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Miguel Cortez,
Small Business Owner
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CONTRA DANCING Contra Dances include waltzes, square dancing and circle dancing, have a caller, a band and are easy to learn.
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Phuong Nguyen,
Exotic Dancer
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We were saddened to hear of the death of Jim Purcell who was the square dance caller for the Lakewood Villager dancers.
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Rob Bruff,
Nightclub Bouncer
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Set dances, as opposed to couple dances, are dances done in square sets of four couples or in longways sets of three to eight couples.
If square dancing isn't enough for you this weekend, try line dances, two steps, or other dances at the Timberline.
A Square and Round dancing club in the San Diego area - dances, classes, clubs and other information.
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Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
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Music Square Dance music consists of instrumental versions of popular tunes sung over by the caller.
Big Table plays for contra and square dances and presents concerts of original and traditional instrumental music and songs.
The Evropeyska Square was the venue of the Tavriyski lhry Festival with pop and folk music, songs and dances.
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Keith Tennant,
Factory Worker
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Bernie Chalk is Englands foremost caller of American square and contra dances, and has called dances across the U.
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Todd Porter,
Gym Attendent
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Chesapeake Squares is Baltimore's square dance club for gays and lesbians of all ages.
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Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent
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Square dancing is the American folk dance which traces its ancestry to the English country dance and the French ballroom dance.
The dance was carried to the New World by Scottish settlers where it greatly influenced American square and round dancing.
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