This comprehensive guide to traditional style square and contra dancing, sometimes referred to as country dancing, covers both music and style and gives background information on various dance types and calling techniques. Ninety dances, presented in chapters according to type (mixers, progressive circles, contra, Southern mountain style, squares and others), in a wide variety of formations are described with drawings and diagrams for many of the movements. A glossary of terms, a directory of addresses (organizations; vendors of books, recordings and audio equipment; and dance camps), and an annotated discography and bibliography are also provided.
- ISBN10 0899508553
- ISBN13 9780899508559
- Publish Date 1 January 1996
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 December 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint McFarland & Co Inc
- Edition Annotated edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 280
- Language English