Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Don ArmstrongInternational minister of square dancing goodwill might well be the title for our cover caller Don Armstrong. Dated as recently as last November, he was calling and explaining American Square Dancing to enthusiasts in the Canal Zone, to residents of Chile …
Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Charlie BaldwinThere are few individuals in the world of square dancing who have devoted more time and energy to the activity than the person we are now honoring. Taking an active leadership role in the New England area during the past four …
Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared in Sets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Al Brundage How many callers today are able to call with equal ability the latest singing call or patter call combination and then turn around and deliver with a nostalgic flavor, dances reminiscent of the late 1930s and 40s? Al Brundage …
Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared in Sets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Jimmy Clossin If ever there were a prototype of the traditional cowboy figure who rode miles to attend a square dance then returned home in the early morning hours ? sleeping in the saddle so that he could be ready for …
Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Marshall FlippoThe year was 1951 and our hero, recently released from Uncle Sam’s Navy, became entranced with square dancing, particularly with calling. A caller-friend in Abilene who had a room filled with records, public address equipment and wire recorder, attracted daily visits …
Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Ed GilmoreWe first remember Ed Gilmore when he was running a paint store in Yucaipa, a suburb of Los Angeles, and calling and teaching square dances at night in and around Riverside and Redlands. This was back in the late 1940s. Long …
Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine (Note: We cannot locate the original Gene Anthony portrait of Greggerson; it is not at the Lloyd Shaw Foundation Dance Center.) Herb GreggersonThe thermometer in Studio A at Capitol Records showed that the temperature was normal in the large room but beads …
Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Frank and Carolyn HamiltonFew people have been a part of the contemporary square dance scene longer than have our spotlight couple Frank and Carolyn Hamilton (See Square Dancing, June, 1971). For their dedicated years of traveling, for their pioneering of square and …
Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Lee HelselImagine if you can being caller for a club whose members included such people as Danny Kaye, Alan Reed (the voice of [Fred] Flintstone), Ronald Colman, Preston Foster, Ralph Edwards, Milburn Stone and Dinah Shore. This, among many vivid recollections was …
Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Bruce JohnsonIt was just 20 years ago this July, on a balmy summer evening, that a young caller recently out of the Navy hesitantly climbed five wooden steps, squeezed his way between fiddler and bass player and stood nervously beside the dignified, …