Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110305:16:50:00
A thousand people. 800 usually is the norm. >> some square dance supporters will tell you the popularity of the art is at a crossroads. a place it's been before. its origins have been traced back to colonial new england and the american pioneer. when the settlers gathered for food and fun on saturday nights after a week of building cabins and toiling the land, this he would dance. but the beats were different for the scotts, irish, french and others. so a new common dance was created with steps from all the new americans. groups would be divided into squares. and eventually a caller was added ...