You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Square dancer caller Al Hipkins calls out steps during an open dance session ...

Bow to your partner, do-si-do! Allemande left and promenade. Walk around your corner — pass through! To those unfamiliar with square dancing, some of that terminology, also known as “calls,” may sound ...

Have you heard that it’s good for your brain to learn a new skill? That physical exercise and social activity are good for your health? You can get it all in one package – learn how to square dance.

The name of the club is Happy Hoppers, and in Danny Williamson’s case, it is literally true. You can’t miss the way Williamson adds his own gleeful bobs and bounces, struts and skips to the moves ...

Marge Anderson’s association with square dancing began in California and accompanied her back to Atlanta decades ago. ExploreArchery facilitates coordination, upper body strength in seniors Anderson, ...

Annie Coleman came out as a square-dance caller last August, when she threw a hoedown for her 29th birthday. Before that, few of her guests knew she’d been calling dances since she was 14, and she was ...

Twenty-three people braved the rain to try their hands — and feet — at modern square dancing at Monroe Hall in Santa Rosa this past weekend. Veteran caller Lawrence Johnstone, of Ukiah, taught 13 ...

One recent Wednesday evening, Kurt Gollhardt and Darren Gallina were preparing to live call a square dance. “Find a spot on the floor in your living room, in your RV; maybe you’re on your back porch,” ...