Author name: Hall of Fame Administrator

Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Carl and Varene AndersonThis month we take pride in saluting a pair of square dance pioneers through whose efforts the square dance world has been brought more closely together. In 1951, Carl and Varene Anderson had a dream, a concept for a […]

Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine (Note: We have been unable to locate a Gene Anthony portrait of Castner; it is not at the Lloyd Shaw Foundation Dance Center.) Bill CastnerBill Castner was inducted (posthumously) into the Square Dance Hall of Fame. It was a serious moment on the last

Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Cal GoldenThe American Square Dance Society this month announces that Cal Golden, Hot Springs, Arkansas, has been inducted into the Square Dance Hall of Fame and his portrait added to the Hall of Fame display in Sets in Order Hall, Los Angeles.

Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Les GotcherFew contemporary callers have left their mark so indelibly engraved in the shaping of today’s square dance picture than the latest caller to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Les Gotcher, who today lives in Zephyrhills, Florida, where he presently

Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Jerry HeltJerry Helt of Cincinnati, Ohio, one of the first square dance callers to go into the activity on a full-time basis, has compiled an outstanding record of achievements in the world of square dancing. An extremely competent caller, able to handle

Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared in Sets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Melton Luttrell The Sets in Order American Square Dance Society takes pride this month in announcing that Texas caller Melton Luttrell has been elected into the Square Dance Hall of Fame. At the ceremonies in the Society?s headquarters in Los Angeles

Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Ralph and Eve MaxhimerOccasionally there have been men and women whose influences go far beyond the boundaries of their own community, whose guidance and enthusiasm for the activity encouraged others to become accomplished leaders. Ralph and Eve were two such individuals. Ralph’s

Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Jim MayoThe Hall of Fame, which was originated a number of years ago to honor those who have provided top leadership to the broad scope of American square dancing, this month adds the oil portrait of Jim Mayo of Lexington, Massachusetts. Those

Bob Osgood’s text as it appeared inSets in Order / Square Dancing magazine Bob RuffThe decision of what direction to take in the American dance activity was made years ago by Bob Ruff and his family when he chose to devote his efforts to the training of school faculty members in methods of introducing square