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DANCE RECORD CENTER 1 1159 BROAD STREET NEWARK 14, NEW JERSEY THIS MONTH SPECIAL FEATURES VOLUME 19 JULY 1964 7 A Message From the Publisher and NUMBER 11 Editor 10 13th National Square Dance Con- vention 11 Smooth Square Dancing by Don Zents 12 Square Dance Kcileidoscope 27 National Convention Trail Dances MuEeRr l CEREN REGULAR FEATURES 25 News FIRST IN SOUAIIII DANCING 26 Events 28 Records 30 Mail ARVID OLSON 32 Do-Ci-Do Dolores Publisher and Editor WILBUR LIEVENS WORKSHOP Advertising 15 Choreography 18 Callers' Questions WILLARD ORLICH Workshop Editor 20 Figures and Breaks 23 New Basics STAN BURDICK Associate Editor AMERICAN SQUARES IS PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT 6400 NORTH LEOTI AVENUE, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60646 BY AMERICAN SQUARES, INC. SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. FORMS CLOSE 1ST OF TESSA MALOPSY MONTH PRECEDING DATE OF ISSUE. SUBSCRIPTION: Assistant Editor 55.00 PER YEAR SINGI E COPIES- 50 CEN S EACH COPYRIGHT 1964 BY AMERICAN SQUARES, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. I WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE NATIONALLY KNOWN? OF COURSE YOU WOULD . if you are already a talented caller with an estab- lished reputation in your locality. Should you have a 'hankering' to spread your talent to other parts of the country . why not tell the entire 'square dance world' in the nation's No I national square dance magazine . AMERICAN SQUARES. Dancers everywhere are always on the lookout for new talents, new faces. Advertise your four dates, bookings, your background, etc and soon you too will be a nationally known caller. AMERICAN SQUARES is the prestige magazine in the field and has special advertising rates for 4 callers. Why not write today for complete details, no obli- gation of course. 6400 N. LEOTI AVE., CHICAGO, ILL. 60646 Practice makes perfect they say, and there's no better way to improve your dancing or calling than by using records. Why not resolve right now to buy at least one record every month to help you become a better dancer or caller. You'll enjoy your square or round dancing more by listening and dancing to records right in your own home. THESE RECORD MANUFACTURERS Will APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS "FAMILY SQUARES" - "GRENN" "LLOYD SHAW" "TOP" Lloyd Shaw Recordings, Inc., Colorado Grenn, Inc., Bath, Ohio Springs, Colo. "JEWEL" "BIG J" Birmingham, Ala. "M" GREGOR" "SQUARE L" MacGregor Records, Los Angeles, Calif. Square L Record Co., Fort Worth, Tex. A MESSAGE FROM THE At Your Dealer PUBLISHER AND EDITOR The Singing Call of The Year Square dancing is fun! More people are dancing today than ever before. It is true that the total number of peo- "WILD OVER YOU" ple in the national square dance pic- • Great Figure ture increases each year. It is also • Good Tune true that more square dancers are • Perfect Timing dancing rather than rat-racing or jerk- • Excellent Meter ing around the square. • Outstanding Music Dancing, by d e f in i ti o n, means 84 am. rhythmic moving to music. If you RAY JOEL ORME move to the music when you do a call the flip side square, you are dancing. If you are as a duet not with the music, you simply are not dancing. HH 308 As square dancing matures, many A "Quiet" Dance. avid dancers put their efforts toward improving their dancing skills rather than merely learning each new basic that is created. Sharp callers, likewise, teach their H 1 11A-IAT beginners to dance smoothly with the music. They know that dancers who Dance Records enjoy square dancing will mature into regular square dance hobbyists. It is only common courtesy to allow ENGRAVED the ladies the privilege of twirling or not twirling on the end of a promen- NAME ade, during a grand right and left, or EACH at any other time. BADGES 50 Twirling can be beautiful if it is ANY STATE SHAPE 650 • CHOICE OF COLORS done gracefully and in time to the FULL LIST OF GIMMICK CLUBS. We will quote music. However, many ladies resent prices for badges from your samples or being pulled and twisted through a tip. sketches; any color, any shape. Write for People who are exposed to rough- brochure or for information. house type dancing soon drop out of the square dance picture. Or to put it A TO Z ENGRAVING, Ray Nelson another way, don't be the jerk on the P.O. BOX 345C, WAUCONDA, ILL. end of an allemande left. The 13th National Square Dance ;1.." SQUARE Convention will be held in Long Beach, Calif. this month. About DANCERS 20,000 dancers are expected for this event. ;Yteutr Joan and Norm Holloway, Conven- FREE tion Chairmen, are featured on our P• CATALOG cover this month. Square dancers everywhere salute the Holloways for Top values in square dance apparel their contributions to the movement as and accessories. Buy by mail and save. Satisfaction guaranteed or money back. National Convention Chairmen. Write for your free catalog today. The WRANGLER • Dept. CE-54 P.O. Box 930, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001 Oton 7 IERIRBACII PRESENTS 1733—I'M WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU Al Brownlee, caller. Flip. 1734—RAMBLE ON Larry Fought, caller. Flip. BLUE STAR 1735—RICHMOND/CHINESE BREAKDOWN Hoedowns. 1009—BEGINNER DANCES Marshall Flippo, caller. Album. 1177—YOUR HEART TURNED LEFT Billy Dittemore, caller. Flip. BOGAN 1178—ROSES OF PICARDY Darrel Slocum, caller. Flip. 2317 DEAR HEARTS AND GENTLE PEOPLE Gene Pearson, caller. Flip. SWINGING SQUARE 2318 WHERE THE RED RED ROSES GROW Bill Saunders, caller. Flip. "The records produced on the labels listed herewith are for the promotion of square and round dancing and there is no restriction on their use, with the fol- lowing exception. They may not be reproduced for profit either by taping or other means of reproduction." 45 rpm $1.45 We carry all square and round dance labels. Write us if your dealer cannot supply you. RIUSACH RECORD SERVICE 323 West 14th Street, Houston, Texas ERRBAC H PRESENTS 1067—LITTLE BOY BLUE Bob Arnold, caller. Flip. 1068—AIN'T SHE SWEET Allen Tipton, caller. Flip. LORE 1069—WON'T YOU SAY YOU'RE MINE FOR EVERMORE Bob Augustin, caller. Flip. 2290—WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG MAGGIE KEENO Harold Bausch, caller. Flip. 1319—OH BABY MINE ROCKINi "A" ¶ Paul Childers, caller. Flip. 108—OPEN UP YOUR HEART Boots Lewis, caller. Flip.