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December 1951 German Folk Dance-See Page 7 DECEMBER 1951 THE MAGAZINE OF FOLK AND SQUARE DANCING 25c GERMAN FOLK DANCE-SEE PAGE 7 Available for Dances and Shows EDDIE HARKNESS ORCHESTRA AT YOUR SERVICE THE DANCE MART An authentic repertoire of Large selection of books on folk dancin>g9 Folk, Square and National dance music for printing Phone WAInut 1-2756 Send for free catalogue (Message to LOmbard 4-1903) Just Write or Phone 503 Franklin St. San Francisco, Calif. Box 315, Times Square Station, New York I1 OXford 7-2605 PEASANT COSTUMES •fc The National Press and Square Dance Dresses Dances of Cool (Printers of Let's Dance!) * EARLY CALIFORNIA Colorful DAYS 273 Broadway Millbrae, Calif. Inexpensive By LUCILE K. CZARNOWSKI "Handsome . authoritative . Steps are carefully explained, clear diagrams, MADELYNNE GREENE and the music appears with each dance in HAS RETURNED FROM EUROPE! simple but catchy arrangement."—DANCE OBSERVER. Illustrated—,55.00 All Classes Resumed as Follows: Published by PACIFIC BOOKS INTERMEDIATE Box 558, Palo Alto, California THURSDAY, 8:30 P.M. to -10:30 P.M. Also Blouses ADVANCED Petticoats TUESDAY, 8:30 P.M. to 10:30 P.M. Pantaloons NEW NEW PRIVATE LESSONS BY APPOINTMENT DOROTHY GODFREY SUtter 1-2203 SUtter 1-8155 1333 Second Avenue, San Francisco German Folk Dance Records 451 Kearny St., San Francisco Telephone OV 1-7431 made under supervision of PAUL and GRETEL DUNSING MAKE IT These are 12" Plastic "World of Fun" Give series records and cost $2.00 each A M-II4 Dance Lightly* Stopp-Galopp Butterfly Dance** Tampet* Klapptanz mDeSfk Subscriptions M-II5 Sonderburg Double Quadrille* At the Inn to the Crown** i#£i for gifts and prizes Foehringer Kontra** Alfelder (A Christmas Card in your name will be sent *in Dance Lightly on all gift subscriptions received by Gretel and Paul Dunsing—25 cents in Editorial Office before December 10) **in German Folk Dances Vol. I Christmas by Paul Dunsing—$1.75 GIVE BOOKS: Order from GRETEL DUNSING Folk Dances from Near and Far 4712 No. Hermitage Ave., Chicago 40, III. FOR ALL OF 1952 Six volumes from which to choose AL'S PROMENADERS Light in weight— uppers of soft brown DANCE INSTITUTE kid leather—special flexiibll e elk leather soles FOLK, SQUARE, ROUND, AND CONTRA DANCING SAN FRANCISCO STATE COLLEGE New Campus—19th Avenue at Holloway, San Francisco $7.95 Opportunities to learn and review dances, and do practice-teaching if desired. Tuition fee, $6 per College Unit, plus nominal service charge Plus 24c sales tax. Wednesday, Dec. 26, through Sunday, Dec. 30, 1951 Order a pair of Co-Directors: AL'S PROMENADERS and you too will Eleanor Wakefield, San Francisco State College agree they are the PERFECT SHOES FOR Ed Kremers, Past President, Folk Dance Federation of California SQUARE OR FOLK DANCING. GIVE SHOE SIZE AND WIDTH. Information may be obtained from Leo Cain, Dean of Educational Services, San Francisco State College, 124 Buchanan, San Francisco 2; AL'S STORE or from the Co-Directors' AL MIGNOLA SPEND THE HOLIDAYS DANCING! 210 Main Street Salinas, Calif. SAY "MERRY CHRISTMAS" TO YOUR FRIENDS CONTENTS FOR DECEMBER 1951 ED/TOR'S NOTEBOOK VOL. 8 NO. 12 The Magazine of Folk arid Square Dancing ADULT EDUCATION AND FOLK DANCING— In these days of much misunderstanding concerning the item men- EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK 3 tioned it seems appropriate to make a few suggestive re- CALENDAR OF EVENTS 4 marks. Adult Education as a part of the public system of TELL IT TO DANNY 5 education is only about 30 years old. Originally stressing REPORT FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA by Paul Pritchard 6 trade and citizenship training, it has spread to stress life- THOUGHTS ABOUT THE GERMAN FOLK DANCE wide "Life Long Learning." As such, it early gave classes by Paul Dunsing 7 in folk dancing. Financial maneuvering in the State Legis- LET'S DANCE! COSTUME DEPARTMENT Ukrainian Costume, Part I—Women, by Marjorie Posner 8 lature has occasioned many attacks at "frills," including THE RECORD FINDER 9 crafts and most physical education classes. Actually, the ED KREMERS—AN APPRECIATION by Walter Grothe 9 possible savings are almost too small to cause all the smoke, THE JOLLY REELERS by Marjorie Posner 10 but legislators are sometimes inclined to cover some fields FOLK DANCE—Danza Puertorriquena 11 by attacking others. Let us look at the case for folk dancing FOLK DANCE—Square Tango 13 in the adult education system. For the present purposes we THE JUNIOR FEDERATION by Dave Boyce 14 will ignore its place in the elementary and secondary THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG 14 schools, its almost unlimited place as sound therapy, and CALLS FROM CALLERS' ASSOCIATION by Jack McKay 15 also its social soundness as recreation for young and old — CALLER OF THE MONTH by Mildred R. Buhler 16 both in segregated age groups and in family units. These CALLS OF THE MONTH by Mildred R. Buhler 16 do not come under the plan as considered in the "educative NATIONAL PROMENADE by Mildred R. Buhler.. 17 process." AROUND THE SQUARE SET by Peg Allmond 18 One of the first injunctions laid upon the public schools DANCE INSTITUTE IN SAN FRANCISCO .... 19 is that they teach skills, inculcate learnings, and develop attitudes that will make more useful citizens. On this basis, LAWTON HARRIS, Editor if folk dancing has a place in any curriculum it belongs in that of adult education. It has helped us to develop within ASSOCIATE EDITORS the minority groups in our community a feeling of being Mildred R. Buhler, Square Dancing George Posner, A. C. Smith and Grace Perryman, Folk Craft Phil Maron, Photography wanted, of being part of the community. The adult educator Marjorie Posner, Foods, Costumes Ed Kremers, Records may well be expected to develop courses that will help Lucile Czarnowski, Books Madelynne Greene, Dance Tech- people enjoy life, outside of class, with his fellow citizens. Marjorie Posner, Costumes nique The skills developed have carry-over value in other areas, Bev. Wilder, Don Rank and Paul Pritchard, So. Calif. Rep- Charles Rich, Events resentative sensitivity to rhythm, physical coordinations, cultural and inter-racial appreciations, and a much higher developed EXECUTIVE STAFF appreciation of music. Promotion Manager, Walter Grothe The schools have long been charged with the necessity Publications Committee: Mildred Buhler, Lucile Czarnowski, Walter of preparing a physically fit citizenry. What better — and Grothe, Lawton Harris, Ed Kremers, Miriam Lidster. more pleasant — form of physical conditioning can we find OFFICES than folk dancing? I would like to know how many miles ADVERTISING, CIRCULATION, NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS— Care Ed- I walk (run or jump) at each folk dance (not to mention itor, 1236 West Elm Street, Stockton, Calif. the traffic dodging at a festival) . EDITORIAL— 1236 West Elm Street, Stockton. Phone Stockton 3-4329. Many of the persons who have picked up folk dancing PUBLICATION— 273 Broadway, Millbrae, Calif. Phone OXford 7-2605. at the adult education class have gone on to organize acti- BUSINESS — 731 Fulton Street, Redwood City, Calif. Phone EMerson vities in their own neighborhoods, become teachers, callers 8-1588. — or just fine friendly members of society. Incidentally, PROMOTION— 390 Liberty St., San Francisco 14, Calif. Phone VAIen- cia 4-5017. folk and square dancing comes closest of all the forms of recreation with which the writer is familiar of meeting the TEACHERS' INSTITUTE COMMITTEE— Lester Dunn, Box 92, Castro Valley human need for friendship. Now, don't misunderstand — the system is not perfect, but LET'S DANCE is published monthly by the Folk Dance Federation of it is GOOD. I can suggest a few places where correction California. Northern Section: WILLIAM E. ("BILL") CASTNER, Presi- might be made. First, there is too little similarity between dent, 1633 Broadway, Alarnedo, Telephone LA 3-5335; BESS REDD, school systems, as to hours and costs oi co\ii'ses, not to men- Corresponding Secretary, 2532 Camben Way, Sacramento, Calif.; BILL tion content. In one community 80 hours of class work, KERR, Treasurer, 1437 Portland Ave., Albany; Southern Section: BILL HERLOW, President, 110 W. Junipero St., Santa Barbara, Calif.; roughly two semesters, is the limit under adult education. MINNIE ANSTINE, Corresponding Secretary, 242|l/2 Castillo St., Santa In others, four calendar years are permitted. Perhaps the Barbara, Calif. (Continued on Page Twelve) Subscription price: $2.50 per year. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Millbrae, Cali- OUR COVER fornia, December 7, 1948, under Act of March 3, 1879. Spanish Recreation Club, Hayward, poses after exhibiting COVER AND CONTENTS COPYRIGHTED 1951 BY Stick "Danza" at San Leandro Festival. See page 15. Photo THE FOLK DANCE FEDERATION OF CALIFORNIA by A. C. Smith.). DECEMBER, 1951 WITH A SUBSCRIPTION TO LET'S DANCE! SQUARE DANCE NAPKINS, NOTE PAPER FOLK DANCE CHRISTMAS CARDS FELT EMBLEMS FOR CLUBS CALENDAR Rosemont Letter Shop 176 Duboce Ave. HEmlock I-08I7/ San Francisco BOB MIHAILOVICH FOLK DANCE CLUB Wednesday Folk Dancing, 8-12 p.m. Russian Center Auditorium 2460 Sutter Street San Francisco More for the money than ever before FEDERATION FESTIVALS Union High School Boys' Gymnasium. Time, 8:15 to ??? VOL. VI—Folk Dances North SUNDAY, JANUARY 20—RED BLUFF. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9—RICHMOND. Red Bluff Hi-Squares second annual From Near and Far The East Bay Regional Council is host Birthday Festival Tehama County Fair- at the beautiful new Richmond Audi- grounds. 1:30-5:30 and 7-10:30 p.m. Containing all these features: torium. Time, 1:30 to 5:30. List of Abbreviations SUNDAY, JAN. 27 — SACRAMENTO. Reference List for Folk Dances SUNDAY, FEB. 10 — SACRAMENTO. Folk Dance Federation members are Definition of Terms Frequently Used 1:30 to 5:30 and 7:30 to 11 p.m.
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