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Old Gray Bonnet singing square
Jim Mayo, caller.
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When the Saints Go Marching In
Jim Mayo, caller. A dance in modern square dance style set to the well-known tune. Jim says this is the signature dance of his friend Joe Casey, another MWSD caller from New England. Recorded at Dare To Be Square, Brasstown, NC, November 19, 2011. For more info about this project, go to...
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MWSD 4 - Patter
This is the fourth clip in a series of videos documenting Jim Mayo's workshop on Modern Western Square Dance, recorded November 19, 2011. The recording is "Whiffletree," Top #25068.
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MWSD 5 - We're Gonna Have a Ball
This is the final dance from Jim Mayo's Modern Western Square Dance workshop, with the refrain, "You do the dancing, and I'll do the call... we're gonna have us a ball!"
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MWSD 2a - Star Thru & Square Thru
In this sequence of three clips (2a-2c) Jim Mayo introduces Star Thru and Square Thru. In this clip he teaches the basic figures; in 2b he calls patter and in 2c he uses those figures in a singing call. For many of the 70 dancers at the weekend, Jim's sessions were their first experience dancing modern squares, with no walkthroughs and ever-changing calls.
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MWSD 2c - 12th Street Rag
Incorporates figures that have just been taught into a singing square.
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MWSD 2b - Hash
Jim uses Star Thru and Square Thru with a series of hash calls. The recording is "Cuttin' Up," ESP Records #408.
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MWSD 1 - hash
To introduce dancers to the basic concept of modern squares—no walkthroughs, dance what's called—Jim Mayo started with this hash based on traditional figures that the dancers would know. The recording is "Cuttin' Up," ESP Records #408.
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This Land Is Your Land singing square
Jim Mayo calls to "This Land Is Your Land."
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Just Because singing square
Jim Mayo calls a series of hash figures to "Because, Just Because." Unlike the more traditional figures associated with this dance, which might be reviewed in a walkthrough, dancers faced with Jim's hash calling needed to listen carefully and move!
