Traditional barn dances with calls & fiddling
Dudley Laufman (Author), Jacqueline Laufman (Author)
Traditional Barn Dances With Calls & Fiddling will help you: learn folk dances and authentic tunes that have been performed for over 350 years in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the British Isles; teach 53 dances to participants of all ages and abilities regardless of your experience in dance instruction; and impart appropriate historical and cultural information about each dance. Dance instruction has never been made easier than with Traditional Barn Dances With Calls & Fiddling. Created by Dudley Laufman, a traditional New England dance caller and fiddler, and his cofiddler, Jacqueline Laufman, who have more than 80 years of combined experience, this book and DVD package contains everything you need for learning to teach 53 dances to participants of all ages and abilities. Music, calls, and dance steps are included for Virginia Reel, Portland Fancy, Paul Jones, Grand March, Seven-Step Polka, Farandole, and Jefferson and Liberty and more. With its precise and detailed instruction, you will quickly be comfortable with the various circle, square, and longways dances to teach your group how to move through the steps and figures of the dances
Print Book, English, 2009
Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL, 2009