Square Dance Foundation of New England

2012 Hartford, CT Convention

1976 Portland, ME 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/.

Burdick, Cathie: SDFNE Hall of Fame

Bob Brundage – Well hi again, this is Bob Brundage. Today is July the 8th, 2010 and today we have the pleasure of talking with Cathie Burdick out in Ticonderoga, New York. Cathie is one member of the team of Stan and Cathie and their accomplishments over the years have …

Burdick, Stan: CALLERLAB Milestone, SDFNE Hall of Fame

Stan & Cathie Burdick Interview June 28, 1996 Bob Brundage: We’re at the National Convention in San Antonio, having a wonderful time talking with various people. This afternoon we’re talking with Stan Burdick, who is currently from the Lake Placid area in New York State. The date today is the …

Campbell, Cal

Bob Brundage – This is Bob Brundage; the date is June 27, 1996. We’re at the 45th National Square Dance Convention in San Antonio and tonight we’re talking with Cal Campbell from Castle Rock, Colorado. We’re very interested in hearing Cal’s life story. So Cal, give it all you’ve got. …

Casey, Joe: NE Yankee Clipper, SDFNE Hall of Fame

Joe Casey November 20, 1996 Bob Brundage – Well here we are at again, this is Bob Brundage, the date is November 20, 1996 and today we’re in Dover, New Hampshire talking to Mr. Joe Casey We had a very pleasant evening with Joe and his wife Phyllis. We’re going …

Ceder, Vic & Debbie

Vic and Debbie Ceder – June 1, 2008 Bob Brundage – … and today is June 1, 2008. And today we have the pleasure of talking with Vic and Debbie Ceder out in California and we’re anxious to find out a lot about ceder.net and also some of Vic and …

Clark, Bryan

February 22, 2009 Bob Brundage – Well, hi again, this is Bob Brundage. And today is February the 22nd, 2009 and today we’re having the pleasure of talking with a gentleman up in … up near Vancouver, Canada in the little town of Burnaby, British Columbia. So, his name is …