Recorded in October 2019 in Los Angeles, here are five square dance callers who are the Blue Star Music Staff Recording Artists.

Featured callers and songs are:

All Staff - "Beautiful Sunday" on Blue Star 2553

All Staff - "Gen X" (hoedown) on Blue Star 513

Mike Hogan - "Make A Wish" (hoedown) on Blue Star 567

Mike Hogan - "Road Less Travelled" on Blue Star 2625

Eric Henerlau - "Outtasight" (hoedown) on Blue Star 573

Eric Henerlau - "Route Sixty-Six" on Blue Star 2609

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Here is part two of the dance recorded in the Bay Area of California around 1960 and highlights the enthusiasm of Lee Helsel.  Part one was in the episode from last week.

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Lee Helsel one of the more recognized names on the travel calling circuit in the 1950s and 1960s.  He maintained a strong home program in Sacramento, California, held down a full-time job for the State of California and flew out almost every weekend for festivals and conventions.  He kept this pace until his retirement in 1980.

This dance was recorded in the Bay Area of California around 1960 and highlights the enthusiasm of Lee Helsel.

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The Sets In Order organization, started in 1948 as a monthly square dance magazine along with a record label producing music with and without calls for square dancing.   Under the direction of Bob Osgood, Sets In Order would branch out into educational resources, printed and recorded along with institutes for dancers and callers.  Many point to Sets In Order and Bob Osgood as the major force behind the evolution of Modern Western Square Dancing.

By 1971, "Sets" had developed two lists that would standardize which calls all dancers may be expected to know.  Standardization of this kind would make it possible for dancers to travel the world and be able to find dancing that would be comfortable for them.  This album represents the entry level 50 calls plus twenty-five "EXTENDED BASICS" along with EXPERIMENTAL CALLS.  These were calls that were trying to become part of everyday square dancing.

MC is Bob Osgood and featured callers are:

Marshall Flippo

Ed Gilmore

Lee Helsel

Earl Johnston

Arnie Kronenberger

Jack Livingston

Beryl Main

Dave Taylor

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The Sets In Order organization, started in 1948 as a monthly square dance magazine along with a record label producing music with and without calls for square dancing.   Under the direction of Bob Osgood, Sets In Order would branch out into educational resources, printed and recorded along with institutes for dancers and callers.  Many point to Sets In Order and Bob Osgood as the major force behind the evolution of Modern Western Square Dancing.

By 1971, "Sets" had developed two lists that would standardize which calls all dancers may be expected to know.  Standardization of this kind would make it possible for dancers to travel the world and be able to find dancing that would be comfortable for them.  This album represents the entry level 50 calls plus twenty-five "EXTENDED BASICS".

This is the first time a Japanese caller is featured on any recording.

MC is Bob Osgood and featured callers are:

Jerry Haag

Jerry Helt

Bruce Johnson

Jon Jones

Frank Lane

Jim Mayo

Tac Ozaki

Bob Van Antwerp

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The Sets In Order organization, started in 1948 as a monthly square dance magazine along with a record label producing music with and without calls for square dancing.   Under the direction of Bob Osgood, Sets In Order would branch out into educational resources, printed and recorded along with institutes for dancers and callers.  Many point to Sets In Order and Bob Osgood as the major force behind the evolution of Modern Western Square Dancing.

By 1971, "Sets" had developed two lists that would standardize which calls all dancers may be expected to know.  Standardization of this kind would make it possible for dancers to travel the world and be able to find dancing that would be comfortable for them.  This album represents the entry level of square dancing as proposed by "Sets" and included fifty "BASIC" or fundamental calls.

MC is Bob Osgood and featured callers are:

Al Brundage

Curley Custer

Johnny LeClair

Dick Leger

Joe Lewis

Jack Murtha

Bob Page

Bob Ruff

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Buddy Weaver is a caller committed to introducing modern square dancing to the general public so they may experience the excitement and social physicality of it all.  Here now are five singing calls - derivatives of songs that are produced exclusively for square dance educational use - that will introduce you to modern square dancing.

Each of the five singing calls include a teaching narration, they introduce the fundamentals in sequence from the first through the fifth singing call.

American Square Dance publication (americansquaredance.com) will have a downloadable pdf guide for the dances.

Buddy Weaver is copyright owner of all music and tracks.  Permission is granted for non-modified, home use to introduce your non-dancing friends to our activity.  

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This episode we feature a vintage Blue Star Records long-play album recorded by Marshall Flippo.  Released in March 1976 as Blue Star 1034.  This album features patter calling using the "Mainstream Plus Calls" from 1976.

Read more about Marshall Flippo here

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If you haven't listened to part one, featured on April 28, 2024, stop - go back and listen - then we'll join this dance in progress.

Ron Schneider calling in 1960

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Ron Schneider was a popular caller in the middle to eastern part of the US, starting in the sixties and through the eighties.  He started calling the old time squares as a boy in Ohio, later graduating to modern western square dancing.  By 1960, he had become a much sought after caller and his name spread through his recordings on the Grenn Record label.  Ron was known for calling challenging material.  

This dance was recorded in 1960 in Massachusetts.  

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