ENCORE Vintage MWSD - Live Dance Recording of the Santa Monica Jubilee in 1950 (part one)

2023-08-07

ENCORE PRESENTATION This episode is the first in a series on the largest square dance ever. Santa Monica, California celebrated it's seventy-fifth anniversary with a big outdoor square dance. An estimated 15,000 folks danced under a clear sky on the Pacific Ocean with 35,000 spectators to cheer them on. The event was recorded. That reel-to-reel tape has been digitally remastered and is presented here. This episode offers the following callers and dances: Ray Shaw - "Dive For The Oyster" Maury Thompson - "Fo...

ENCORE PRESENTATION

This episode is the first in a series on the largest square dance ever. Santa Monica, California celebrated it's seventy-fifth anniversary with a big outdoor square dance. An estimated 15,000 folks danced under a clear sky on the Pacific Ocean with 35,000 spectators to cheer them on.

The event was recorded. That reel-to-reel tape has been digitally remastered and is presented here.

This episode offers the following callers and dances:

Ray Shaw - "Dive For The Oyster"

Maury Thompson - "Four Gents Star"

Ken Keeny - "Life On The Ocean Wave"

Slim Brough - "Arkansas Traveller"

Earl Peechin - "My Pretty Girl"

Terry Golden - "Divide The Ring"

Wayne Donhoff - Chase The Rabbit, Chase The Squirrel"

Walt Bauman - "You Swing Yours"

Jim York - "Forward Four"

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