When the National Square Dance Convention last came to Milwaukee in 1979, about 20,000 people clapped, tapped and twirled their way across the dance floor. There's fewer square dance partners to ...

By bringing back traditional American (white) dance forms, Henry Ford hoped to combat the threat of jazz. But even in Ford's heyday in the 1920s, square dancing was considered old fashioned.

The Claxton Country Squares, a Western-style square dance club, offers a gathering place for regular square dances and also lessons for everyone who wants to learn. Easy step-by-step square dancing ...

Tractor square dancing involves eight drivers on antique tractors performing square dance maneuvers to music and a caller’s orders. The “dance” began when the antique tractors came roaring ...

The community family square dance originally scheduled for Friday, Jan. 24 at the Viroqua Church of Christ has been postponed due to illness. The square dance will be held Friday, Feb. 7 at the ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - For the first time in nearly 50 years, the 74th National Square Dance Convention will be held June 25-28 at the Shreveport Convention Center. To bring awareness to the event ...

In July, Ginny Scheer from the Catskills Folk Connection led a workshop on the history of square dancing and fiddler Dane Scudder taught some basic square dance sets.