Microphone in hand, square dance caller Mike Hogan cues up a song as groups of couples take their places on the floor. As the men and women grasp hands, the energetic Omaha man with an easy smile ...

Carla Roberts of Wild West Squares wants to teach you how to square dance. The Durango resident teaches classes in town and in Pagosa Springs and has been a caller – a person who announces specific ...

Anyone can join them for easy, step-by-step instructions beginning Sept. 9, and continuing the first and fourth Saturday night of almost every month at Claxton Community Center, 1071 Edgemoor Road in ...

Inside Arlington Presbyterian Church's Showalter Hall, couples swing and step in time with Jim Cosman's calls to Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines." It's not the kind of song people think of with square ...

After a two-song tip with her weekly square dancing club, Loretta Meleton took a break from the floor and greeted a number of regulars. Judging by her quick steps and confident movements, it might be ...

Swing your partner and dosey-do. September is National Square Dance Month. Like the culture it came from, square dance has roots in European, Native American and African practices. Square dancing ...

Why do people take up square dancing? For most it appears that the appeal is the fun of moving to music in a special way, in a definite pattern, led by a caller who also plays the music. A square is ...

RICHMOND, Va. – Between the hoots and hollers of square dancing and the soundtrack of live folk music, sounds of laughter become contagious among those connecting with one another. “Get back home and ...