JULY1950

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PRESIDENTSOne of our big campaigns in the South at

the present time is for new member groups.While there has been a gratifying increase inmembership in the past year there are still agreat many groups not belonging to the Fed-eration whose members attend the Festivals andfollow the lead of the Federation in theirdances. Often these dancers are members of agroup that does belong to the Federation andconsider that all groups need not belong tothe Federation. However, for strength and forgetting things done the Federation needs asmany member groups as possible. So if youbelong to a group that is not a member of theFederation, how about getting them to join?For, in working together, a much greateramount of pleasure can be derived than fromjust "going to a dance."

We are working on a program of teachingteachers. Esther Pearlman is chairman and in-vites help from all. We expect it to be underadult education with a paid teacher in charge.More later on this.

Even at this late date a very special word ofthanks to Charles Reed and his co-chairmanAce Smith for their delightful hospitality ex-tended to your prexy and his party at the State-wide Festival in Monterey. Thanks again,Chuck, it was swell.

It is with regret that we learn that our treas-urer-elect Paul Collins is leaving the South.Business takes him to Redwood City where heno doubt will be very much in the Folk Dancepicture in the North. Our loss is the North'sgain, good luck, Paul.

The subject of name tags at Festivals keepscoming to our attention. We have had manydiscussions in the Council about it and havegone so far as to have special name tags print-ed for identification at the teachers institutes.If these are satisfactory it may be wise to usethese tags at Festivals, to be given outwhen registering. How about some ideas on thesubject?

We are working on the project of a Festivalat the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona, withDr. Rufus Knight as chairman. Last year's Festi-val was well attended altho the dance area wasnot of the best. This year we expect to havethe grass area in the infield in front of thegrandstand. This is a wonderful chance to seethe Fair and dance at the same time—and allfor Free—Details are not complete at this writ-ing so more about this later.

Speaking of the good of Folk Dancing—Howabout yourself? The new friends you have ac-quired in so many different walks of life — Ihave in mind a typographer, a carpenter, anengineer and a pharmacist. By what stretch ofthe imagination would their paths have crossedotherwise? Now, besides Folk Dancing as acommon interest they find that they have manythings in common and go on enjoying life morethan ever just because of one thing, Folk Danc-ing—think it over.

Cordially,HAROLD COMSTOCK,Pres. Southern Section,Folk Dance Federation

of California.

CALIFORNIAFEDERATION CALENDAR

OF EVENTSEDITED BY HAROLD PEARSON

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FEDERATION FESTIVALS

NORTH

JULY 9 LOS GATOS. The lawn of the

Los Gatos High School is the place ofthe first of two Federation Festivals forJuly. Time: 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. and anevening party at High School gym. The

grounds committee has promised a per-fect turf for your outdoor dancing.Watch for signs as soon as you get to

Los Gatos. Regional Council Meeting12 m., Council Meeting 12:30.

JULY 23 KENTFIELD. Our Festival No.2 for July. Place: Football field MarinJr. College, Kentfield. Time: 1:30 p.m.Evening, 7:30 p.m. Auditorium of theNew Marin County Catholic HighSchool. Special Counpil Meeting, 12noon at Marin Jr. College. CouncilMeeting 12:30 p.m.

AUGUST 13 HEALDSBURG

SEPTEMBER 3 SAN FRANCISCOAfternoon and evening in Civic Audi-torium.

OCTOBER SANTA CRUZ

SOUTH

JULY 15 SANTA MONICA. Theme:Diamond Jubilee Festival. Time: 8:00to 12 Midnight in the Santa MonicaAuditorium Plaza, Ocean Front at Kin-ney Street (Ocean Park). Hosts: SantaMonica Recreation Dept., and TheSanta Monica Folk Dancers.

AUGUST 5 LOS ANGELES. SaturdayEvening Festival at Griffith Park Play-ground 5 p.m. until Midnight. Spon-sored by the Los Angeles Co-op. FolkDancers.

AUGUST 27 Southern Section FolkDance Festival. San Diego, BalboaPark. Square Dance Party, SaturdayEvening the 26th.

SEPTEMBER L. A. County Fair atPomona.

OCTOBER Griffith Park, Los Angeles.

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REGIONAL FESTIVALSNORTH

JULY 16 MOUNTAIN VIEW. A Cen-tennial Celebration from 1:30 to 5:30p.m. A repeat performance of a verysuccessful Festival held last year.

JULY 30 EUREKA. First festival ofnewly formed Regional Council, "TheSquare Roundup." Time: 5 to 8 p.m.Place: Albee Stadium, back of HighSchool. Sponsored by Eureka FolkDance Classes and Adult Education De-partment.

AUGUST 5 STOCKTON. Close of theStockton Folk Dance Camp. Festival atCollege of the Pacific.

AUGUST 20 VALLEJO

AUGUST 27 NAPA

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JULY BAKERSFIELD. Every Thursdayat Bakersfield High School Cafeteria.Time: 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. Out of town-ers invited. Hosts: Circle 8 and Recrea-tion Commission.

JULY 7 SAN DIEGO. County Fair FolkDance Festival from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m.Children's exhibiton at The Elm School,Solano Beach, San Diego. All are in-vited.

JULY SANTA BARBARA. Last Fridayof each month at McKinley School 8:00to 11:00 p.m. Sponsored by Santa Bar-bara Folk Dance Groups.

EXHIBITIONS

JULY 16 OAKLAND. Woodminster

Bowl. One of our most outstanding an-nual exhibitions of the year. Programstarts at 8:00 p.m. Be there on time ifyou wish a seat. Program is free andmost enthusiastically attended bydancers and spectators from the BayRegion.

TEACHERS' INSTITUTES

TEACHERS INSTITUTE October 15. Placeto be decided.

FOLK DANCE CAMP, Stockton. July 26th toAugust 5. CAMP IS FULL. NO ACCOM-MODATIONS ON OR OFF CAMPUSAVAILABLE AND CLASSES ARE PACK-ED TO THE LIMIT. Registrations nowbeing taken for 1951 camp only.

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FRESNO—Folk Dance Program, KYNO,10:30 a.m., Saturday."Folk Dance Date With Nate," KSGN,4:30-5 p.m., Sundays.

MARIN—"Your Favorite Folk Music,"KTIM (1510) , 1-1:30 p.m., Sundays.

OAKLAND—"Folk Dancer on the Air,"KWBR ( 1 3 1 0 ) , 9-9:30 p.m., Sundays.

PETALUMA—"Folk Music," KAPF, 9:30a.m., Sundays.

SAN JOSE—"Polka Party," KLOK (1170) ,10:30 - a.m., Monday through Friday;3:45 -5 :15 p.m., Saturdays. "Folk DanceTime," 4 -5 :30 Keen Saturdays.

SAN MATEO—"Calling All Folk Dancers,"KVSM (1050) , 10:30-11:30 a.m., Sun-days. "Adventures in Folk Music," KSMO(1550), 10:30-11 p.m., Monday throughFriday. "Polka Party," KSMO (1550),9-9.55 p.m., Sundays.

SHERMAN OAKS —"Folk Songs andDances," KGIL (1260), 10-11 p.m., Mon-day through Friday.

STOCKTON — "Saturday Night SquareDance," KWG, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Saturdays.

AMONG THE PEOPLE—A month devotedto Independence Day celebrations.

FILIPINO — July 4 marks IndependenceDay, an outstanding event which is cele-brated usually by a ball and banquet.Look for details of the festivities in yourcommunity.

FRENCH—July 14, Indepjendence Day, isthe Fete Nationale of France, commemo-rating the fall of the Bastille in 1789. Itis an occasion for great gaiety and pub-lic celebrations and dancing.

EVERYBODY—July 16 marks the foundingof the first California Mission at SanDiego by Father Junipero Serra.July 4 is the anniversary of our Declara-tion of Independence from the BritishEmpire, an event of serious portent, nowcelebrated by parades and fireworks.

BELGIAN—July 21 commemorates inde-pendence from the Netherlands whichwas obtained in 1831. This Belgian In-dependence Day is often celebratedwith banquets and special rallies.

PERUVIAN—July 28, 1821, Independencewas won from Spanish rule. In honor ofthis occasion, members of the SociedadPeruana de Auxilios Mutuos gather for agala party featuring such dances as themarinera, the juanito, and the "HuainitoIncaico."

S W I S S —August I, 1291, marked thefounding of the Swiss Confederationthrough the establishment of a league bythe Cantons Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwal-den. This Independence Day is oftenobserved by the United Swiss Societiesat an all day picnic with sharpshooting,bowling, folk dancing, and yodelling.

MASSACHUSETTSHarvard Folk Society meets every Friday

evening, 8:30 to 11 :15 . Advanced class,7:45 to 8:30. Open house once a month.Contact R. B. Allee, 22l/2 Mt. AuburnSt., Cambridge 38, Mass.

INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCE CONFER-ENCE, held in Venice last September, willbe held in Indiana from July 17 to 21 inconjunction with the Mid-century Interna-tional Folklore Conference which will takeplace at Indiana University from July 22 toAugust 5, 1950. The Conference is beingheld by the Iternational Folk Music Councilunder the auspices of UNESCO. This is anexceptional opportunity: scholars from allover the world will be gathering to exchangeknowledge on folklore and art forms, music,literature and dance. Accommodations willbe available on the University campus;board and lodging costing between $3.50and $4.00 per day. Applications for member-ship in the Conference should be made im-mediately to Dr. George Herzog, IndianaUniversity, Bloomingtoh, Indiana.

Please send all news for this column toMargaret Jory, Folk World Editor, LET'SDANCE! Magazine, 1370 Euclid Ave., Berkeley8, Calif. Items should be received by the 5thof the month before desired publication.Out of state news welcomed.

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NO'TH NOTESWho has the most fun? People who go to

festivals and if'n you didn't go to the State-wide annual gathering, you better plan to goto the next in 1951—SANTA BARBARA'S theplace, let everything go and go—you won'tregret it!

The MONTEREY Deal was terrific, with nevera dull moment from Friday till Tuesday; it willtake the committee at least a month to getbaclc in shape. Never before had the chairmenworked so hard to make it the success that itwas and everyone cooperated to the very end.Congratulations to that unbeatable combina-tion, CHARLIE REED and ACE SMITH, for agrand job.

Your boy 'DANNY has tried to keep thiscolumn free from his activities as President of.the FOLK DANCE FEDERATION OF CALI-FORNIA, but this is noose!

Seems there was a scare-up re: adult-educa-tion guestioning non-academic subjects, suchas folk dance c lasses, being considered in the1950-51 budget, well , Y. B. D. as presidentappeared at the board meeting and was as-sured that the superintendent of schools andthe entire school board are wholeheartedly infavor of this activity and are aware of the tre-mendous good folk dancjng is doing for com-munities all over America and that it is hereto stay. A very strong point in its favor wasthe stress on participation rather than on exhi-bitionism by actual ly preparing people forrecreation. NOTE: "A man without -a hobbyis a lonely soul."

BYRON SAVAGE is the new prexy of theSAN LEANDRO FOLK DANCERS, TONY OLI-VEIRA, V. P., ELEANOR OHLSON, Sec'y., EDMILLER, Treas., HAZEL SPACKE, Hist., andfor the second time, LOIS BURPEE, Pub., RUS-SELL and VIVIAN STEDINGER, council repre-sentatives.

The STOCKTON POLK-Y-DOTS held a verysuccessful carnival time party recently, writesMARY HUBER, Corres. Secty., BETTY andBOB CANOTE, Co-Vice Presidents (see, theydon't trust 'em alone), acted as "managers,roustabouts and barkers"—said they had athree-legged Mexican waltz; that I wanna see!

At last, the ROUND WHEEL SQUAREDANCERS are featured in the news: SundayChronicle 5/14/50 shows JIMMY HILES andNurse MARY MEISMAN swingin' in theirwheel chairs. On the same day S. F. Examinershowed a picture of a beautifully legged girltwirling toward her partner in sharp contrastto the paraplegics, but both making fun forthemselves.

MARGIE (MRS. E. D.) ROBBINS writes fromENGLAND to tell us that her sittin' and knit-tin' is over with the arrival of GARY ALAN,7 Ibs. 14 oz., Sat., 5 /13/50. What an addresshe has to remember: FAIRGREEN, SAND-RINGHAM ROAD, CATISFIELD, near FARE-HAM, HANTS, ENGLAND. Like all goodGATESWINGERS, it won't be long 'fore he'siookin' for a pardner to swing.

LAURA L. SMITH is the Secty. of the RAIN-BOW SQUARES of PORTERVILLE; new ap-plicants for membership in the Federation.Sent a copy of their program of May 20th,

which included exhibitions of Spanish Dancesdone by the Mexican grammar school chil-dren; also sent a copy of their by-laws whichare complete in every detail. LAURA saysLET'S DANCE! is like a round robin letterfrom a lot of friends who would like it betterif it came once a week instead of only oncea month. Tell them to subscribe, Laura.

BUSTLES & BOOTS of VALLEJO had a birth-day party June 8, where you were invited ifyou could come.

"GOOD-BY CANTINA" by JEROME P.GARVEY in MARYKNOLL—THE FIELD AFARis delightful reading. The article is about whatthe young Christian workers of TALCO, CHILE,were to do with their spare time on Sundayafternoons, which was becoming morally dan-gerous from loafing in the Cantinas or on thestreet corners. BISHOP LARRAIN gave hispermission to start a folk dance class; nowthey dance from 4:30 to 9 p.m., and, gir ls readthis careful ly: the predominance of men gavethe dance the appearance of a stag party("gir ls are very sca rce" ) . FATHER MANNINGhandles the records in regular disc-jockeystyle and is supplemented by a very unusualorchestra, called CONJUNCTO PALACIOS,all brothers and "isters ranging in age fromfive to seven years—they do an excellent job.The Cantina' owners complain their sales ofalcoholic beverages have fallen away off.

LUFTPOST PARAVION VIA AEREA—that'swhat it says on a post card from "WEGGIS"AM VIERWALD STARDERSEE, sent by thosetwo traveling redheaded Irishers, VELMA andJO of the CARROUSEL, and what a merry-go-round they must be on; last month they werestill in IRELAND and now a whole list o' fun-ny names on their schedule and say they'll beback in S. F. one day soon. Well, it will surebe good to see them and listen for hours fromours.

MRS. C. S. CARLSON, 108 Foster Street,Vallejo, would iike some info on the group inPHOENIX that folk dance on roller skates;when and where they meet, etc. Please send mea copy also. Perhaps the OLD TIMER RECORDCO., 3703 North 7th Street, Phoenix, Arizona,would know something about them. Sounds likefun. Maybe, at last, we can take that "awk-ward hop" out of our otherwise most beautiful"Skater's Waltz."

A nice program of easy, strenuous, simpleand complicated dances awaits your partici-pation any second and fourth Saturday at theFUN CLUB, 534 Precita -Avenue, S. F., wherevariety is the fun of the spice. Always, thefamous FUN CLUB tea and cookies to reviveyou and is sure to' keep your feet off your seat;everyone stays to the very end.

Thank you for the subscription to LET'SDANCE!. Because of the great value of the1949 Yearbook issue (which covered the monthsof September-October 1949), it is the prac-tice of the Circulation Office to send to newsubscribers (unless otherwise requested) theYearbook edition, together with as many ofthe later regular monthly issues as are stillavailable. In this manner, the cost of the v

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tain much material of permanent value) fur-nished in this manner, is only I7c, as comparedwith the single copy price of 25c. If, per-chance, you already have these issues, we urge/ou to turn them over to some of your folkand square dance friends to enjoy. However,if you prefer to return them unused, your sub-scription expiration-date will be cheerfully ad-justed. Folk-dancingly 'yours, ED KREMERS,CIRCULATION MANAGER.

Ole Massah Danny say "If'n you-all sub-scribed during the Fall of '49 or Spring, of '50(1950 that is) you probably received one ofthese 111' notes from brother Kremers. If'n youdid, don't fo'get your'subscription didn't runfo' a full 12 months. An' don't fo'get th' newrate (cheap at half again as much) is $2.50for twelve WONDERFUL issues."

HIGH STEPPERS are again stepping highin GOLDEN. GATE. PARK Sundays. The kidsare growing up and simmering down to a newknowing pace which will attract more spec-tators to participate rather than agitate whichis great.

SANTA ROSA is really jumpin'. THE ROSECARNIVAL was a HUGE SUCCESS with a per-fect evening for street dancing. The crowd wasmarvelous in its appreciation. The exhibitionswere well done and • a credit to the group.Superb M.C.ing was done by BILL CASTNER,DAN HOWE, DON NIELSEN and CAROLYNWILLIAMS, but best of all EVERYONE had aWONDERFUL TIME!

LARRY MILLER, leader of the VILLAGESQUARES of TORMEY, tells us about the won-derful party we missed May 18 at CROCKETT;groups from VALLEJO, 'BENIC1A, NAPA,MARTINEZ, PORT COSTA, RODEO, etc., wereamong the more than 200 attending. They'restill talking about the novelty Wedding Squarepresented by the men of the VILLAGESQUARE'S. EVERETT HIDAY is President.

While we're up thataway, one week later,THE REEL WEAVERS of-ANTIOCH and PITTS*BURG had their party Friday, 5/26, at thePITTS BURG HI GYM and I particularly like

• what it says on their announcement-—SPEC-TATORS WELCOME—which no matter howcrowded, should always be a MUST!

"Following is a list of the new officers forthe ensuing year of the HAYWARD HEYMAK-ERS: President, JOHN McLLHANY, 20889Rutledge Rd., Castro Valley; vice president,JOHN HAYES, 235 Grant Ave., San Lorenzo;treasurer, RALPH SENECHAL, 586 HamptonRd., Hayward; secretary, BARBARA LEARD,984 Collier Drive, San Leandro; publicity,MARGARET HARDER, 1570 Stafford Ave.,Hayward; program, BEA SUETCH, 2184 105thAve., Oakland. Our mailing address has beenchanged to: HAYWARD HEYMAKERS, POSTOFFICE BOX 61, CASTRO VALLEY, CALI-FORNIA." Sincerely, BEVERLEY HAYES, Sec-reta ry.

TURLOCK CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE wassupported by the TURLOCK FOLK DANCERS,who hosted their first festival at the fair-grounds, which was attended by groups fromMERCED and.FRESNO, who all joined in adelightful pot-luck dinner, which yours trulywas lucky to partake of.

Lifted from CHING NIEN NEWS—WON-TON-BY-THE-BAY by HERB CHOY . . ."Justa Housewife: Mother's Day is on the secondSunday of May. The other 364 days are just'another day.' Most women answer casuallywhen asked their profession, 'Just a housewife.'Don't take it so lightly, ladiesi you have themost important job in the whole world. YOUare president, supervisor, administrative offi-cer, etc., all rolled into _one. Your compensa-tion is not measured in dollars and cents.

u can never strike -for higher wages andhours. Your working conditions may

not be the best . . . your job is never over . . .yef there is set. aside only one day in the yearin your honor—it should be every day. Just asyou are a housewife, so you are a mother,if only to your husband! When you say 'just ahousewife,' be proud of it."

Good news from OAKLAND: "A new groupof dancers has joined the Federation recently,calling themselves the CHABOLIERS. Theirmeetings are held every Wednesday night inthe auditorium at-CHABOT SCHOOL wherethe group met' last Fall as a class to learnfolk and square dancing. MR. and MRS. SAM-UEL FLINT are instructing the group this sea-son in the beginners and intermediate dances.

"At the first meeting in April officers wereelected to serve for one term. MRS. EDWINTALLYN is the club's first president, MRS.ROBERT LESLIE NATION, secretary; MRS.OL1N WEYMOUTH, treasurer, and MR. LI-ONEL BENAS, social chairman. MR. BENASis planning a party for the end of each monthfor the CHABOLIERS and has invited guestcallers and folk dance teachers to visit theclub.

"The membership includes twenty-four cou-ples from the ROCKRIDGE-CLAREMONTArea in OAKLAND." (Signed) MRS. ROBERTLESLIE NATION, 5815 Ocean View Drive, Oak-land 18, California.

SAMUEL L LEWIS writes, quote, "We don'tknow all the answers when it comes to pro-moting international good-will, but of onewe are sure—that is, encourage the folk artmovement in all its aspects. And hats off toGRACIE FERRYMAN, with her spring festivalcommemorating the customs of JAPAN,GREAT BRITAIN, ITALY and the U. S., and hercelebration of MEXICO'S Independence Day.

The formation of an F. D. group up in LOY-ALTON reminds us of the old CALIFORNIAaffairs that use'd to be held in that vicinity.Also of chances for wandering vacationiststo enjoy themselevs in out-of-the-way places.

And speaking of vacations. For those wholike the RUSSIAN RIVER, here it is: OCCI-DENTAL: Wednesday nights, Union Hall;MONTE RIO, Thursday nights, Memorial Hall;GUERNEYILLE, Tuesday nights, Memorial Hall.Any other night, telephone MAJOR BOBMORGAN, GUERNEYILLE 10-J. GUERNE-YILLE also expects to put on Saturday nightdances. End of quote.

THE SARA-CATS' permanent address isP, O. BOX 726, LOS GATOS, CALIF., andthey are hosts to the 100th Federation Festivalcome July 9 and by a token of necessity theone hundredth and one'th one will be just offHighway 101 at KENTFIELD, same month,July 23, be sure to attend both.

Application for membership received from"THE FORTY NINERS"- of SOUTH SAN FRAN-CISCO. They're .directed by BARRY BINNS,a right nice caller guy. The club invites youto their .monthly week-end overnite outings atLA HONDA, where they dance, eat, play andsleep under the stars. Write to SecretaryMARY SILVA, 2 1 1 EUCALYPTUS, SOUTHSAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, for moreinformation.

BILL SORENSON, chairman, S. F. FOLKDANCE COUNCIL, is right on the ball witha novel attention-getter to get together clubrepresentatives for area council meetings—the gimmfck is only a letter, but, typed onWestern Union stationery and mailed as atelegram; you intend to attend for sure.

THE FOLK DANCERS' GUILD has a perma-nent P. O. BOX 614, EL CERRITO, CALIF.,and deserve special mention for a 400 mem-bership record in less than five months. I'dlike to reprint here their president's message

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wnceA Californian Is Showing Montana the Way

BY LISA LEKIS

JUST TWO short years ago my hus-band. Walter, and I arrived in GreatFalls, Montana, and. of course,

looked around immediately for folkdancing. To our amazement there waspractically none. Even in the squaredance field there was little more thanthe simple squares of the "take a littlepeek" variety. As former members ofthe Palo Alto Palomanians and pupilsof Vyts Beliajus and Edith Johnson,we had been enthusiastic folk dancersfor years and supporters of the Federa-tion movement. Consequently, on learn-ing that Montana had not discoveredthis finest of all recreations, we set outto do a little pioneering.

At first it looked to Walter and meas if our task were almost hopeless. Notonly was there great resistance to theidea of doing anything but square danc-ing; there were also those problemsthat arise from the mistaken feeling thatfolk dancing is "foreign." "Internation-al folk dancing and American folk danc-ing go hand in hand in California," wekept repeating to ourselves. "Why can'twe introduce the same program here?"But we couldn't do it alone. So to showpeople what folk dancing looked like, weorganized a group known as the FiestaClub, which to this date is. as far as Iknow, the only international folk danceclub in the state.

Walter and I are firm believers inthe idea that folk dancing should alwaysbe fun and. from the start, the Fiesta

Liza and Walter Leltis, formerly with the PaloAlto Palomanians pioneering folk dancing now

in Great Falls, Montana.

Club was enjoyable. It was that veryspirit of happiness which I think was soinstrumental in making our early exhi-bitions a success. Every member of thegroup gave his time and work in orderto further the program we had in mind—to introduce folk dancing to Montana.

OF COURSE members of the FiestaClub were without any experiencein folk dancing whatsoever, and

while this was a strain on the teacher

it was doubly hard on them. Interest-ingly enough, costumes were one of ourchief problems. We do not have theGoodwill Industries to draw from forlaces and old petticoats, nor do we havethe inspiration, as in California, of see-ing the many beautiful costumes wornby the various clubs, and it was only bydint of a great deal of searching in at-tics and canvassing friends and neigh-bors, plus diligent hunting in depart-ment stores, that we were able to comeup with authentic looking costumes.One of the greatest aids in our costumework, I am happy to say. was Let'sDance! magazine. The costume articleswere helpful and the pictures of Cali-fornia dancers in their costumes oftenserved as the only patterns we had.

Once the group had learned to danceand made their costumes the next majorproblem was to find spots where wecould exhibit. Here is where every mem-ber of the Fiesta Club made me reallyproud of them! At times we went onlyten miles from town and at other timeswe crowded into cars, costumes piled onour laps, and drove as far as 180 milesin one evening to put on a miniaturefestival. But no matter what the dis-tance, they never complained.

At these little festivals we made it apoint to demonstrate a dance that wethought would appeal to the audience.Then the Fiesta Club split up and tookmembers of the audience on to the floorfor instruction. Little by little the popu-

Members of the Fiesta Club, first international folk dance group in Montana, before going on in Russian Peasant Dance. R'ghf: One of the FiestaClub's favorite dances—the Italian Tarantella.

JULY, 1950

larity of folk dancing spread until wewere teaching as many as twenty-fourdances in an evening, and,-I must admit,doing very little exhibiting at times.This pioneering was work in, one sensebut we all enjoyed seeing faces light upas people became accustomed to thedances and we felt happy in the rapidprogress we were making.

At the end of the first year the Col-lege of Education in Great Falls helpedus immeasurably and invited me to in-struct a'class for teachers. I had a nat-ural curiosity as to who would attendthe class but was certainly not preparedfor what happened! My first pupilswere 35 nuns. Since I had never knownany Sisters before, certainly none inthese circumstances, I was very nervous,but that class turned out to be one ofthe most enthusiastic and hard workinggroups I have ever had the pleasure toinstruct.

DURING that first summer sessionthey learned, for teaching, 53 folkdances as well as square dances

and something about calling. Many ofthe sisters were from Seattle, and Iunderstand that they have introducedfolk dancing into the regular work ofthe parochial schools there and in GreatFalls.

We had little trouble at first with theprogressive dances and squares as Icouldn't tell who was taking the man'sand who the girl's parts. However thatwas easiliy solved by having the "boys"wear a streamer of orange crepe paperaround their necks. After that we hadno more difficulties.

Teacher training at the college be-came a regular summer program andthe college has also included folk danc-ing in its physical education programfor the student body. The developmentof these groups has been most success-ful, with those who were first takingthe course for "easy credits" now danc-ing for fun.

After the college course several largegroups opened up at the Army AirBase and at private clubs in the city.While still calling their programs"square dancing" they included manyinternational dances which at first Isneaked in on them. There is still someprejudice to be OTCTCOTQC Taut at lastthey are requesting me to teach folkdances, which is a huge step forward.

When the square dance craze struckGreat Falls we anticipated a slackeningoff of interest in folk dances but wewere in for a surprise. Outstandingsquare dance leaders such as Ken Fow-ell of this city, in conjunction with the

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Bounty ofifiinq festivalFEATURING FOUR DAYS OF DANCING IN BAKERSFIELD

By LESTER G. ENGELSON, President, Circle Eight Dance Club

FOLK AND SQUARE dancers ofKern County, young and old alike,shared the spotlight and occupied a

major portion of the week-long KernCounty Spring Festival sponsored bythe Kern County Recreation and Cul-tural Commission at Bakersfield in mid-May. With students from 21 Elementaryand Junior High Schools participating,the Bakersfield City Schools Festivalopened the series of dance events onThursday: evening, May 11, on the foot-ball field of Griffith Stadium. Over 1000students participated and some 3500proud parents and friends turned outto watch.

In a dramatic processional led by theLincoln School Drum Corps and Ma-jorettes, the dancers marched out totheir places in marked circles. There

city recreation department, have beenmore than cooperative and the veryfact that they have as many as 900 be-ginners in one class and that their jam-borees draw as many as 4000 people hasreally helped folk dancing in Montana,in our opinion. As Walter often says:"It is an easy step from square dancingto round dancing and an even easierone from round dancing to general folkdancing."

SOMETIMES the development of aprogram of this type seems slow aad

. discouraging. However, when Ithink that as short a time as a year agowe did everything but throw ropesaround people to drag them onto thefloor, to see them now jump up whenthe music starts is really a satisfaction.

As I said earlier, Let's Dance! hasbeen more help to us than any otherpublication, not only with the newdances that are published and the cos-tume descriptions, "but with the news ofthe activities of California groups" andthe many pictures which have servedas a constant stimulus and inspirationto us.

Walter and I and the members of theFiesta Club have been proud to playa part in pioneering the movement, andwhile we're sorry we have to give upour nine classes a week and go to PortoRico just when our early efforts arebearing such fine fruit, we leave know-ing that Montana is at last on its toes.

followed two hours of dancing with in-termissions for exhibitions and "pop."

Special exhibitions included "Sex-tur" by two circles of students fromHorace Mann School neatly attired inScandinavian costumes and directed byWilma Linscott and two squares byWashington Junior High students underthe direction of Lovina Gillette.

The following evening an equal num-ber of young dancers and spectators ar-rived, many in school busses, from allparts of Kern County. They had previ-ously participated in regional festivalsunder the direction of Louis Leon, su-pervisor of physical education.

Exhibitions were offered by threegroups. "La Raspa" by Midway stu-dents under the direction of Alma Walk-er and "Meitschi Putz Di" by FairfaxSchool dancers under the direction ofRuth Benton were well received. Agroup of sixteen students trained byDorothy Werling and smartly dressedin colorful Spanish costumes soon be-came the focus of attention in the gen-eral dancing and received a tremendousovation for their flawless performancein both Corrido and Jonesy's "YucaipaTwister." .

Not to be outdone by the youngsters,the adults representing some two dozendance clubs and evening school classesfrom Kern and Tulare Counties invadedthe stadium Saturday evening to holdtheir festival. The program, arrangedby Frank Celle and Lester Engelson, co-chairmen, opened with nine groups ex-hibiting.

The "Pioneer Promenaders" present-ed "Glowworm," an -East High eveningschool group danced the "Skater'sWaltz," and four square clubs, the Way-side Whirlers, Squares Up, WagonWheelers and Square Danz groups, gavenew interpretations and variations tostandard square calls.

The three folk dance exhibitions, withtheir lively routines -and "colorful au-thentic costumes, were well received.The Belridge Folk Dancers, always goodfor a Russian number, presented "Rus-sian Polka." The Circle Eight DanceClub, host club and mother of folk danc-ing in Kern County, was representedby three rings of dancers in "Sextur."Coming from the far side of the co

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STATEWIDE INSTITUTEAT MONTEREY

We will devote the column thismonth principally to notes concerningrecords selected for use at the Teach-ers' Institute held in connection withour recent Statewide Festival. Thechoice of dances taught at Montereyappears to have been heavily influ-enced by the relative popularity ofdances introduced in April at MillsCollege Dance Institute. FOB example,two dances from Lucille Czarnowski'snew book Dances of Early CaliforniaDays (VALS JOTA, and WALTZCONTRA DANCE FROM SONOMA)were on the Monterey program. Aspreviously stated in this column (Mayissue) only "home-made" records areavailable for these at present, but ar-rangements are being made to have thetunes recorded and pressed by a com-mercial record manufacturer.

THE UKRAINIAN KATHERYNA(Columbia 27254-F) was also taught.However, it was not possible to includeMETELYCA (Columbia 27256-F),another Ukrainian dance introduced,along with KATHERYNA, at Mills.Both these records are now available.

KISMET'S three dances were intro-duced from the newest Kismet series:MARKLANDER (German) (139),IN MY GARDEN (Hungarian) (140),and CARAWAY AND CHEESE (Hun-garian) (141) and all seem to havebeen "hits." The reverse sides of thesethree discs .are: 139, ZIGEUNERPOLKA (Swiss), 140, PARISIANPOLKA (Danish), and 141, BARU-.RAY (Philippine), with a "bonus" ofCSHEBOGAR (Hungarian) on thesame side with CARAWAY; these alsopromise to be of value.

The Jewish BAROIGES TANZ, alsofrom a recent Kismet release (138)

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•ftFOLK

Edited by MARJORIE POSNER

ONE OF THE most popular disheswith the folk-dancers who went tothe State Festival at Monterey was

ITALIAN PIZZA. It is one of thosedishes that varies with the cook's sup-plies or the occasion on which it isserved. As an appetizer it is usually notvery rich, but with plenty of cheese andanchovies on top it can be a meal, withsalad, coffee and a rich dessert.

There are two ways to make PIZZAdough—one, the old-country way, is ayeast dough;'the other a baking-powderbiscuit mix. Or you can buy the plain,flat pizza-bread at Italian stores, if youare in a hurry.

PIZZA DOUGH (YEAST).1 cake yeast1 tblsp. lukewarm wateriy> teasp. sugar6 cups sifted flour2Vs teasp. salt% cup shortening2 cups boiling waterSoften yeast in lukewarm water. Put sugar,

salt and shortening in bowl; add boiling waterand stir until shortening is melted. Cool tolukewarm and .add yeast mixture, stirring well.Add about half the sifted flour, beat thorough-ly; then gradually add remaining flour. Dividedough into four parts and roll out on flouredboard, to % inch thickness. Place on lightly-greased cookie sheets and let rise until doublein bulk. Dough can be baked about 10 min-utes now and cooled and kept for later use.Or it can be brushed with olive oil and spreadwith tomato topping and then baked about 20minutes in a hot oven.

PIZZA DOUGH (BAKING-POWDER)2 cups flour1 teasp. salt4 teasp. baking-powder3 tblsp. shortening% cup milkSift dry ingredients, cut in shortening until

mixture looks like coarse c'ornmeal. Add milkall at once and stir quickly until dough is onebig lump. Turn out onto floured board andkneed lightly about % minute. Divide in halfand roll until about % inch thick. Brush witholive oil and bake about 10 minutes in hotoven, or brush with oil, spread with topping,,and bake about 20 minutes. Makes 2 pies.

PIZZA TOPPINGPLAIN: Fry one small chopped onion and

one minced clove garlic in olive oil until gold-en. Add tomato puree or paste and cook untilvery thick. Spread on PIZZA DOUGH andsprinkle generously with whole thyme or ore-gano.

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until firm. Add sugar and whip until verythick. Chop cherries and orange peel very fineand add to cream. Keep bowl in refrigeratorto keep cream stiff while preparing molds.

Use 10 to 12 individual aluminum coveredmolds. Chill molds. Line them with 1-inchdeep layer of mixture No. 1 (custard). Fillcenter with cream mixture and cover withmore custard. Cover molds with aluminumcovers or two thicknesses of waxed paper.Place in freezing compartment and freezehard. Serves 10 to 12.

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TELL IT TO DANNY(Continued from Page Seven)

from THE GUILD NEWS, which was sent to meby MARY LATHE, publicity chairman:

"FELLOW FOLK DANCERS: Your FOLKDANCERS' GUILD, although only five monthsold, has made great strides towards becomingone of the outstanding organizations of itskind in this area. In this short period, fromthe many comments made by members andtheir guests, we have had four pleasant, en-joyable monthly dances and in addition havepurchased .all of our own equipment, includ-ing amplifier, turntable, microphone, approxi-mately ninety records, carrying cases and mostof the administrative supplies that will be re-quired for a number of years. For this finerecord, we owe a vote of thanks to our en-tire hard working executive committee whohave put in many hours of their personal timeto make this achievement possible.

"The executive committee is anxious to pro-vide the type of entertainment the memberswant and welcomes any suggestions that arefor the general good of the GUILD. The newconstitution and by-laws, recently approvedby nearly unanimous ballot, is designed toprotect the rights of the members and to as-sure them that these rights shall be main-tained.

"Several special events are planned for the'summer months, the highlight of which willbe the 'GUILD INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL,'scheduled for Sunday, June 25, at the EL CER-RITO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FIELD.Keep this da'te open and invite your friendsas there will be no admission charge and allfolk dancers are welcome. Yours for betterfolk dancing, (signed) MEL HE1NKEL, presi-dent."

Millie von Konsky of Oakland recently re-ceived an honorary membership in the BetaSigma Phi cultural sorority for her outstand-ing work in folk dancing. The presentationtook place at Oakland's Y. W. C. A. BlueTriangle Club and sorority members from allparts of northern California joined in con-gratulating her.

HAVE YOU SEEN THAT WONDERFULFEDERATION DECAL DESIGNED BY BOB EL-SOCHT [FOR FREE!) AND NOW AVAILABLETO ALL AT ONLY Sc? WRITE, RUN OR CALLN. S. FED. H. Q., 262 O'FARRELL ST., ATONCE FOR THE THRILL OF THE YEAR! THEPHONE NO. IS SUTTER 1-8334.

SOUTHERN NOTESSure glad to see so many friends from the

South .at the State Festival in Monterey. Iwon't mention the Federation officers and theirassorted wives and husbands, nor the eightcallers nor the demonstration groups. But, let'ssee: there was BOB GOODING, DOROTHYTEMPLE, PAT CARPENTER, IRIS MUNSON,PROBAT, now DR. PROBAT, from the PASA-DENA CO-OP; the photographers from theSouth, ED GROCHOWSK1, BOB MORIAR-ITY, ED LABAC with his wife, ETHLEEN, andbrother Al, from the GANDY DANCERS.

The MOUNTAIN DANCERS lived up totheir name and reputation. They camped atBig Sur and drove thirty miles each way toi'he dances on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.GLENDALE came 20 strong. Of course, IDCwas counted present almost to the last mem-ber. Did you notice the clever pins worn bythe CAPER CUTTERS from SOUTH PASA-DENA? Their leader is ELMA MqFARLAND.

BILL HERLOW headed a contingent fromSANTA BARBARA. I heard they all stayed to-

gether in a motel and DOROTHY PATCHETTcooked for the.mob. Next time, DOROTHY,invite me to dinner! I like to eat, too. Now,if 1 missed anyone, it must have been becausethey danced on the other side of the field; sonext time, come up and shake hands and bementioned in LET'S DANCE!

Party night (fifth Wednesday) is always agala affair when the GLENDALE FOLK DANC-ERS get together, with MARJORIE .LEWIS asprogram chairman; but the last party wasmore spectacular than usual. Twenty new mem-bers were welcomed into the fold! They were"graduated" from a beginners' group that hasbeen meeting for the past year with ELMAMcFARLAND as teacher. Each was given adiploma like the one below.

KNOW YE BY THESE PRESENTS:having learned to distinguish his left foot fromhis right, and being aware that a two-step isnot the same as a waltz, and recognizing thatNebesco Kolo is the name of a dance andnot the intermission refreshments, and havingdemonstrated by faithful attendance and en-deavor that he is convinced that Folk Dancingis Fun, is hereby awarded this diploma ofgraduation in the name of the Glendale FolkDancers.

Signed this 31st day of May, 1950,President Instructor

Notice the young folks dancing at the StateFestival at Monterey? I saw LEI LAN I PAPA-DOL and TERRY MASON dancing in the Es-crick (Woman's Sword Dance). Later, they ap-peared in beautiful Czech costumes and quirecaptured the hearts of young FRED THATCH-ER and LARRY FOSTER from Sacramento.Then, there were the LEWIS BOYS, PATRICand BARRY; and MARILYN BUSCH of the.DUKES and DOLLS of SAN FERNANDO VAL-LEY. BARY and MARJLYN danced in theDansa de Arcos, and BARRY was also one ofthe Morris dancers.

And were all these youngsters tickled whenCARLOS joined their square at the Mondaynight party! The GEORGE MURTONS' son,DANA, was there; dancing with mother whenfather had to conduct his class on Mondaynight. Who was that cute couple in Mexicancostume? They sure knew the dances.

They couldn't dance but the very, very younggeneration, who spent the time wrestling on thegrass, will be out with us some day ."Train themearly," says Frank Hepjer-—whose youngest sonspent the time in his playpen. "Like father,like son" DAVID was dressed in baldrix likeFRANK who was one of the Morris dancers!

IRIS MUNSON reports a picture attributedto the Folk Dance Federation of California isone of the illustrations in the American, Peoole'sEncyclopedia (promoted by Sears) in fhe Te'c-tion of the Dance. The picture caption reads,"The lively square dance originated in Ameri-ca." See it at your local library. Does anyonerecognize the dancers?

NEVADA NOTESBRITA BERRYMAN, SECRETARY OF THE

NEVADA COUNTY NUGGETEERS, tells ustheir new president is ROMAN ROZYNSKI andthe president of vice is ED SCHIMKE. As usualthey installed them with a pot-luck dinner andguest night at SEAMAN'S LODGE, NEVADACITY, of course! Everyone is welcome at theirfestivals. Drop in at GRASS VALLEY, CALI-FORNIA, sometime and give them a whirl.

MEMO TO ME AND _EVERYBODY . . . Let'sget behind,our new officers and make 1951 adancing year—-in fact let's -make it a LET'SDANCE! year too—hmmmmm?

Goodbye for now—and happy dancing!

A FEW LEFTA few back issues of LET'S DANCE!, as follows:

Feb. 1949 (Italian Quadrille)

March 1949 (Peasant Military Two-step;and Kokotek) 25

July 1949 (Family Waltz) 25

August 1949 (Cielito Lindo—Mexican Mixer) „ 25

Sept.-Oct. 1949 Yearbook Issue (Lili Mar-lene; Susan's Gavotte) also numerousother features, including the Federa-tion Record List 50

Nov. 1949 (Swingola) 25

Dec. 1949 (Belledans—Jingle Bells;Caballite Blanco) 25

March 1950 (Boston Two Step — Englishand California versions) 25

April 1950 (Ziogelis-—the Grasshopper) 25

May 1950 Statewide Festival Program Sou-venir Issue (Polyanka) 25

June 1950 (Der Wolgaster) .25

In addition to the above, there are a Very fewscattered back issues available from prior to1949; interested persons are invited to inquireof the Circulation Office, 262 O'Farrell Street,San Francisco 2, concerning specific issues.

OFFICIAL FEDERATIONDANCE DESCRIPTIONS

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I JULY, 1950

BEAUTIFUL OHIO WALTZ(American)

This dance was composed by Henry "Buzz" Glass

Record: "Beautiful Ohio," Columbia 35617."Beautiful Ohio," Mary Earl, Shapiro and Bernstein Pub.

Couples in closed position (ballroom), M back to center.Walk*, Step Close*, Hesitation Step, Waltz*, Open Waltz:

PATTERN

Partners sway fwd. and back in place during introduction.I. Walk, W Turns and Step Close

In closed position, walk fwd. counterclockwise 3 steps (M-L, R, L and W-R, L, R.)On last step '(M-L and W-R) pivot inwardly to face clockwise.Retaining closed position, repeat 3 walking steps clockwise (M-R, L, R and W-L,R, L). On last step (M-R and W-L) pivot inwardly to face each other. End withM's weight on R, L toe pointed sideward, W's weight on L, R toe pointed sideward.W makes a three step turn R (clockwise) under joined forward hands (M-L andW-R). M takes 1 step close to L.M takes 1 step close to R. W takes 1 step close to L.Repeat action of Fig. I, measures 1-4.

II. Hesitation and Box WaltzIn closed position, M's back to center, dancers execute 2 hesitation .waltz patternsturning L counterclockwise, making • one-half turn in all.Hesitation Waltz Pattern:M steps fwd. on L taking.weight (ct.*l), swings R ft. fwd. past L pointing toe down(ct. 2), hold (ct. 3). Step back on R (ct. 1), making 1/4 turn L, step L. beside R(ct. 2), step R in place (ct. 3). W same on opposite ft.Repeat Hesitation' Waltz Pattern (meas. 3-4) completing another quarter turn toL. Finish, with M facing center.

Beginning with M stepping fwd. L and W bwd. R, take 4 box waltz .steps in placemaking a 3/4 turn to L to end with M facing counterclockwise in line of direction.

III. Side Car Waltz, Break Step and Walk AroundIn closed position, couples move fwd. diagonally counterclockwise (M fwd. andW bwd.) as follows:With L hips adjacent, M- steps fwd. on L (ct. 1), steps fwd. on R (ct. 2), closeL to R (ct. 3).W steps bwd. on R (ct. 1), steps bwd. on L (ct. 2), closes R to L (ct. 3).NOTE: On ct. 3, partners pivot so that R hips are adjacent.Repeat action of measure 1 with R hips adjacent, beginning M R and W L, and

' pivoting on ct. 3 so that L hips are adjacent.Both take a break step as follows:M steps fwd. L (ct. 1), steps in place R (ct. 2), steps back on L (ct. 3) veryslightly in back of R ft.NOTE: On ct. 3 as M takes weight on L he allows displaced R ft. to point fwd.W steps bwd. on R (ct. 1), steps L beside R (ct. 2), taking weight on L, stepsfwd. on R (ct. 3). • 'NOTE: On ct. 1 L hips are almost adjacent, on ct. 2 partners face and on ct. 3 R hips are adjacent.M'and W move fwd. around each other (clockwise) completing one turn with3 steps (R hips adjacent) M-R: L, R and W-L, R, L.Repeat action of Fig. Ill, measures 1-4.

IV. Open Waltz and Walk AroundFacing counterclockwise and with inside hands joined, M-L hand over hip pocket,.W holding skirt with R, take one waltz step moving fwd., slightly back to back,and take another waltz step moving fwd. face to face. M starts on L ft. and W on R.On second waltz step M starts R and W L.NOTE: On these two waltz steps dancers move away and toward each other in a diamond-likepattern, allowing joined hands to swing fwd. and then back. • _Assume closed position, R hips adjacent. M and W walk around each other with6 small steps, completing only one turn. M walks L, R, L, R, L, R and W walks R, L,R, L, R, L.Repeat action of Fig. IV, measures 1-4.Repeat dance three times in all.NOTE: On final step the action is as follows: Repeat walk, W turns, and step close oncethrough as in meas. 1-4, Fig. I. Again repeat walk step and W turns. Following three-stepturn "W curtsies by stepping back on L ft. and bending L knee. M while turning W stepcloses R to L, changes and takes W's R hand in his R, steps back on L to end ip. bow.

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StyleThey Really Know How in Zalma, Missouri

BY VIOLET STOCKHAM

FOR MILES around families hadcome for Zalma's big day until thepeople milling around in the grove

numbered almost three times the normalpopulation of the village. Under hickory.oak and walnut trees were erected boothswhere good home-cooked food was soldby the Zalna housewives. Not far awaywas a large barbecue where over warm-ing fires stood three 25-gallon copperkettles filled with half fried chickensbarbecued as only Osarkians know how— price 25 cents a- half fryer.

The midday heat of a hundred-plusdelayed dancing until the sun hadpassed its zenith. At first the dance pacewas slow to such easy tempo pieces asthe Hoop Pole Shaver and the Jejjerson-ville Waltz. But, as the sun went down.the dancers' pace went up. The fiddlersoon began to pick horsehairs by twosand threes from his bow, so fast did therosin fly. A guitar player's fingerswould give out and maybe all musicianswould stop, but the dancers kept onwith only their foot patter for accompa-niment. Then the musicians would pickup the tempo again with a fast Southernbreakdown tune.

The dancing pace, in general, wasfaster than any Kentucky running set.The smoothness and lightning-likespeed of their steps was a delight towatch and even more fun to do. Theusual step was a lilting half walk, halfrun. On very fast tempo, nearly allmen dancers broke into a smooth fastjig step, done close to the floor with astrong beat on the accent and three, five,or seven quick steps on the side. Thestep was similar to that used by Englishdancers during the rose lock in rapiersword dancing.

Some dancers put in a pigeon wingstep on the outside turns. One skilledold timer, known to all as Uncle John,had a pigeon wing as smooth and lightas the old Morris galley step.

QUADRILLES composed about halfthe dances. Three sets crowded thesmall floor, and, according to

Ozark tradition, each set had its owncaller. The reason for this traditioneemed to be a financial one, since call-rs danced free of charge.

Each set, with caller dancing in fourthman position, might be doing differentpatterns from other sets on the floor.The man who had arranged for the floorand musicians customarily "passed thehat" after each square dance. Each mandancer except the callers put a dime inthe hat. By calling the long way—thatis, with all the Ozark trimmings—eachsquare and its encore was prolonged toforty or fifty minutes. The callers mightalso add another ten minutes to thedance by managing not to finish at thesame time. So, each would add anotherfrill to make all come out together—akind of bread-match-butter arrange-ment. The round dances, old Germanicwaltzes, Irish reels and such were "forfree." Money has never been a plentifulcommodity among the Ozarkians. There-fore, by such maneuvers above de-scribed, a few dimes financed the wholenight of fun.

Calls of Corduroy, Pass Her By, Lik-kety Brindle had the true Ozark flavor.Even some of the tunes played were sec-tional and named after various musi-cians or villages in the area. Some ofthese have been privately published ina volume called Pioneer Music of theOzarks by Fink.

For an outsider to join in the festivaldancing, he must show a genuine inter-est in the dancing and a desire to learn.The average Ozark man has a naturalreserve and reticence of speech charac-teristic of people in isolated communi-ties. However, once his confidence isgained, there is no greater courtesy anddesire to help than that displayed by thenative Ozarkian.

The outsider who unwisely wishes todisplay his dance knowledge by doingsome new-fangled step soon finds him-self alone on the sidelines, for the Ozark-ian is slow to change. He learned hisdance figures and calls from his pappyor his grandpappy and that is the wayit is. Any of the newer variations of thedo-si-do meet with a blank stare fromthe Ozark man. The city gal visiting inthe Ozarks should not be surprised ifher man partner dances with his hat on.

If the visiting folk dancer shouldwish to follow up a delightful festivalday with a bit of call collecting, that

collector must soon learn that a cheery"Hello" at the gate is the accepted wayof receiving a response. A knock on thedoor means a stranger or travelingagent.

AN INTERESTING aftermath to thisfestival was a series of amateurmovies taken of the Zalina dancers.

The Zalma villagers, anxious to seethemselves in movies, turned out inforce when projection time came.

Zalma, as with many Ozark towns,did not enjoy the modern convenienceof a town electric system. The severalprivate Delco plants were not of theright voltage for modern projectors.Hence, the premier showing of the Zal-ma dance movie was in a town fortymiles away where the villagers, a hun-dred strong, routed out the undertaker,opened up the funeral parlors at 2 a.m.one Sunday morning and "pleasuredthemselves" vicariously a la home dancemovie.

Taking and projecting amateur dancemovies in the Ozarks gave the photog-rapher several slants into the characterof the Ozark man. First, catch his in-terest; second, once his interest iscaught try to stop him. The all-eveningvillage trek over corduroy roads insearch of 110 voltage was just one itemto show the Ozark man's tenacity. Dur-ing the taking of the movie a miniaturetornado had flooded the dance platform.In spite of the fact that the participants,including photographer, had to take ref-uge in cyclone cellars for several hours,the Ozarkians were not ruffled. Caller"Uncle John" simply routed out whatdancers he could find after the delugeand continued the dancing on the high-way bridge.

Most annual festivals are held in thesummer and early fall. The Fourth ofJuly, Fall harvest festivals, August beandinners and annual church picnics arethe most common occasions. These fes-tivals are rarely advertised other thanby word of mouth. The folk dance col-lector, by luck, may come to know ofone such as the Zalma midsummer frolicand enjoy its many pleasures and con-tacts.

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SQUARESet

by PEG ALLMOND

If you want to mix a little squaredancing with your vacation or week-endin the country—you will find. CharleyBassett "at THE TUMBLING McDGUEST RANCH at Philo, Saturdaynights; and JACK SANKEY at AETNASPRINGS on Saturday, nights throughJune and on Friday and Saturday nightsall of July and August.

The'Teen Agers of the JUNIOR SEC-TION OF THE FEDERATION (N.S.)danced to squares called by Leonard'Murphy and Dan McDonald at theiraffair on June 11 at Arroyo Viejo Park,in Oakland. Lots of enthusiasm.

Folk and square dancing seems tolead to other activities in groups—•activities in 'which entire families havefun! Case to the point—the. FORTY-NINERS' week-end gathering in June;the SWINGIN' CIRCLE'S picnic atCastle Rock Park out Walnut Creekway; June 10, GATE SWINGERS' PotLuck Supper; EDGEWOOD FOLKDANCERS outing at HEARST RANCH;with plenty of squ'are dancing at eachgathering.

LES CLARK, hoe-down fiddler andcaller, has succumbed to the glamourof the cowboy shirt. At a recent .squaredance shindig LES patterned into hiscall "Some like Coke, some like Squirt•—-But I'm gonna get me a cowboy-shirt."

FRED BAINUM of the SQUARECUTTERS did a swell job of a.singingcall at the Double M Square Stepperscallers' round:up .last month.

DAN HOWE'S group from SEBAS-TOPOL did a double weathervane intheir exhibition at the NAPA VACA-TION FESTIVAL on June 4 at the NapaJunior College. It was beautiful anddone with precision—on grass!• After trying out the new outdoor ce-ment slab at Roeding Park in FRESNO,GEORGE MURTON is in favor of moreand bigger outdoor slabs to meet thesquare dancing needs. So are we all!

A new epidemic is threatening tosweep the upper grades of the MILLVALLEY schools. This epidemic causes

male victims to break out in a rashbright red shirts while the femaleims usually find their hair twisted

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CALLER of the Monthby MILDRED R. BUHLER

NUMBER ONE LADY of theS. F. Gateswingers, VeraHolleuffer, has long been

a leader in California squaredance circles. Her interest in folkand square dancing goes back toher college days when she wasmajoring in physical educationat the University of Californiaand studied under Lucile Czar-nowski. It was in 1934, however,when she attended a RecreationConference conducted by LynnRohrbaugh of the CooperativeRecreation Service, that she real-ly was awakened to the socialaspects of folk and square danc-ing and due to this influence sheassisted Fay Bowman—then pro-gram director of the "Y"-—instarting a simple program ofdancing and community singingat the S. F. Central Y. M. C. A.where she was an active member.

After Lloyd Shaw's first in-stitute at the University of Cali-fornia in 1939, Vera and theGateswingers took to squaredancing with a vengeance andunder her excellent leadershipthe Gateswingers rose to a promi-

nent position in the square dancefield, producing a number of ex-cellent callers as well as a fineexhibition team of dancers.

Vera's fine voice, her excel-lent timing, her clever line ofpatter, and her charming per-sonality combine to place herhigh among California callers.

For the last two years she hasbeen on .the teaching staff at theFolk Dance Camp at C. 0. P.,and will again head the squaredance section this year.

in pigtails! The health department isnot worried and the PTA is encourag-ing the spread of the epidemic which,in plain terms, is BARN YARD FEVER.The seventh and eighth graders dancedin the auditorium of the Park Schoolduring the school term and will danceon the second Friday of the month dur-ing the summer at the Firehouse atSTINSON BEACH. Ninety-two enthu-siasts have signed up-—-all seventh andeighth graders, mind you-—and theyare not to be confused with the TEENAGERS of Mill Valley who dance onother Friday nights!

THE OAKLAND ADULT EDUCA-TION DEPARTMENT can be proud oftheir contribution to the field of callers.Their last callers' class graduatedNINETEEN callers, under guidance ofthe popular vice president of the Fed-eration and Callers' Association, BILL

CASTNER. Another class will be insti-tuted in the fall.

An impressive list of callers took partin the CIRCLE EIGHT PARTY PRO-GRAM in Alameda on June 5. Squaresat their best, enhanced by the live musicof JOE SMIELL'S ORCHESTRA. BILLCASTNER is the group leader.

EDITH THOMPSON called thesquares at the Night in Hawaii partyheld at Fremont High School in Oak-land. MERRY WHIRLERS were thehosts.

Round, table discussions, handled byBILL CASTNER, at. the last meeting ofthe Callers' Association, at the RedwoodCity Community Center, were very en-thusiastically received. The forty-fiveminutes allotted were stretched into anhour and a half, loaded with vital in-formation. Everyone benefited by par-

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As explained in the text, permissionwsa given by the Folk Dance Federationof California to use the dance notationform developed, after many months ofexperimentation, by the first researchcommittee of the Federation; also to in-clude in this handbook certain of theirpublished dances.

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LONGVIEW, WASHINGTON. Jamboree Ben-efits Cancer Fund!

Several groups combined forces recently tohold a square dance jamboree at Glide Hall innearby South Kelso. Nine callers and RogerCrandall's Barn Dance Boys supplied thewherewithal for a full program. Proceedsfrom the affair were added to the local cancerfund drive.

PAYETTE, IDAHO. Apple Blossom Festival!This city's first square dance jamboree was

held recently at the High School Gym as aclimax to the annual Apple Blossom Festi-val. Good addition!

BUENA PARK, CALIFORNIA. PicturesqueSetting at Knotts' Berry Farm!

One of the most picturesque settings forsquare dancing that we have seen can befound at the Wagon Camp at Knotts' BerryFarm, famous combination restaurant andmuseum, where one can find a variety of in-teresting things to while away several de-lightful hours. Square dancing will be held inthe Wagon Camp every night but Sunday dur-ing the summer. This is a delightful experi-ence for both spectator and participant andshould be included on all visiting squaredancers' itinerary while in Southern Califor-nia.

SPOKANE, WASHINGTON. Sun Valley ToDance.

As a result of a recent week-long instituteconducted at Ketchum, Idaho, by Lee Katkeof Spokane and Mel Day of Boise, Idaho,residents of Sun Valley will be dosidoing andswingin' 'em around with the best of them.Both men, leaders in the square dance field,will be spreading the square dance gospeland fever in a big way.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. Recreation De-partment Aids!

The San Diego Recreation Departmenttakes an active part in the San Diego SquareDance program. Under the leadership of MissMarie Fielding, they have twelve classes insquare dancing every week, with a total en-rollment of over one thousand people!

MX. VERNON, WASHINGTON. All CountyJamboree!

The first square dance jamboree, beingjointly sponsored by all the square danceclubs in Skagit county, was recently held inthe Seven Cedars Pavilion. Although interestin square dancing in the area started onlythree years ago, it is constantly on the in-crease, with many groups now joining in thefun.

MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA. Bouquets forBob!

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wood made a fine contribution to the Teach-ers' Institute at the California State FolkDance Fiesta. Their exhibition at the mainevent was also a treat for square lovers fromall over California, and their luscious cos-tumes only enhanced their fine precision infootwork.

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. World'sLargest Square Dance!

In conjunction with the week-long cele-bration of Santa Monica's Diamond Jubilee,all of the seven square dance associations ofSouthern California are pooling their effortsto take a crack at what they hope will be thelargest square dance in the world, come July13. An enormous area of many thousandsof square feet, covering three city blocks, willfurnish the dancing area, which the commit-tee feels will provide ample space for 8000dancers.

Forty large speaker horns will supply themusic over the whole area so that an equal-ized non-blaring sound will greet the partici-pants. Bleachers to accommodate 10,000 spec-tators will surround the area.

Lloyd Shaw of Colorado Springs is beingflown out to act as one of the officials. Alsoamong the celebrities expected to be presentis Governor Earl Warren, Sheriff of Los An-geles County Eugene Biscailuz, and stars ofstage and screen.

Square dancers from everywhere are in-vited to participate in this gigantic affair.

WENATCHEE, WASH. Apple Bowl Festival.Some 7000 western square dance enthusi-

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Mayor Arthur Pohlman, the festivities chair-man, was trapped in iron by the square danceKangaroo Court for not appearing in westernattire. After the mayor made a hasty changethe festivities were opened.

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THE RECORD FINDER(Continued from Page Sixteen)

was taught and well accepted. Thisrecord has a Palestinian HORA on thesame side with BAROIGES, while thereverse is the Philippine CARINOSA.(See April Let's Dance! page 12).

Some time was devoted to squaredance technique, a group of figureswas presented (Santa Fe Stinker, Yu-caipa Twister, Texas Tornado, Ala-bama Jubilee), and a demonstrationgiven. Any of the numerous excellent"hoedown" square dance records nowavailable are suitable for general fig-ures such as the first three named;"Alabama" is usually done to theWindsor record of that title, XC-103,for which we had forecast big thingsin last month's (June) issue.MISCELLANEOUS

The popular AMANOR WALTZ wasreviewed. Complete details concerningthis dance (records, dance pattern,etc.) appeared on pages 17 and 18 ofour January issue. Victor 25-8036-Ais being used.

"I Have Lost My Stocking in theBrook," a German circle mixer, wastaught, and proved immediately popu-lar as was expected based upon ad-vance notice. The record is 10-inchEnglish-Columbia DB-1654.

Time proved short for the last twodances planned; however, both of thesehad been presented at the Mills Insti-tute; they are KRAKOWIAK (Victor25-9077), and BEAUTIFUL OHIO(Columbia 35617).ODDS & ENDS

One of the objections to records pro-duced by companies other than thoseespecially catering to our special fieldhas always been the fact that the de-sirable folk or square dance side wasoften "backed" by something quiteuseless to us. This not only represent-ed a half-lost investment in terms ofthe cost of the record, but also made itnecessary to carry many records to adance in order to insure having thesides needed. This problem is gradu-ally being solved, first, by the fact thatmany of our records are now madeespecially for us, with two useful sides,and second, by the recently adoptedpractice of some of the older com-panies of recoupling their sides to suitthe folk and square dance market. Asan example of the latter trend, we nowhave Rondo RFD-1, TING-A-LINGWaltz of the Bells, coupled withCUCKOO WALTZ. Both of thesewere listed as good folk dance pieces inthe RECORD FINDER column for

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March 1950; at that time, they wereon separate discs, with non-folk dancereverse sides; now, Rondo has coupled

them especially for us; Who will benext to' take this practical step ?

MGM offers a good two-record setof square dance music without calls(Set L-13) played by the famed Car-son Robison and his Pleasant ValleyBoys. These are pressed on "non-breakable under normal use" materialsimilar to that now being used bymany record manufacturers. Since rec-ords of this type do not require theprotection of heavy album covers, theyare enclosed only in a decorative enve-lope, making it possible to marketthem at a considerably lower pricethan would be required if a regularalbum cover were used.

AROUND THESQUARE SET

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ticipating in the questions and answersand it is hoped that each of the subjectscovered in "CALLING TECHNIQUES"will be given more time at later meet-ings. Bill and other members handledvarious subjects, and Bill .skillfullyguided the questions and answers so amaximum of good was derived by all.Following is an outline of the subjects

THE DANCER'S BOOKSHELF

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Modern Educational Dance. By RudolfLaban. London. Macdonald and Evans,1948. Ill pp. $2.00.Rudolf Laban is perhaps best known

to modern dancers as the teacher ofMary Wigman, the leading exponent ofthe modern dance in Germany beforethe last war, and also for his uniquesystem of dance .notation.

During and since the war, Laban hasdevoted himself to the study of move-ment in industry, for the stage, anddance movement. This book deals pri-marily with the basic elements of dancemovement irrespective of the type ofdance. It is an analytical study whichhas much to offer one interested in thetechnique of dance movement.

covered and by whom:1. Clarity—Barry Binns.2. Command—Jack McKay.3. Pitch—Bill Castner.4. Rhythzn—Sandy Tepfer.5. Timing and Coordination —• Bill

McKay.6. Phrasing7. Judgment-Personality —• Bill Cast-

ner.The meeting was topped off by a tasty

pot-luck dinner—with the ladies in comand of the food.

26 LET'S DANCE!

CHEERSAND

IT GOES EVERYWHERE!Thank you so much for the nice notice that

appeared in the last issue of Let's Dance aboutthe big square dance that we are having atOgden May 10.

I thought you would be interested in a letterI received in response to this notice. It is fromMr. Glen W. Wise, president of the PinedalePower and Light Company of Pinedale, Wyo-ming, the body of which reads as follows:

"We notice in Let's Dance! that you peopleare throwing a square dance May 10 in con-junction with the Golden Spike days. There areperhaps two squares that would like to comedown from Pinedaie and they would like toknow more about the program when it ismade up.

"We could also put on a square demonstra-tion if it is needed, Der Wolgaster or ItalianQuadrill and a couple dance, Kohanochka,Korobuska, Corrido or the Tul jak.

"If you want any of these please let us knowin plenty of time along with your program. Seeyou May 10, and regards."

What makes this unique is that Pinedale is atittle hamlet of about two dozen buildingslocated at the foot of the Wind River Moun-tains in Wyoming, and is the farthest incor-porated town from a railroad in the UnitedStates, it being I 10 miles north of Rock Springs,Wyoming, and it is the largest community formany miles around.

Now how do you suppose these peoplelearned these dances? The only solution 1 canthink of is that they got them from Let's Dance!I thought you would be interested in this re-sponse as it certainly indicates that Let's Dance!goes everywhere.

FRED W. SMITH,823 23rd Street,Ogden, Utah.

Many thanks for the kind words. We hopeyou liked the coverage of the Ogden affair inthe June book and that you and Mr. Wise willkep us informed as to folk and square dancingactivities in your State. — Editor.

RENO REPORTSThought I'd bring you folks up to date on hap-

penings in Reno.Our festival was a huge success, for we had

a lovely day, we had well over a thousand peo-ple in attendance, the program went smothlyand there was always a good crowd on the floorduring the general dancing. I think the folkdance exhibitions of the Alpiners of San Fran-cisco, the Twin City Twirlers of Marysville, andthe Lassen Promenaders of Susanville were es-pecially well received because people here hadnever before seen that type of dancing in cos-tume. We have always had a great many moreexhibitions than you folks do. After our generaldancing becomes a bit more spectacular, wewill probably limit our exhibitions quite a lot.We had 16 exhibition numbers but had plentyof general dances too for the festival lastedfrom 1-7:30, continuously. I entered two groupsof my own in the exhibitions — one was a groupof 68 children from 4 years old to second

flkde, and they caused quite a little sensation.^^lince the festival we have begun a folk dance

workshop project which will meet the first Tues-

day of every month. Leaders and enthusiastsget together to try to standardize dances, learnnew dances, and learn variations. We also havediscussed the possibility of having a regionalworkshop with such towns as Susanville, Her-long, Fallon, Carson City-, Sparks, Reno, etc.,included.

Most of the Reno groups plan to continuethrough the summer, which is something newfor Reno.

Also, the children's folk dance program willsoon be in full swing for the summer months.

I think that brings you up to date on all thatis going on htre.

Those of us who attended the SacramentoFestival had a very nice time. Three Reno folkdancers also attended the Berkeley Festival inorder to represent the Nevada Polkateers in theelections.

JEANE WHITAKER.

SCHENECTATADYSECTION—F. F. OF CAL.

Things looked very bleak when I first came toNew York. There was absolutely no folk danc-ing and the square dancing, though plentiful,seemed very uninteresting—by comparison toour western 'squares.

I coached a partner through a few dancesand we gave exhibitions for various clubs andat parties. This helped me to get a small groupof people "together for my first class—whichhas grown with phenomenal success to thepresent two 3'/2-hour classes a week with atotal of almost 100 enthusiasts, with plans al-ready under way for a third class for the cityrecreation!

Never having been in on the organization ofa group, I had to pattern myself after the clubsI attended in the Northern and Southern Sec-tions and try to set up mine in the same man-ner. This was safe enough at the start, but nowI'm having a few "growing pains" and find my-self with problems I can't cope with from my"isolation." Problems of unavailability.

I've been having Dave Boyce of Berkeleysend me all my records but now, naturallyenough, my dancers want records for them-selves. This is a problem in a city where noneof the record shops have even heard of Kismetor Imperial. So far the dealers have been veryuncooperative—they have been willing to or-der any specific records (not always!) but arenot interested in setting up any stock—evenwith such fine arguments as my copies of LET'SDANCE!

My other problems of unavailability are slow-ly being solved. The public library has prom-ised to get all the reference books on dancesand costumes including, of course, all of FDfrom Near and Far. One of the shoe stores saidthe would place orders for girls' ballerina slip-pers from Capezio in Boston—and I finallyfound a shop that has ric-rac and trimmings forcostumes.

My dancers are already costume-consciousfrom my pictures of festivals and the picturesin LET'S DANCE! and some already have madeexcellent ones. The people from my first classesnow know about 20 dances and the newcomersare not far behind. Though a 3'/2-hour class isvery tedious, we really get a chance to workon the dances—and have fun too as testifiedby the fact that everyone comes on time andstays right to the end (in fact I have to kickthem out!}. It's a little better now v/hen we canhave a short request period.

Actually, things are running a lot smootherthan I had anticipated—for the amazinglyfast start we had. The local papers have beenvery cooperative and have helped us with somenice publicity. • This with the interest we'veworked up with exhibitions and the enthusiasmof my dancers who are always bringing new

friends—and then their friends!—has started usoff in fine style!

So you see—you now have a Schenectadysection of the California Federation—at leastin heart and in spirit, and maybe soon indances, too.

RAY NEUBAUER1621 Avenue ASchenectady 8, N. Y.

Keep up the good work Ray! What aboutsome pictures of you and your groups for"Folks in Focus?"—Ed.

WANTS COVER PICTUREDear Sirs:

I would like to know how I could obtain thenegative for the picture which is on the coverof the May Let's Dance! In the vast group thatis there I find myself included in the picture. 1would like to make several copies of the picturesnapped.

Any information you may have on the abovewill be greatly welcomed. Thank you.

Sincerely,JOSEPH KAHN.

EDITOR'S NOTE: We will be glad to helpyou get the pictures if you will send us youraddress.

PICTURES WANTEDMr. Ralph H. Carlson, 3106 Olive St., Kansas

City, Missouri, wants moving pictures of State-wide Fiesta or any festival—color if possible.Please contact him directly.— Editor.

KERN COUNTYSPRING FESTIVAL(Continued from Page Ten)

the China Lake Desert Dancers of Inyo-kern gave a beautiful interpretation ofthe Mexican "Las Altenitas."

After the exhibitions some 500 danc-ers joined in the "fun for all" programof round, folk and square dances whichlasted until midnight. In the standsmany of the 2500 spectators who gath-ered for the exhibitions remained towatch the general dancing. A specialtreat to all the square dancers was thecalls and patter by Jim York, popularL. A. caller imported for the occasion.Jim also handled the square jamboreethe next day which climaxed KernCounty's biggest program to date.

The number of participants in thisevent indicates the growth and popular-ity of folk and square dancing in thegreater Bakersfield area. Less than threeyears ago Circle Eight with some threedozen members was the only dancegroup in this area. During the past yearover half of them were active in leadingand teaching dance groups. Some notworking with adults were teaching chil-dren. Well over lOOO adults participatedin the various clubs and classes duringthe past year. (For pictures see page14.)

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