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♪ party are being in the house tonight ♪ everyone just have a good time. ainsley: that's going to be our house next week. brian: party in the house tonight, everyone should have a good time. ainsley: you should be telling your kids don't ever have fun. don't have a party. don't celebrate l.a. very boring life your house sounds fun,. brian: brian that's the wrong message. ainsley: you didn't grow up in the earhardt household. when there was a party it was fun. my parents were very, very social. they still are my dad is the best dancer. crank up the beach music and have so much fun. brian: p...

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...

State dance. in 1982, president ronald reagan signed an act making square dancing the official folk dance. then there was yet ood cross roads. the popularity of line dancing. still, square dancing survives. >> we don't bring in too many young people. a lot of the middle-aged people are busy with their children. i would say we have some in their 50s and 40s. most of us are 60 and above. >> in part two of our look to save square dancing, you'll meet the new faces of the oldest art forms and the diversity of the groups may surprise you. you'll see a black square dancing club and a gay one. all to...

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...