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Square Dancing
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CALLERLAB is the International
Association of Square Dance Callers. Callerlab exists to improve
square dancing: To recruit, promote, and maintain the square dance
activity. As an organization of square dance callers, it is
Callerlab's mission to provide education and guidance to the
leaders of our activity. CALLERLAB also maintains a suggested list
of dancing programs, from Basic through C-3A.
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A service of the International
Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs, this list is organized
by U.S. regions -- East, Center, West and California -- Asian and
Pacific, and Canada.
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The IAGSDC is the International Association of
Gay Square Dance Clubs, a lesbian and gay organization that is the
umbrella organization for gay square dance clubs in the United
States, Canada, and Australia, formed by and for lesbians and gay
men in their community and for their friends.
Membership in IAGSDC clubs is open to all square
dancers, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, ethnic
background, or sexual orientation. Gay square dancing is high
energy dancing. Since many gay square dancers can dance both the
man's and woman's parts, they tend to be strong dancers with an
excellent sense of position and set orientation.
The IAGSDC is active in the world of Modern
Western Square Dancing. The Association is a member of Legacy, the
non-profit international assembly of "trustees"
representing all facets of square dancing. All IAGSDC clubs dance
the Callerlab specified levels of Modern Western Square Dancing.
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Excerpt:
The square dance is an American institution. It
began in New England when the first settlers and the immigrant
groups that followed, brought with them their various national
dances, which we now call folk dances, but which were the popular
dances of the day in the countries of their origin - the
schottische, the quadrille, the jigs and reels and the minuet, to
name a few. After a week of toil in building new homes and carving
homes out of virgin forest, the settlers would gather in the
community center on Saturday evening and enjoy dancing their
old-world favorites. As the communities grew and people of
different backgrounds intermingled, so did their dances. As the
repertoire increased, it became increasingly difficult for the
average person to remember the various movements...
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The United Square Dancers of America, Inc.
(USDA) was formed on June 26, 1981, during the National Square
Dance Convention held in Seattle, Washington, and has grown to the
size that approaches the representation of 310,000 dancers
throughout the United States. USDA is an organization formed by
dancers, for dancers, and is under the operational control of
dancers.
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Western Square Dancing - DOSADO.COM -- was
established by Rob French in 1995 and has quickly become the
largest portal or entryway to Square Dancing around the world! In
December, 1999, Bill & Peggy Heyman of Marlborough, New
Hampshire assumed responsibility for hosting these pages.
Redesigned with “Easy Navigation”, you can
find a club, a caller, a cuer, an association or other internet
resource for Square and Round Dancing faster here than on any
other website. You, of course, can see the link to Clubs from the
home page.
The DOSADO.COM Canadian page has many links to
STATE Dancers Associations, individual clubs, callers and cuers
around the world
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The lgcwsd mailing list
lgcwsd is a mailing list for
lesbian/gay/bisexual square and CW dancers. The list is open to
anyone that wishes to join, and membership on the list is not
indicative of sexual preference. This is not a general square
dancing list (squaredancing@lunar.eclipse.net) nor a caller's list
(sd-callers@dmshome.org).
To subscribe, send mail to majordomo@dmshome.org
and in the body put:
subscribe lgcwsd
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