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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 28, 2025
Sunday Sep 28, 2025
The Sets In Order American Square Dance Society under the direction of Bob Osgood, established two lists of calls that made up Modern Square Dancing; 50 Basics and 75 Extended Basics. This album used the brand new Mainstream list as created by CALLERLAB. By contrast to the 75 Extended Basics for club dancers, the Mainstream list had many more calls and was for the dance enthusiast.
MC is Sets In Order owner/publisher - Bob Osgood
Featured callers are:
Jack Lasry
Shelby Dawson
Harold Bausch
Martin Mallard
Chris Vear
Ed Fraidenberg
Vaughn Parrish
Warren Rowles
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Sunday Sep 21, 2025
Sunday Sep 21, 2025
The Sets In Order American Square Dance Society under the direction of Bob Osgood, established two lists of calls that made up Modern Square Dancing; 50 Basics and 75 Extended Basics. SIOASD released albums for their subscribers which featured prominent callers from around the world to support use of the SIOASD lists. This album used the 75 Extended Basics for the regular club square dancer.
MC is Sets In Order owner/publisher - Bob Osgood
Featured callers are:
Bruce Johnson
Harry Lackey
Jim Mayo
Bob Dawson
Bill Peters
Masaru Wada
Ernie Kinney
Ken Anderson
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Sunday Sep 14, 2025
Sunday Sep 14, 2025
The Sets In Order American Square Dance Society under the direction of Bob Osgood, established two lists of calls that made up Modern Square Dancing; 50 Basics and 75 Extended Basics. SIOASD released albums for their subscribers which featured prominent callers from around the world to support use of the SIOASD lists. This album used the 50 Basics which was designed for the occasional square dancer.
MC is Sets In Order owner/publisher - Bob Osgood
Featured callers are:
Bob Van Antwerp
Bob Wickers
Orphie Eason
Elmer Sheffield
Dick Leger
Tex Brownlee
Curley Custer
Tommy Cavanaugh
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Sunday Sep 07, 2025
Sunday Sep 07, 2025
Lee Helsel one of the more recognized names on the travel calling circuit in the 1950s and 1960s. He maintained a strong home program in Sacramento, California, held down a full-time job for the State of California and flew out almost every weekend for festivals and conventions. He kept this pace until his retirement in 1980.
This album released in January 1957, was his first for the Sets In Order label and is presented with permission of the Bob Osgood family.
Learn more about Lee Helsel - click here
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Sunday Aug 31, 2025
Sunday Aug 31, 2025
Al started calling in West Texas in 1948 and by 1957 became a full-time caller covering most of the region. In 1968 he became recreation director for Fontana Dam Resort in North Carolina, spending summer months there as resident caller while returning to Texas in the Fall. He recorded for Blue Star Records from 1962 to 1982. This episode features Blue Star 1008, released in December 1963, a long-play album of Al "Tex" Brownlee
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Sunday Aug 24, 2025
Sunday Aug 24, 2025
Buddy Weaver, host of this podcast is presented in this episode calling six singing calls that are brand new from the Blue Star and Hi Hat labels. All of the dance movements come from the SSD (Social Square Dance) program - the new Mainstream. Great for listening or when you don't have a caller for your party or demo.
Learn more about Buddy Weaver at: https://buddyweaver.com/
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Sunday Aug 17, 2025
Sunday Aug 17, 2025
Here is part two of the live dance called by Frank Lane in Petaluma, California - 1979.
Part one was released on August 10, 2025 - go back and listen then we'll pick it up from there.
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Sunday Aug 10, 2025
Sunday Aug 10, 2025
Frank Lane was one of the most important callers in modern square dancing. A sought-after traveling caller with many recordings on various record labels. Frank Lane was considered the first to explore what is today called "dancing by definition".
His annual calling tours covered some 60,000 miles every year and included engagements in the San Francisco area, usually following the Asilomar Weekend in California. Here is a live dance called in Petaluma in 1979. This would have been Plus in the late seventies.
Part of the George Knox collection of tapes.
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Sunday Aug 03, 2025
Sunday Aug 03, 2025
Melton Luttrell began calling in 1950 and over the past seventy-five years has left a last legacy in the square dance activity. In his home area of Ft. Worth, Texas, Melton has taught thousands of people to dance, mentored dozens of callers, and was instrumental in the construction of Swingtime Dance Center - the premier square dance hall in the U.S. He producer Square L Records for many years and was a founding father of CALLERLAB. He is the recipient of the Milestone Award, Gold Card, and Lifetime Achievement Award. At 97, Melton still gets up to call at his beloved Swingtime Center.
This album was released in 1963 on Square L Records.
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Sunday Jul 27, 2025
Sunday Jul 27, 2025
Contra dance and Modern Western Square Dance have co-existed for many decades along separate paths. This episode is another episode featuring the intersection of Contra and MWSD. Released as part of a package put together by the Southern California Contra Callers Association - here are the audio tracks.
The caller, Mike Seastrom, is one of the most popular callers in the activity with a long list of accomplishments. Learn more about Mike by clicking here.
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Sunday Jul 20, 2025
Sunday Jul 20, 2025
Buddy Weaver, host of this podcast is todays featured caller.
From a Mainstream Album released in 2012 using music from the Buddy Weaver Music collection.
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Sunday Jul 13, 2025
Sunday Jul 13, 2025
The Sets In Order American Square Dance Society under the direction of Bob Osgood, established two lists of calls that made up Modern Square Dancing; 50 Basics and 75 Extended Basics. SIOASD released albums for their subscribers which featured prominent callers from around the world to support use of the SIOASD lists. This album used the 75 Extended Basics plus Experimental Call for the dance enthusiast.
MC is Sets In Order owner/publisher - Bob Osgood
Featured callers are:
Frank Lane
Bob Page
Chuck Bryant
Lee Helsel
Barry Medford
Melton Luttrell
Frances Zeller
Al Brundage
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Sunday Jul 06, 2025
Sunday Jul 06, 2025
The Sets In Order American Square Dance Society under the direction of Bob Osgood, established two lists of calls that made up Modern Square Dancing; 50 Basics and 75 Extended Basics. SIOASD released albums for their subscribers which featured prominent callers from around the world to support use of the SIOASD lists. This album used the 75 Extended Basics for the regular club square dancer.
MC is Sets In Order owner/publisher - Bob Osgood
Featured callers are:
Marshall Flippo
Beryl Main
Earl Johnston
Don Williamson
Gaylon Shull
Dave Taylor
Johnny Davis
Lee Kopman
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Sunday Jun 29, 2025
Sunday Jun 29, 2025
The Sets In Order American Square Dance Society under the direction of Bob Osgood, established two lists of calls that made up Modern Square Dancing; 50 Basics and 75 Extended Basics. SIOASD released albums for their subscribers which featured prominent callers from around the world to support use of the SIOASD lists. This album used the 50 Basics which was designed for the occasional square dancer.
MC is Sets In Order owner/publisher - Bob Osgood
Featured callers are:
Jerry Helt
Chip Hendrickson
Jeanne Moody (Briscoe)
Norm Wilcox
Bob Ruff
Johnnie Wykoff
C.O. Guest
Cal Golden
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Sunday Jun 22, 2025
Sunday Jun 22, 2025
This week our featured caller is Ken Bower. For over fifty-years, Ken was one of the most sought after traveling caller in the world. A prolific recording artist with dozens of best selling hits to his name. Ken Bower is the recipient of the prestigious Milestone Award.
Today's episode is a recording of a live dance from the mid-eighties in Japan.
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Sunday Jun 15, 2025
Sunday Jun 15, 2025
This week our featured callers are Tony Oxendine and Darryl McMillan. Both have an illustrious calling career spanning nearly fifty years. Darryl is producer of Ranch House Records and Tony is producer of Royal Records - both labels have produced many hits in the modern square dance era.
Today's episode is a recording of a live dance from the mid-eighties.
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Sunday Jun 08, 2025
Sunday Jun 08, 2025
This week our featured caller is Larry Letson. At the end of last century and the early part of this century, Larry was considered one of the most popular callers. He traveled the globe as a featured caller, while maintaining winter program in Texas. His singing call recordings were big hits when released and are classics today. Larry retired from calling in 2007.
Today's episode is a recording of a live dance in the early 2000s. The dance was held in Tokyo, Japan.
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Sunday Jun 01, 2025
Sunday Jun 01, 2025
Finally, a new episode.
This week our featured caller is Mike Seastrom. One of the most popular callers in the activity with a long list of accomplishments. Learn more about Mike by clicking here. Today's episode is a recording of a live dance in the 1980s.
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Sunday May 25, 2025
Sunday May 25, 2025
ENCORE - originally broadcast 9/5/21
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.
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Sunday May 18, 2025
Sunday May 18, 2025
ENCORE - originally broadcast 8/8/21
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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