Microphone in hand, square dance caller Mike Hogan cues up a song as groups of couples take their places on the floor. As the men and women grasp hands, the energetic Omaha man with an easy smile ...

They come in jeans and knit ski caps. Shiny cowboy shirts with scorpion bolo ties. Or in pressed suits just from the office. In churches, recreation centers and private basements throughout the Bay ...

What is it?: An American folk art that begins with four couples arranged in a square. A caller leads the group through a series of specific movements, often to Western-style music. History: The dance ...

Members of the Nebraska State Square and Round Dance Association await the results of a raffle drawing during a dance hosted by the Belles 'N' Beaus square dance club at Holy Cross Lutheran Church.

In 2000, a friend of mine asked me to go to square dance lessons with her. I frowned, that did not sound like fun at all. I didn’t want someone telling me what to do. I am a two-stepper and dance to ...

LIMA — In the good old days of early 1941, as Americans made the most of a nervous peace in the final months before Pearl Harbor changed everything, 59-year-old Bill Hodde, “Lima’s Old Dance Man,” ...

Dan Lawyer was on the dance floor with a woman who wasn't his wife. Betty Lawyer would usually lend her husband out for at least one dance a night. The women outnumber the men by so much at Cowtown ...

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 swing ...

When it comes back to recalling memories from our public school days, some are easier to recall than others. But how many of us are still shuddering at having to randomly remember how to square dance ...

This story is part of The Greenville News' ‘Try It’ series. Reporter Elizabeth LaFleur tries new (to her) things and shares those experiences first-hand. If you have ideas for a ‘Try It’ column, ...

The last thing that comes to mind when hearing the music of Michael Jackson or Lady Gaga is square dancing. Yet, many might be surprised when hearing the music selection of Beechmont Square Dancing ...

Couples in the Swinging Stars Square Dance Club get into the, ahem, swing of things every time they meet. The group, which celebrates 58 years this May, meets weekly at Roger Bryan Elementary School.