1243
Mike Hogan calling "Blue Moon" on Blue Star Music 2615
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Sunday Jul 25, 2021
Sunday Jul 25, 2021
Modern Western Square Dancing, slightly vintage as it was recorded in the nineties.
Today's featured caller is Johnnie Wykoff. From the early sixties until his passing in 2000, he was a popular caller who traveled throughout the U.S. In the late eighties, he became the second owner/producer of Blue Star Records and all of the affiliate labels. Over the years, Johnnie Wykoff recorded 169 singles, mostly on Blue Star, with today's episode highlighting one of his final albums.
Most of the musical accompaniment is available for purchase from buddyweavermusic.com
Learn more about Johnnie Wykoff here
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Sunday Jul 18, 2021
Sunday Jul 18, 2021
The newly-minted MWSD program - SSD or Social Square Dancing is again featured. Here are four patter calls and four singing calls using new music from Buddy Weaver Music as accompaniment. This is great for dancing when you don't have a caller or as a resource for callers.
the feature of this episode. With about fifty square dance calls in the program, it is great for dancers to move in time with the rhythm of the music from one-call-to-the-next.
Here are the releases used:
"Showdown" on Blue Star Music 547
"Beautiful Sunday" on Blue Star Music 2553
"Los Danza" on Blue Star Music 557
"Forever Young" on Blue Star Music 2629
"Hi Hat Hornpipe" on Hi Hat Music 1001
"You Ain't Never Had A Friend Like Me" on Blue Star Music 2631
"Lets Marvin Gaye" on Blue Star Music 2589
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" on Blue Star Music 2635
Learn more about SSD here
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Sunday Jul 11, 2021
Sunday Jul 11, 2021
This is the second album of easy dances presented by Blue Star Records, featuring the calling of Marshall Flippo. Released in August 1963 as BS 1007 "Everybody Dances When The Great Marshall Flippo Calls On Blue Star".
This is Marshall's fifth recorded album. It is an excellent example perfect timing and delivery by a master caller.
Read more about Marshall Flippo here
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Sunday Jul 04, 2021
Sunday Jul 04, 2021
A true pioneer in the MWSD activity, Bob Osgood, presented the history of our dance in 1979. His presentation was captured on cassette and has been cleaned up in our studio for you.
Bob picks up the timeline post World War II, as Modern Western Square Dancing was pulling away from the folk dance groups of the time. Rather than being part of an evening of folk dances where teaching was done every time the dance was presented, MWSD set the standard that dancers had to know the fundamental dances, which involved taking lessons for about six weeks. In this way, every group get-together was dancing, rather than learning and re-learning the fundamentals.
There is an audio sample of Bob Osgood calling at the end of his presentation.
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Sunday Jun 27, 2021
Sunday Jun 27, 2021
Unique to the MWSD world, here are square dance callers with the talent to sing "cowboy songs" - yes, singing without the calls. The Hi Hat Pioneers featuring Ernie Kinney, Bronc Wise, Tom Perry, and Burlin Davis along with some fine studio musicians present the album, "Autumn On The Trail".
Released in 1984 on cassette tape, this is the third album for the group and highlights the tight harmonies and evolving sound.
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Sunday Jun 20, 2021
Sunday Jun 20, 2021
Country music, the sound that gave birth to Modern Western Square Dancing, has evolved over the years. Gone are the days of a three-piece band, replaced with a full orchestra recorded with modern studio techniques.
This episode is dedicated to the contemporary sound of country music as used in today's MWSD.
Here are the callers and singing calls in this episode:
Buddy Weaver calling "Amie" on Blue Star Music 2593
Jerry Junck calling "We Believe In Happy Endings" on Hi Hat Music 5359
Nicholas Brendzy calling "From A Jack To A King" on Rawhide Music 1238
Masaru Wade calling "Gone At Last" on Hi Hat Music 5338
Lanny Weaklend calling "House Of The Rising Sun" on Hi Hat Music 5334
Jerry Gilbreath calling "Stuck In The Middle With You" on Hi Hat Music 5347
Darren Gallina calling "Blue With Envy" on Hi Hat Music 5362
Tim Merino calling "Heartbreak Mountain" on Rawhide Music 1222
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Sunday Jun 13, 2021
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
Buddy Weaver Music is the copyright owner of Blue Star Records. Some episodes of this podcast will be presenting the Blue Star Records album collection. Here is BS 1006 "The Great Flippo Calls A Terrific Dance Of Great Square Dances To Double Your Dancing Pleasure". Quite a mouthful of a title.
Released in August 1963 for dancer's home practice with Marshall Flippo, premier recording artist and traveling caller using calls that were new to the dancer in 1963.
Read more about Marshall Flippo here
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Sunday Jun 06, 2021
Sunday Jun 06, 2021
The newly-minted MWSD program - SSD or Social Square Dancing is the feature of this episode. With about fifty square dance calls in the program, it is great for dancers to move in time with the rhythm of the music from one-call-to-the-next.
All of the musical accompaniment - today's best square dance music - is part of the Buddy Weaver Music catalog; is available through the BWM website. Here are the releases used:
"Paloma Blanca" on Blue Star Music 2557
"Hoedown Number Nine" on Blue Star Music 555
"Route Sixty-Six" on Blue Star Music 2609
"Green Grass Of Home Hoedown" on Blue Star Music 588
"Iko Shake" on Blue Star Music 2575
"Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling" on Blue Star Music 577
"Open Arms" on Blue Star Music 2633
"Cripple Cricket" on Blue Star Music 591
Learn more about SSD here
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Sunday May 30, 2021
Sunday May 30, 2021
MWSD is represented by a variety of dance programs that are designed to offer something for every dancer from the occasional enthusiast to the high-frequency veteran. Our episode today features Plus level or intermediate level, dancing as captured from live dances called by Buddy Weaver in 2008. Excellent for practice dancing.
All of the musical accompaniment is part of the Buddy Weaver Music catalog and is available through the BWM website. Here are the releases used:
"Sitting On Top Of The World" on Blue Star Music 2523
"Mountains Of Harmonica" on Rawhide Music 1502
"Ghost Riders In The Sky" on Rawhide Music 1001
"DX Land" on Blue Star Music 568
"Tonight Carmen" on Rawhide Music 1014
"Rebel Rouser" on Blue Star Music 534
"I Found A New Baby" on Blue Star Music 2458
"Skillet Lickin'" on Rawhide Music 1528
Learn more about Buddy Weaver here
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Sunday May 23, 2021
Sunday May 23, 2021
Buddy Weaver Music is the copyright owner of Blue Star Records. Some episodes of this podcast will be presenting the Blue Star Records album collection. Here is BS 1005 "Andy Andrus Calls 'Em Sensational"
Incorrectly identified in the podcast (should be Blue Star 1005), this long play album was released in May 1963 for dancer's home practice. Some of the calls used are no longer in square dancing today so listeners have to do some research before dancing.
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Sunday May 16, 2021
Sunday May 16, 2021
Modern Western Square Dancing, enjoyed by people all around the world, has truly built a firm foundation in Japan. With dancers, clubs, and callers throughout the country, thousands of Japanese citizens have made MWSD, their very own. To honor our dance friends in Japan, this episode features some great Japanese square dance callers.
Here are the callers and singing calls in this episode:
Sam Tajima calling "Hey Good Lookin'" on Rawhide Music 1242
Toshifumi Ueno calling "Take It To The Limit" on Hi Hat Music 5331
Kotaro Okawa calling "Cold Cold Heart" on Rawhide Music 1231
Hisae Moriguchi calling "Be Glad" on Rawhide Music 1127
Takako Suzuki calling "I Just Want To Dance With You" on Rawhide Music 1155
Hiroyuki Kaneko, Jr. calling "Your Song" on Hi Hat Music 5346
Hiroshi and Keiko Yaoko calling "Blue Spanish Eyes" on Rawhide Music 1164
Hideyuki Takahashi and Naomi Tomosada calling "Ring Around Your Neck" on Rawhide Music 1091
Makiko Wakamatsu calling "It's My Party" on Rawhide Music 1228
Akitoshi Nakajima calling "Memories To Burn" on Rawhide Music 1132
Tac Ozaki calling "Crazy For Loving You" on Hi Hat Music 5285
Masaru Wada calling "Cupid" on Hi Hat Music 5276
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Sunday May 09, 2021
Sunday May 09, 2021
Here is Modern Western Square Dancing with a slight vintage feel. The calls used are part of the Plus (intermediate) Program while the music is some of the best from 1984.
Our featured caller is Mike Sikorsky, one of the more popular callers in MWSD. This was a live dance that was released as a long-play album on Hi Hat Records. Excellent for practice at home or whenever you need a caller.