Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Earl JohnstonThe day of the square dance “specialist” may well be at hand, but still there are those who have reached the peaks in square dance calling who feel that a caller’s versatility is one of his strongest assets. Our Cover Caller […]
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Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Fenton ?Jonesy? JonesTo us there is one man who seems to personify completely the American square dance caller of today; that individual is California born, easy talking, good natured and comfortable, Fenton Jones. Probably no man ever born with the last name
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Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Arnie KronenbergerAfter calling a square dance for more than 15,000 people in California in the early 1950s and touring Alberta Province of Canada from one end to the other, our Cover Caller must have felt that there was nothing ?unusual? left in
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Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Frank LaneBut for one of those quirks in life that directs our destinies, our Cover Caller might be sitting behind the desk as city editor or publisher of some large daily newspaper. Frank graduated from the University of Kansas where he majored
Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Johnny LeClairIt was 19 years ago this month when a young square dancer (dancing only since November of the previous year and sidelined temporarily as the result of an emergency operation) started his square dance calling, thus marking the beginning of a
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Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Joe LewisSets in Order makes its salute this month to Dallas caller, Joe Lewis. Few callers active today have influenced more dancers and callers than the man who is featured on our cover this issue. One of the first to introduce a
Biographical information Bob OsgoodBob Osgood started calling in 1938 while a college student in Southern California, and continued teaching and calling during WWII in the Navy whenever the opportunity presented itself. In 1947, Bob attended Lloyd Shaw?s callers course in Colorado Springs, and immediately started an active local program in the Los Angeles area. In
Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Bob PageThis past month the breezes off the West coast of Mexico were filled with captivating sounds of American square dancing. Seventy dancers from many states accompanied Bob and Nita Page on the modern cruise ship Princess Carla, literally setting a new
Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Ralph PageThe crowd was so great that no suitable hall could be found to hold all of the people. So here they were, more than 4,000 dancers, gathered on the surface of the huge outdoor stadium taking part in the square dancing.
Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Dorothy Stott ShawThis, the first Sets in Order of a sparkling new year, is dedicated to one of the loveliest and most inspiring members of the square dance family we know: Dorothy Stott Shaw. Her picture on our cover, her words of
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