Square Dance Foundation of New England

1976 Portland, ME Convention

2012 Hartford, CT Convention

1976 Portland, ME Convention

2012 Hartford, CT Convention

Welcome to the Square Dance Foundation of New England!

The Library/Museum of the Square Dance Foundation of New England (SDFNE) has been closed, however the SDFNE continues to exists as an online entity at: http://www.sdfne.org. It is important to realize that a large collection of materials from the SDFNE collection are available on the SDFNE.org web site. Most important among these are the full set of Bob Brundage interviews with more than 100 leading square dance people from the past 60 or more years and the complete digitized issues of the New England Caller/Northeast Square Dancer magazines. The complete publications of five major caller note services are also available on the web site. There are many other items available for viewing.

The collection of historical materials has been transferred to the University of New Hampshire. The Milne Special Collections Library there has what is probably the largest collection of square dance related material anywhere in the world. As we closed our museum we moved a huge amount of books, documents, recordings, photographs and other items to the UNH Library. These added to the already substantial collections we had been sending over the past decade. The task of organizing and cataloging this material will take years. To help support the University’s work on this task the SDFNE has recently made a contribution of $5000 and we hope to continue this support in the future.

Many of the books and records that we have shared with UNH over the past decade have already been cataloged and are listed on the UNH web site. To search for books use the web address: https://www.library.unh.edu/ then enter the keyword SDFNE. Click here to look for records and enter the collection name SDFNE. Other types of materials will require a more specific identification and help with searching the very complete donation lists that the Foundation has on our computers. If you are searching for something like that, contact Jim Mayo: jmayo329@aol.com or John Wedge: jbwedge@gmail.com.

In November of 2016, the SDFNE transferred much of the remainder of it's museum documents and artifacts to the Museum of Dance in Saratoga Springs, NY. At this time, Square Dancing is not yet mentioned on the web site of the Museum of Dance, however they have informed us that they will be featuring a special page and a display on Square Dancing in the near future. Our contact is programming and outreach director coordinator, Jessica Munson. Her email address is: info@dancemuseum.org. They're web site is: http://www.dancemuseum.org/.

Also, check out the Square Dance History Site at: https://squaredancehistory.org/.

Gilmore, Ed

ED GILMORE INTERVIEW Brian Hutchskies: Hello, I’m Brian Hutchskies and following is an interview that was recorded in 1961 between Christmas and the New Year at the Mission Inn Hotel, Riverside, California, between the legendary Ed Gilmore and the then President of the New South Wales Square Dance Society, Jack …

*Anthony, Art (RI): SDFNE Hall of Fame, NE Yankee Clipper Award

Art and Pat Anthony Interview Bob Brundage – Well, hi again. This is Bob Brundage and the date today is August the 4th, 2005. Today we’re having the pleasure of talking with a very busy square dance couple up in Rumford, Rhode Island – Art and Pat Anthony and I’m …

Anderson, Varene (Husband Carl Deceased):SIO Hall of Fame

VARENE ANDERSON INTERVIEW March 31, 1997 Bob Brundage: Well, hi again, this is Bob Brundage again, and the date is still March 31, and we are all the way up in Susanville, California, came out of the Lake Tahoe area in Nevada, and today we’re talking with Varene Anderson. And …

2016 – *Jim DeNigris (CT)

NEW ENGLAND SQUARE & ROUND DANCE COOPERATION COMMITTEE YANKEE CLIPPER AWARD CITATION JIM DeNIGRIS Jim and his wife, Alice started square dancing in 1968 at the Circle S’s club in Hartford, Connecticut. This was their home club and they were members for many years. He has been calling for more …

Brundage, Al History Presentation

Al Brundage History Presentation Early 1960’s Good evening everyone, this is Al Brundage and I’m a square dance caller. You know, today, square dancing is getting to be very very popular, as it was in the old days. You know that square dancing emerged into the light of history …

2016 – Jim DeNigris

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