Square Dance [sound recording]
notes: label: Notes
content: CDR copy
label: Notes
content: Poor quality, lots of drop outs
label: Notes
content: This tape were recorded on Nov. 7, 1953, at a square dance in Springfield, Missouri. The performers include callers, fiddler, banjo player, bass player, and, on one track only, a pianist. Most tracks are square dances with calling; at least one track is exhibition dancing without calls, and another is tap dancing with piano accompaniment. None of the personnel are identified. The tapes are poorly recorded, and perhaps have deteriorated over time; the 2nd half of -2619 contains ripples, which are probably the source of the sound volume fluctuations. The back of the -2619 tape box states that the first and last tracks feature the Missouri Champ as caller; the penultimate track caller on that tape is "local." One square dance track on -2619, without calling, features, "Exhibition Dancing." The back of the tape box of -2619 has a number "3," and -2620 has a number "2," so presumably -2620 was recorded prior to -2619. See other sheets for list of tracks and durations.
label: Table of contents
content: Square dancing--Tap dancing
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
place: label: Place
content: Springfield (Mo.)
label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Missouri
topic: label: Topic
content: Square dance music
label: Topic
content: Fiddle tunes
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: Anglo-American
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-5RR-2619
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 sound-tape reel : analog ; 5 in