I can’t think of any square dance relevance; just thought it was funny. I couldn’t find any zucchini-related songs.

There are, of course, plenty of “neighbor” calls. There’s also a call, “sneak around” (Burleson 997): From facing couples, pass thru, face your partner and slide thru.

Check it out here.

Do you need excuses to do Elvis songs? If so, Elvis Week is a natural. You can find the Elvis singing calls in print here.

Relevant Records

• A Fool Such As I (Blue Ribbon 255)
• Elvis and Andy (ESP 195)
• Good Luck Charm (Rhythm 161)
• Hound Dog (Silver Sounds 162)
• Blue Suede Shoes (Quadrille 913)
• Stuck on You (Silver Sounds 157)
• Blue Hawaii (Square Fare 102)
• It’s Now Or Never (Blue Ribbon 263)
• Blue Christmas (Royal 310)
• Black Velvet (Desert Recordings)

Really! There’s a Secret Society of Happy People that has declared August 8 to be National Admit You’re Happy Day. And if that’s not enough, August is National Admit You’re Happy Month. Here’s some commentary.

Here are some songs with “happy” in the title:

• Happy Together
• Put on a Happy Face
• When Mama Ain’t Happy
• Happy Wanderer
• Happy Go Lucky Me
• Don’t Worry, Be Happy

Relevant Records

• Happy Together (Eagle 3410)
• When Mama AinÕt Happy (Tarheel 109)
• Put on a Happy Face (DJ 124)
• Happy Wanderer (Grenn 12181)
• Happy Go Lucky Me (Circle D 282)

Phil’s a member of the Statler Brothers.

The Statler Brothers have had so many hits, there are probably a ton of singers. Some that I know about: Flowers on the Wall, Do You Remember These, Do You Know You Are My Sunshine, Elizabeth, and Oh Baby Mine.

Relevant Records

• Flowers on the Wall (ESP 1049)
• Oh Baby Mine (Ranch House 603)

Or maybe it was the 17th or the 18th…depending on where…

The only Wizard of Oz song that has become a singing call is “Over the Rainbow”. Good day to use it.

Relevant Records

• Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Chaparral 207)

I don’t have any great choreographic ideas involving toe wiggling, but the day seems appropriate for a mention, at least.

This movie, starring John Travolta and Debra Winger, set off a two-stepping C&W craze in the 80’s.

Songs from the sound track that I know have square dance versions:

• Lyin’ Eyes by the Eagles
• The Devil Went Down to Georgia by the Charlie Daniels Band
• Orange Blossom Special

Can anyone think of a movie plot that could make a fad out of square dancing?

Songs that were number 1 on June 6 that I know have square dance versions:

• 1956 – Standing on the Corner by The Four Lads
• 1956 – Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins
• 1965 – Wooly Bully by Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs (actually there’s a patter record that uses the main riff from this song)
• 1992 – Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus

Relevant Records

• Wooly Bully (Silver Sounds 169A)
• Achy Breaky Heart (ESP 177)
• Standing on the Corner (ESP 915)
• Blue Suede Shoes (Quadrille 913)

150,000 soldiers in the Allied Expeditionary Force land in Normandy, France.

You could feature songs from the 1940’s and patriotic traditional songs. Two that I might use are “Ac-cent-chu-ate the Positive” (a WWII morale-boosting song) and “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B”.

Relevant Records

• Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B (Chicago Country 47)
• Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive (Solid Gold 207)

George Williams founded the Young Men’s Christian Association in 1844.

What else? It’s fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A!

Relevant Records

• Y.M.C.A. (Lou Mac 206)