Full sets of square dancers will come to show whole dances and the calls to lead them. The different styles of jig steps, distinctive to different communities, and clogging are also demonstrated. Repertoire includes songs and tunes from the Civil War collected in Missouri. Singer and collector Bob Dyer presents stories of the communities, famous steamboats, and characters of the Boonslick area where he lives and the Missouri River. The Grace family includes skilled clogging, dance music, and part singing with mandolin, accordion, bones, and fiddle.
Bands feature gospel tunes, humorous songs, ballads, fiddle tunes and up-tempo instrumentals.
Several bands are built around family members. Bluegrass Brigade, Bluegrass Missourians, Don Brown and the Ozark Mountain Trio, Blue and Gray Pickers, Bill Jones and the Bluegrass Travelers Go to the COIN home page. Back to the Missouri Folk Arts page. Search the Folk Arts Web space. This page was last modified on November 10 1998.