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The Society of Folk Dance Historians (SFDH)
Folk Dancing in America
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BACKGROUND
Information: A book.
Folk Dancing in America, by Eleanor Ely Wakefield, 1966.
CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE – HISTORICAL SURVEY
CHAPTER TWO – THE FOLK DANCE IN EDUCATION
CHAPTER THREE – THE TEACHING OF FOLK DANCE>
CHAPTER FOUR – OUR COLONIAL HERITAGE
Glossary
Abbreviations Used in Dances; Formations; Positions; Dance Steps; Contra and Square Dance Terms and figures
Traditional Quadrilles
Basket; Grand Square; Honest John
Modern New England Squares
Aroostook Special; Half Way 'Round; Little Burnt Potato; Rod's Reel
Breathers
Berlin; The Galop
Progressive Circle Dances
Sicilian Circle; Portland Fancy; Soldier's Joy
Contra Dances
Chorus Jig; Haymaker's Jig; Hull's Victory; Lady Walpole's Reel; Money Musk; Morning Star; Outside Two, Inside Four; Pop Goes the Weasel; Sackett's Harbor; Speed the Plow; Virginia Reel; The Running Set
CHAPTER FIVE – WESTARD EXPANSION
Play-Party Games
Paw Paw Patch; Oh Susanna; Shoo Fly; Skip to My Lou
Rounds
Polka
Heel and Toe Polka; Shaw Polka; Oklahoma Mixer
The Schottische
Military Schottische; Rheineländer; California Schottische; Ten Pretty Girls
La Varsouvianna
Mascando Chiquite
Waltz
Mexican Waltz; Blue Pacific Waltz
Western Squares
Dive for the Oyster; Swing at the Center; Swing at the Sides; Sashay Partners Halfway 'Round; Texas Square
Contemporary Square Dance
Allemande Left in the Alamo Style; Double Arch; Ends Turn In, Ends Turn Out; Johnson's Special; Ladies Chain Drill; Ocean Wave; Swing the Same Girl
CHAPTER SIX – THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
The British Isles
Cumberland Square; Oslo Waltz; Road to the Isles; St. Bernard's Waltz; Siamsa Beirte; The Gae Gordons; The Roberts; The Siege of Ennis
France
Farandole le Pont; Laridé
Germany
At the Inn; Kreuzkönig; Markländer; Meitschi Putz Di; Tuljak; Zillertaller Ländler
Greece
Hasapikos; Kritikos Syrtos; Misirlou; Politikos Hasapikos
Israel
Ahavat Hadassah; Bo Dodi; Debka Daluna; Debka Hilel; Erev Ba; Ki Tinam; Lech lamidbar; Le'or Chiyucheck; Mayim; Roeh v'Roah
Italy
Italian Quadrille; Neapolitan Tarantella
Mexico
Caballito Blanco; Corrido; Jota; La Raspa; Mexican Schottis
Poland
The Polish Mazur; Polka Mazurka
Portugal
Chamarita
Russia
Alexandrovska; Korobushka; Tsiganochka
Scandinavia
Hambo; Masquerade; Norwegian Polka; Scandinavian Polka; To Tur
Yugoslavia
Čačk; Kriči, Kriči, Tiček; Seljančica; Šetnja; Srbijanka; Žikino
Doudbleská Polka (Chechoslovakian)
CHAPTER SEVEN – THE FOLK DANCE FESTIVAL
A Sample Country Dance Festival, Vermont
APPENDIX A – GRADED CLASSIFICATION OF DANCES
APPENDIX B – RCOMMENDED SOURCES FOR RECORDS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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