I’d like to thank Tommy Wells and Lou-Mac records for putting out YMCA (LM 206) as a singing call. I’ve volunteered to help a second grade class do a square dance exhibition. While it would probably be more “authentic” to use some kind of banjo/fiddle blue-grassy hoedown, it’s much more delightful to watch second-grade eyes light up at hearing some music they recognize. And I have to admit that my goal is not necessarily to show square dancing as it was, but rather to show something that kids might actually relate to.

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Speaking of square dance records, I hope more record producers will take advantage of modern technology and put samples of their new releases on line. ESP is doing it. ABC has Real Audio files of some, but not all, of their records (and not their newest ones). Rockin’ M Records has Real Audio files of their latest releases. Some are on their home page, but there are also some on the pages for individual callers…gotta dig a little. C-Bar-C also has some; same format “jukebox” as ESP (interesting…they’re both on a Swedish server).

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I’ve heard this survey talked about at a CALLERLAB convention, but never saw a write-up. It was done in 1998 in Canada.

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Good reasons to join in the craze and come Square Dancing: one of the best online writeups I’ve seen.