Square Dance Foundation of New England

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/.

2008 – Bud & Judy Clifford

Square Dance Leaders Judy & Bud Clifford have been square dancing for several decades. Their introduction to the modern form of this activity brought them to their first New England Convention in Burlington, Vermont in 1983. They have been very active participants ever since. The Cliffords soon became delegates …

Brown, Ginger (husband Lou deceased): SDFNE Hall of Fame

March 29 1997 in Morgan hills, CA Bob Brundage (and Al Brundage) and Ginger Brown Ginger – Born and brought up around Newton Mass. Well when I was young I took ballet and tap dancing and loved it, always loved it. My uncle used to dance with me when I …

Brozek, Allan

Allan Brozek – Nov. 22, 1997 Bob Brundage – Well hello again, this Bob Brundage and today is November 22nd, 1997. Today we’re in the …the big city of Oxford, Connecticut talking to Allan Brozek. So, Allan, tell us where you were born and brought up and tell us a …

Brundage, Al & Bob (Early days)

Al and Bob Brundage November 28, 1998 Bob Brundage – Well, today is November the 28th, Thanksgiving weekend, 1998, and today we are in York, Pennsylvania for the Annual Contra Dance Holiday Weekend and having a great time contra dancing with Don Armstrong and Dick Leger and a lot of …

Brundage, Al: SIO Hall of Fame, CALLERLAB Milestone, NE Yankee Clipper, SDFNE Hall of Fame

Al Brundage Interview November 28, 1997 Bob Brundage – OK. Hi again. This is Bob Brundage and this afternoon we’re in York, Pennsylvania. We’re attending the contra dance weekend with Don Armstrong, Dick Leger and Bill Johnston who’ve been doing this at the Yorktown Hotel for quite a few years. …

Brundage, Bob: CALLERLAB Milestone, CALLERLAB Award of Excellence

BOB BRUNDAGE INTERVIEW May 2, 1996 Bill Litchman: Today is May 2, 1996. My name is Bill Litchman, and we are interviewing Bob Brundage. Well, Bob, tell me a little about your childhood. Bob Brundage: Well, let’s see. I was born in ’22 in March, and I was born on …