Why do people take up square dancing? For most it appears that the appeal is the fun of moving to music in a special way, in a definite pattern, led by a caller who also plays the music. A square is ...

Have you heard that it is good for your brain to learn a new skill or a new language? That physical exercise and social activity are good for your health? You can get all this in one package – learn ...

Couples in the Swinging Stars Square Dance Club get into the, ahem, swing of things every time they meet. The group, which celebrates 58 years this May, meets weekly at Roger Bryan Elementary School.

The Swinging Mates’ feet still moved as beautifully to the music’s beat as a lyric poet’s rhyme. More than 100 modern Western square dancers stepped to their caller’s cadence, dazzling the crowd as ...

Retired Navy Master Chief Virgil Forbes was doling out orders at Meade Middle School Friday night. But he wasn’t instructing service members or ROTC cadets. Forbes is the caller for the Swinging ...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — Ketchikan’s square dancers warmed up a chilly Friday night in the Creekside Cabaret with laughter and enthusiastic allemandes timed to the lively music of the Free Radicals ...

At its most basic level, square dancing requires only a couple of things: eight people who can form a square and a shared language. It's a language that doesn't care about gender or politics. "It's ...

One recent Wednesday evening, Kurt Gollhardt and Darren Gallina were preparing to live call a square dance. “Find a spot on the floor in your living room, in your RV; maybe you’re on your back porch,” ...

Square dancing isn't the same dance you learned in gym class. The sport is making a comeback in the Granite State.This summer, people from all over the state are traveling to the Heel and Toe Square ...

Magical as he finds square dancing to be, Tyler Crawford (a.k.a. T Claw), who has recently started a regional movement to revive this old-time community entertainment, has often found himself ...