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Here is BS 1006 "The Great Flippo Calls A Terrific Dance Of Great Square Dances To Double Your Dancing Pleasure".  

Released in August 1963 for dancer's home practice with Marshall Flippo, premier recording artist and traveling caller using calls that were new to the dancer in 1963.

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Here is BS 1005 "Andy Andrus Calls 'Em Sensational"

Incorrectly identified in the podcast (should be Blue Star 1005), this long play album was released in May 1963 for dancer's home practice.  Some of the calls used are no longer in square dancing today so listeners have to do some research before dancing.

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Released in May 1962 for dancer's home practice.  Only ten calls are used and the content of this album fits nicely into today's MWSD.  Marshall Flippo, the premier recording artist and traveling caller comes across in the style that is clear, concise, and smooth.  This is Blue Star 1004

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A star that burned bright but brief was that of Jerry Schatzer.  In the seventies, Jerry began a national travel calling career that saw him quickly become one of the most popular callers in the country.  Featured at festivals, weeks and weekends, recordings, Jerry Schatzer was well-known up to his passing in in 1986.

Here is a live dance recording from the George Knox collection.  From 1979 in Northern California.

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Buddy Weaver Music is the copyright owner of Blue Star Records.  Some episodes of this podcast will be presenting the Blue Star Records album collection.  Here is BS 1003 "Andy Andrus Calls 'Em Wild"

Released in April 1962 for dancer's home practice.  At this time in history, demand for long-play albums of square dancing was growing and this is the second album from Blue Star in as many months.  Today's dancer may have to research some of the calls used on this release.

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Released in March 1962 for dancer's home practice.  While only twenty calls are used (the basic of MWSD at the time), they are put together in challenging combinations.  Marshall Flippo's presentation is excellent and shows how he had evolved as a caller from his previous album.

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Ken Bower is one of the most iconic callers in modern western square dancing.  As popular and sought after today as he was fifty-five years ago.  This was a studio recorded collection of singing calls, some originally done by him and some by his friends.

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Here is the second part of the Bob Fisk dance from 1961.  Please listen to part one in last weeks episode.

The dancing is fast, the calling exuberant, and there were fewer calls used as compared to square dancing today.  Here is a good example of great dancing with 50 calls or less.

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This episode features probably one of the most popular callers from the sixties through the eighties - BOB FISK.  Previously featured in this podcast.  Bob was a recording artist for the Blue Star Record label, here he is calling a dance in 1961.

The dancing is fast, the calling exuberant, and there were fewer calls used as compared to square dancing today.  Here is a good example of great dancing with 50 calls or less.

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Recorded live in San Diego over the summer of 2024.  Caller is Buddy Weaver

SSD or Social Square Dancing program is a 25 hour long entry program to become a full-fledged square dancer.  It is dancing the way, square dancing was meant to be - smoothly moving from call-to-call - also known as "wind in your face" dancing.

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