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An audio celebration of Modern Western Square Dancing - yesterday and today as narrated by Buddy Weaver.
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Sunday Jul 21, 2024
Sunday Jul 21, 2024
Arnie Kronenberger, one of the more recognized names on the travel calling circuit in the 1950s and 1960s. A CALLERLAB founding father, he recorded many singles and albums. Here is one from the Sets In Order Record label where he is recorded calling for his club in Los Angeles, called the Rinky Dinks.
Presented with permission of the Bob Osgood family.
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Sunday Jul 14, 2024
Sunday Jul 14, 2024
This episode we feature a vintage Blue Star Records long-play album recorded by Marshall Flippo. Released in October 1976 as Blue Star 1035. This album features ten singing calls which includes Flippo's 100th release. The Merelene Singers are on backup on every song.
Read more about Marshall Flippo here
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Sunday Jul 07, 2024
Sunday Jul 07, 2024
The second of two parts featuring the Blue Star Music dance held in Los Angeles, October 2019.
The following callers and songs are featured:
Ken Bower - "Blue Stone Rag" (hoedown) on Blue Star 526
Ken Bower - "Marry You" on Blue Star 2581
Andy Allemao - "Michi Hoedown" (hoedown) on Blue Star 569
Andy Allemao - "Summertime" on Blue Star 2463
Buddy Weaver - "All I Want To Do Hoedown" on Blue Star 583
Buddy Weaver - "Let Me Sing" (future release)
All Staff - "Let The Good Times Roll" on Blue Star 2563
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Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
Recorded in October 2019 in Los Angeles, here are five square dance callers who are the Blue Star Music Staff Recording Artists.
Featured callers and songs are:
All Staff - "Beautiful Sunday" on Blue Star 2553
All Staff - "Gen X" (hoedown) on Blue Star 513
Mike Hogan - "Make A Wish" (hoedown) on Blue Star 567
Mike Hogan - "Road Less Travelled" on Blue Star 2625
Eric Henerlau - "Outtasight" (hoedown) on Blue Star 573
Eric Henerlau - "Route Sixty-Six" on Blue Star 2609
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Sunday Jun 23, 2024
Sunday Jun 23, 2024
Here is part two of the dance recorded in the Bay Area of California around 1960 and highlights the enthusiasm of Lee Helsel. Part one was in the episode from last week.
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Sunday Jun 16, 2024
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
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 dance was recorded in the Bay Area of California around 1960 and highlights the enthusiasm of Lee Helsel.
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Sunday Jun 09, 2024
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
The Sets In Order organization, started in 1948 as a monthly square dance magazine along with a record label producing music with and without calls for square dancing. Under the direction of Bob Osgood, Sets In Order would branch out into educational resources, printed and recorded along with institutes for dancers and callers. Many point to Sets In Order and Bob Osgood as the major force behind the evolution of Modern Western Square Dancing.
By 1971, "Sets" had developed two lists that would standardize which calls all dancers may be expected to know. Standardization of this kind would make it possible for dancers to travel the world and be able to find dancing that would be comfortable for them. This album represents the entry level 50 calls plus twenty-five "EXTENDED BASICS" along with EXPERIMENTAL CALLS. These were calls that were trying to become part of everyday square dancing.
MC is Bob Osgood and featured callers are:
Marshall Flippo
Ed Gilmore
Lee Helsel
Earl Johnston
Arnie Kronenberger
Jack Livingston
Beryl Main
Dave Taylor
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Sunday Jun 02, 2024
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
The Sets In Order organization, started in 1948 as a monthly square dance magazine along with a record label producing music with and without calls for square dancing. Under the direction of Bob Osgood, Sets In Order would branch out into educational resources, printed and recorded along with institutes for dancers and callers. Many point to Sets In Order and Bob Osgood as the major force behind the evolution of Modern Western Square Dancing.
By 1971, "Sets" had developed two lists that would standardize which calls all dancers may be expected to know. Standardization of this kind would make it possible for dancers to travel the world and be able to find dancing that would be comfortable for them. This album represents the entry level 50 calls plus twenty-five "EXTENDED BASICS".
This is the first time a Japanese caller is featured on any recording.
MC is Bob Osgood and featured callers are:
Jerry Haag
Jerry Helt
Bruce Johnson
Jon Jones
Frank Lane
Jim Mayo
Tac Ozaki
Bob Van Antwerp
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Sunday May 26, 2024
Sunday May 26, 2024
The Sets In Order organization, started in 1948 as a monthly square dance magazine along with a record label producing music with and without calls for square dancing. Under the direction of Bob Osgood, Sets In Order would branch out into educational resources, printed and recorded along with institutes for dancers and callers. Many point to Sets In Order and Bob Osgood as the major force behind the evolution of Modern Western Square Dancing.
By 1971, "Sets" had developed two lists that would standardize which calls all dancers may be expected to know. Standardization of this kind would make it possible for dancers to travel the world and be able to find dancing that would be comfortable for them. This album represents the entry level of square dancing as proposed by "Sets" and included fifty "BASIC" or fundamental calls.
MC is Bob Osgood and featured callers are:
Al Brundage
Curley Custer
Johnny LeClair
Dick Leger
Joe Lewis
Jack Murtha
Bob Page
Bob Ruff
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Sunday May 19, 2024
Sunday May 19, 2024
Buddy Weaver is a caller committed to introducing modern square dancing to the general public so they may experience the excitement and social physicality of it all. Here now are five singing calls - derivatives of songs that are produced exclusively for square dance educational use - that will introduce you to modern square dancing.
Each of the five singing calls include a teaching narration, they introduce the fundamentals in sequence from the first through the fifth singing call.
American Square Dance publication (americansquaredance.com) will have a downloadable pdf guide for the dances.
Buddy Weaver is copyright owner of all music and tracks. Permission is granted for non-modified, home use to introduce your non-dancing friends to our activity.
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Sunday May 12, 2024
Sunday May 12, 2024
This episode we feature a vintage Blue Star Records long-play album recorded by Marshall Flippo. Released in March 1976 as Blue Star 1034. This album features patter calling using the "Mainstream Plus Calls" from 1976.
Read more about Marshall Flippo here
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Sunday May 05, 2024
Sunday May 05, 2024
If you haven't listened to part one, featured on April 28, 2024, stop - go back and listen - then we'll join this dance in progress.
Ron Schneider calling in 1960
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Sunday Apr 28, 2024
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
Ron Schneider was a popular caller in the middle to eastern part of the US, starting in the sixties and through the eighties. He started calling the old time squares as a boy in Ohio, later graduating to modern western square dancing. By 1960, he had become a much sought after caller and his name spread through his recordings on the Grenn Record label. Ron was known for calling challenging material.
This dance was recorded in 1960 in Massachusetts.
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Sunday Apr 21, 2024
Sunday Apr 21, 2024
The second long-play album produced by Merl Olds, owner of Hi Hat Records in collaboration with CBS to promote square dancing, here is an album of easy dances. Although one or two calls are no longer used in beginner dances, the overall recording is ideal for beginners and an excellent resource for SSD dancers/callers.
Music is by Hi Hat Records. Calling is by Lee Schmidt, who has been featured in the BWM podcast before. He was an excellent caller and singer who limited his travels to the western states, where he was greatly sought after.
From the Gloria Schmidt collection.
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Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
SSD or Social Square Dancing program is a 12-14 entry program to become a full-fledged square dancer. It is dancing the way, square dancing was meant to be - smoothly moving from call-to-call - also known as "wind in your face" dancing.
Here are the callers and singing calls in this episode:
Dan Sahstrom calling "What You Do To Me" on Hi Hat 5268
Buddy Weaver and Ken Bower calling "Come To Me" on Hi Hat 5366
Ken Bower calling "Greater" on Blue Star 2643
Jerry Junck calling "Heart Of Mine" on Hi Hat 5367
Buddy Weaver calling "Neon Moon" on Blue Star 2642
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Sunday Apr 07, 2024
Sunday Apr 07, 2024
SSD or Social Square Dancing program is a 12-14 entry program to become a full-fledged square dancer. It is dancing the way, square dancing was meant to be - smoothly moving from call-to-call - also known as "wind in your face" dancing.
Far and away the most popular downloads on this podcast, todays SSD live dance was recorded in March 2024 featuring Buddy Weaver calling and music from the buddyweavermusic.com catalog.
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Sunday Mar 31, 2024
Sunday Mar 31, 2024
ENCORE
Part four in the series covering the Santa Monica Diamond Jubilee square dance. The largest square dance ever, held on July 13, 1950 with 15,000 dancers, 35,000 spectators.
A true audio snapshot of history.
In this episode you will hear the following callers and dances:
Phil Beggs - "Forward Three"
Jim Munyon - "The Old Pine Tree"
Jack Hoheisal - "Forward Six And Fall Back Eight"
Jim Williamson - "Around And Through"
Fenton "Jonesy" Jones - "There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight"
Ed Gilmore - "Bird In The Cage"
Paul Pierce - "Coming Round The Mountain"
Thanks to Don Ward from California for his help on this episode. Don and his wife, Shirley danced at the Santa Monica Diamond Jubilee on July 13, 1950
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Sunday Mar 24, 2024
Sunday Mar 24, 2024
In 1970 the direction and tone of Modern Western Square Dancing was set by the "Square Dancing - Sets In Order" magazine operation. Under the direction of Bob Osgood, this organization brought together leadership from across North American and developed educational resources, institutes for dancers and callers, and a monthly publication that reached thousands of readers.
The tiers or levels of square dancing was developed by Sets In Order for the interests of the hobby dancer as well as the dance enthusiast. To promote these levels of dancing, SIO produced two long-play recordings featuring the "big names" of square dancing. Here now is the gold album for the hobby dancer.
Callers on the album are:
Bruce Johnson
Joe Lewis
Ed Gilmore
Frank Lane
Arnie Kronenberger
Bob Van Antwerp
Lee Helsel
Jerry Helt
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Sunday Mar 17, 2024
Sunday Mar 17, 2024
In 1970 the direction and tone of Modern Western Square Dancing was set by the "Square Dancing - Sets In Order" magazine operation. Under the direction of Bob Osgood, this organization brought together leadership from across North American and developed educational resources, institutes for dancers and callers, and a monthly publication that reached thousands of readers.
The tiers or levels of square dancing was developed by Sets In Order for the interests of the hobby dancer as well as the dance enthusiast. To promote these levels of dancing, SIO produced two long-play recordings featuring the "big names" of square dancing. Here now is the red album for the dancing enthusiast (more calls to remember).
Callers on the album are:
Earl Johnston
Bill Ball
Johnny LeClair
Dave Taylor
Bob Page
Marshall Flippo
Wally Shultz
Al Brundage
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Sunday Mar 10, 2024
Sunday Mar 10, 2024
This episode we feature a vintage MacGregor Records long-play album recorded by Jerry Helt. Released in February 1961. Jerry has been featured in this podcast series on a number of Blue Star albums (he joined the Blue Star label subsequent to his MacGregor days).
This album is a compilation of his singles released on MacGregor. A nice feature of a very young Jerry Helt, his calling talent and humor.
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