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BELFAST — Belfast Flying Shoes presents a Community Dance on Friday, September 2, at the Waldo County YMCA Pavilion, with Chrissy Fowler calling and music by the BFS All Comers Band, led by Benjamin Foss and Toki Oshima. Both Foss and Oshima are...
Flappers, jazz, jitterbug, and the urbanization of america. the square dance was quickly becoming obsolete. and but for one man, it just might have faded away for good. industrialist henry ford, founder of the ford motor company made it his mission to save what had been reduced to a fad. ford set out to reintroduce square dancing to the country by sponsoring community dances, programs in public schools and colleges nationwide, and in nationally syndicated radio show, featuring legendary dance caller benjamin leavitt. ford wanted the country to have an alternative to the evils of the roaring '2...
Industrialist henry ford, founder of the ford motor company, made it his mission to save what had been reduced to a fad. ford set out to reintroduce square dancing to the country. by sponsoring community dances, programs in public schools and colleges nation wide and a nationally syndicated radio show featuring legendary dance caller benjamin levitt. >> couples, forward and back. >> reporter: ford wanted the country to have something different than the roaring '20s. several states have designated it as their official state dance. in 1982 president ronald reagan signed an act making square danc...
Was added to keep everyone in rhythm. as america grew, so did the popularity of the dance. then came the roaring '20s. the flappers, jazz, jitterbug and urbanization of america. the square dance was becoming obsolete. but for one man, it might have faded away for good. henry ford made it his mission to save what was reduced to a fad. ford set out to reintroduce square dancing in the country by sponsoring community dances. in nationally syndicated radio show featuring legendary dance caller. ford wanted the country to have an alternative to the evils of the roaring '20s. today, several u.s. sta...