Square Dance Caller & Teacher Ed and Judy Ross Smith started dancing contras, folk dances and squares in 1954 at the P.T.A. in North Hampton, NH. In 1955 they visited one of the first modern Western square dance clubs in New England, Downeast Westerners of Kittery, ME, where they learned …
Squaare Dance Leaders Pete and Betty Rawstron began western square dancing with Charlie Baldwin in 1946 in the Boston, Ma area. They moved to San Francisco where they first served as an officer in their club and as a delegate to the Northern Calif. Square and Round Dance Assoc. In …
Square Dance Leaders Andy and Louise D’Amore began Western square dancing at Fairtown Squares, Topsfield, MA in 1972. They began serving as Club officers the following year, holding positions as Publicity Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President and President. Their leadership role became greater as they served as Recording Secretary, Vice …
Square Dance Caller & Teacher Ray and Carole Aubut were introduced to square dancing in 1966 by the Town Travelers, and served as Officers. Ray started calling in 1970, joined Tri state Callers, and became club caller and instructor for six New England clubs. Ray rose through the ranks …
Square Dance Caller & Teacher At age 14, this gangly and awkward kid was told by his junior high school football coach to take dancing lessons in order to improve his coordination. He took this advice and began square dancing under Charlie Baldwin at the Norwood Grange Hall. He then …
Round Dance Cuer & Teacher Veronica Ann McClure began square dancing in 1964 and round dancing a year later in Baltimore, MD. She moved to Boston, MA in 1967. She was a founder of a square dance group at Massachusetts Institute of Technology known as the Tech Squares. Veronica began …
Square Dance Leaders The Dugas’s came into the square dance activity as round dancers. It all began in Maine. Their children were involved in a school band and a uniform fund raiser was a round dance. It then followed that they became square dancers. In 1967 they moved to Manchester, …
Square Dance Caller & Teacher Pioneers in bringing modern western square dancing to New England, Earl and Marion Johnston became household names to thousands of dancers. Such a team of leaders, the unmistakable voice of the skillful choreographer on the one hand, and the ever present business partner and “Girl …
Square Dance Leaders Dick and Judy graduated in 1971 from Queen City Promenaders in Manchester, N.H. and, typically, started the Club’s Newsletter the next year. They’ve been making news ever since, as writers of the “Square Beat” column in the Manchester Union Leader and Northeast Square Dancer, as well as …
Square Dance Caller & Teacher Joe and Phyllis Casey started their square dance involvement in 1947 and are still active today. Joe started calling in the traditional square dance and made the transition to modern western squares and has been at it for 45 years. During that time he had …