Buddy Weaver, host of this podcast is presented in this episode calling six singing calls that are brand new from the Blue Star and Hi Hat labels.  All of the dance movements come from the SSD (Social Square Dance) program - the new Mainstream.  Great for listening or when you don't have a caller for your party or demo.

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Here is part two of the live dance called by Frank Lane in Petaluma, California - 1979.

Part one was released on August 10, 2025 - go back and listen then we'll pick it up from there.

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This week our featured callers are Tony Oxendine and Darryl McMillan.  Both have an illustrious calling career spanning nearly fifty years.  Darryl is producer of Ranch  House Records and Tony is producer of Royal Records - both labels have produced many hits in the modern square dance era.

Today's episode is a recording of a live dance from the mid-eighties.  

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In the 1960's there was a flood of new square dance calls being introduced to the dance enthusiast.  This album includes a large quantity of these new calls, some written by the caller Gordon Blaum.  Both he and Jim Brower are featured on this album, a one of a kind record which was recorded live at the Blue Ridge Square Dance Camp.

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Few people in the modern western square dance activity have sustained the popularity that Ken Bower has.  Starting as a traveling professional caller in 1967, he is just as sought after today (2023) and finds himself busy on the festival circuit in the Western United States.

This was remastered from a cassette album recorded live in Hemet, California where Ken was the resident caller at Golden Village RV Resort.

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The Sets In Order organization, started in 1948 as a monthly square dance magazine along with a record label producing music with and without calls for square dancing.   Under the direction of Bob Osgood, Sets In Order would branch out into educational resources, printed and recorded along with institutes for dancers and callers.  Many point to Sets In Order and Bob Osgood as the major force behind the evolution of Modern Western Square Dancing.

In 1965, Sets In Order produced the second in an annual series of long play album as a premium for subscribers.  Here by permission of the Bob Osgood family, is the album that commemorates the 18th Anniversary of Sets In Order Magazine.  

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This podcast advocates for the newest Modern Western Square Dance program - SSD or Social Square Dancing.  A great way to join in square dancing where classes take 25 hours to learn the complete program.

Today's episode features the recording stars of Hi Hat Music.  All of the accompaniment was created by Mr. Hiroshi Yaoko from Tokyo, Japan.  This is excellent for home use, when you don't have a caller, or for callers to use as a learning resource.

Here are the callers and singing calls in this episode:

Ken Bower calling "I Believe In Music" on Hi Hat 5303

Tim Crawford calling "You've Got To  Change Your Ways" on Hi Hat 5262

Lottie Hummel calling "Blame It On The Bossa Nova" on Hi Hat 5381

Masaru Wada calling "Glory Hallelujah" on Hi Hat 5261

Lone Blume calling "If We Hold On Together" on Hi Hat 5293

Joe Saltel calling "Fly Me To The Moon" on Hi Hat 5304

Lanny Weaklend calling "Quando Quando" on Hi Hat 5312

Mike Hogan calling "Chapel Of Love" on Hi Hat 5325

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Here is the second half of the live dance recording of the great Frank Lane.  Recorded at a dance in the Bay Area of California in 1978.  Be sure to listen to part one in last weeks podcast.

From the George Knox collection of tapes.

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In the history of popular callers in modern western square dancing, Frank Lane was tops on the travel calling circuit.  A full-time traveling caller since 1948, he would drive coast-to-coast, year after year.  One of the most sought after callers in the history of our activity.

Here is a live dance called in the Bay Area in 1978.  From a cassette tape part of the George Knox collection.  Today's dancers should feel comfortable dancing to this feature.

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The Sets In Order organization, started in 1948 as a monthly square dance magazine along with a record label producing music with and without calls for square dancing.   Under the direction of Bob Osgood, Sets In Order would branch out into educational resources, printed and recorded along with institutes for dancers and callers.  Many point to Sets In Order and Bob Osgood as the major force behind the evolution of Modern Western Square Dancing.

In 1964, Sets In Order produced a 33 1/3 long play album as a premium for new subscribers.  This was the first in what would become a series of premium albums, sought after by dancers and callers, even today.

Here by permission of the Bob Osgood family, is the first of the series.  As with all albums presented in this podcast, they will be presented in order.

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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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For dancers who don't have a caller for their SSD dances and for callers learning more about SSD, here is a live Social Square Dance called in San Diego, California in 2023.

This episode features the current sound of modern western square dancing.

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The Recording Artist for Hi Hat Records were featured at a Trail-In Dance to the Anaheim National Square Dance Convention in 1976.  This album is the highlights from that dance.

Featured callers are Bob Wickers, Bill Stone, Lee Schmidt, Dave Hoffman, Dick Waibel, and Ernie Kinney.

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This week our featured caller is Larry Letson.  At the end of last century and the early part of this century, Larry was considered one of the most popular callers.  He traveled the globe as a featured caller, while maintaining winter program in Texas.  His singing call recordings were big hits when released and are classics today.  Larry retired from calling in 2007.

Today's episode is a recording of a live dance in the early 2000s.  The dance was held in Tokyo, Japan.

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The second part of a featuring the calling of Singing Sam Mitchell.  Be sure to listen to part one in episode 439 to take in a dance.

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One of the prominent names in National Traveling Square Dance Calling circuit of yesterday is Singing Sam Mitchell.  His presentation skills set him apart from other callers of the time and here he is in a live dance recording around 1962.

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Buddy Weaver, host of this podcast is producer of Blue Star, Hi Hat, and Rawhide Music labels.  Some of the most popular music in modern western square dancing.  This feature has eight of Buddy's favorites, each cut using calls from the SSD - Social Square Dance program.  

This is an excellent resource for dancers without a caller and for callers researching material for smooth SSD dancing.

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"That's Amore" - BS 2565

"Tie A Yellow Ribbon" - HH 5272

"Save Me" - RWH 1207

"Blue Moon With Heartache" - HH 5350

"Route Sixty-Six" - BS 2609

"Then I Kissed Her" - RWH 1103

"Don't Stop In My World" - RWH 1094

"It's A Small World" - RWH 1233

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Here is Plus level (intermediate level) square dancing patter calls.  Our featured caller is Vic Ceder, one of the most creative MWSD callers today.  This is great for practice dancing in your home.

The following accompaniment is used:

"Forked Tail Deer" on Hi Hat Music 1029 "Coffee Rumba" on Hi Hat Music 1019 "Money Maker" on Hi Hat Music 1023 "Pride Of The Province" on Hi Hat Music 1028 "Pipeline Hoedown" on Hi Hat Music 1021 "Five O Hoedown" on Hi Hat Music 1032

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This episode we feature a vintage Blue Star Records long-play album recorded by Lee Kopman. Released in October 1974 as Blue Star 1028.  Here is an album recorded for the high-level or challenge square dancer.  One of the first of its kind.

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This podcast advocates for the newest Modern Western Square Dance program - SSD or Social Square Dancing.  A great way to join in square dancing where classes take 25 hours to learn the complete program.

Today's episode features Staff Recording Artists calling singing calls using the SSD program.  This is excellent for home use, when you don't have a caller, or for callers to use as a learning resource.

Here are the callers and singing calls in this episode:

Nicholas Brendzy calling "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted" on Rawhide Music 1269

Lanny Weakened calling "This Little Light Of Mine" on Rawhide 1252

Jerry Gilbreath calling "Sweet Dreams Of You" on Rawhide 1245

Sue Dellere calling "Tiger By The Tail" on Rawhide 1248

Tim Merino calling "Honky Tonk Attitude" on Rawhide 1214

Dan Sahlstrom calling "Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose" on Rawhide 1265

Buddy Weaver calling "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" on Rawhide 1249

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Previously featured in this podcast series, Johnnie Wykoff, from the early sixties until his passing in 2000, was a popular caller and recording artist.  Johnnie Wykoff recorded 169 singles, mostly on Blue Star, with today's episode highlighting one of his cassette albums.

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The second part of a featuring the calling of Larry Ward.  Be sure to listen to part one in episode 433 to take in a dance by one of the most popular callers in square dancing.

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THIS IS AN UPDATED AUDIO REBROADCAST.

Episode 433 released last week had audio problems so it has been remastered and is presented today.  Content is not the same as last week.

A newly discovered, reel-to-reel tape recording of a live dance featuring the calling of Larry Ward.  Possibly the most popular caller in the country measured by the hundreds, if not thousands, of dancers who were members of his private club - the B Sharps.  This recording is Larry Ward in his prime.

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A true pioneer in the MWSD activity, Bob Osgood, presented the history of our dance in 1979.  His presentation was captured on cassette and has been cleaned up in our studio for you.

Bob picks up the timeline post World War II, as Modern Western Square Dancing was pulling away from the folk dance groups of the time.  Rather than being part of an evening of folk dances where teaching was done every time the dance was presented, MWSD set the standard that dancers had to know the fundamental dances, which involved taking lessons for about six weeks.  In this way, every group get-together was dancing, rather than learning and re-learning the fundamentals.

There is an audio sample of Bob Osgood calling at the end of his presentation.

Finally, a new episode.

This week our featured caller is Mike Seastrom.  One of the most popular callers in the activity with a long list of accomplishments.  Learn more about Mike by clicking here.  Today's episode is a recording of a live dance in the 1980s. 

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For dancers who don't have a caller for their SSD dances and for callers learning more about SSD, here is a live Social Square Dance called in Yuma, Arizona in 2023.

This episode features the current sound of modern western square dancing with all of the musical accompaniment used, available from buddyweavermusic.com

"YOUR SONG" singing call

"THOUSAND AND ONE" hoedown

"WINSOME" hoedown soon to be released

"THE WANDERER" singing call soon to be released

"ROCK SOME MORE" hoedown

"I FOUND A NEW BABY" singing call

"COME BACK" hoedown

"TIE A YELLOW RIBBON" singing call

"SKILLET LICKIN'" hoedown

"WHEN YOU WALK IN THE ROOM" singing call

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This episode we feature a vintage Blue Star Records long-play album recorded by Lee Kopman.  Released in October 1974 as Blue Star 1027.  Here is an album recorded for the high-level or challenge square dancer.  One of the first of its kind.

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This episode features the current sound of modern western square dancing with some of today's top recording artist/callers.  The calls used are from the SSD program, making this a useful resource for dancers who don't have a caller and for callers looking for material.

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"BLINDING LIGHTS" 

"CHATTANOOGA CHOO-CHOO"

"RAMBLIN' MAN"

"I GOT THE MUSIC IN ME"

"WHY DON'T YOU SPEND THE NIGHT"

"ONE LESS DAY"

"WE DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY"

As covered in the previous episode, JACK JACKSON was one of the most popular callers in the early sixties.  This episode is part 2 of his live dance from 1962.

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A name that exploded into popularity in the early sixties was that of JACK JACKSON.  Featured at most of the dance weekends, festivals, and camps, he was a recording artist for Sets In Order Records - one of very few.

This is a dance recording from 1962.  You can experience for yourself the square dance mastery of Jack Jackson.

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This week is an encore presentation of square dancing patter and singing calls for only 2 couples.  The dancing is pure SSD.  Excellent for practicing at home when you only have two couples.

All of the musical accompaniment is available from buddyweavermusic.com

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Caller is Buddy Weaver

Produced for use in grade schools and popular as a 33 1/3 long play record, the "EZ Series" produced by Norman Merrbach (owner of Blue Star Records) was a series of albums.  This is the fifth in the series featuring Marshall Flippo doing the calling.

Material used is terrific for classes and SSD level dances.

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SSD or Social Square Dancing is again featured.  Here are patter and singing calls using music from Buddy Weaver Music as accompaniment.  TODAYS DANCE IS SLOWER PACED FOR RECENT GRADUATES.  This is great for dancing when you don't have a caller or as a resource for callers.

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This episode we feature a vintage Blue Star Records long-play album recorded by Johnnie Wykoff and Jerry Helt.  Released in October 1974 as Blue Star 1026.  This is the time period when album sales to dancers had reached its peak.  Almost every traveling caller sold his albums at his dances.  They were a great marketing tool for the caller while providing home dancers the opportunity to dance when a caller wasn't available.

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One of the more recognized names in square dancing during the seventies and into the eighties - Chris Vear.  One of the prominent callers and leaders in Europe, Chris moved to the United States in 1976 and became a sought after caller in America.  

Here is a cassette recording of a live dance singing calls from 1980.

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ENCORE - originally broadcast 9/5/21

This episode we feature a vintage Blue Star Records long-play album recorded by Marshall Flippo.  Released in August 1964 as Blue Star 1010, "The Best Collection Of New Squares Yet By Marshall Flippo On Blue Star ... Of Course"

This is Marshall's seventh recorded album.  Here you begin to see MWSD evolving with the introduction of the call "Swing Thru" and other Ocean Wave type actions.  Great calling and great music.

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This episode features traveling caller, Bob Fisk.  He has been previously featured in this podcast.  A recording artist for the Blue Star Record label, this is part 2 of a dance in Massachusetts in 1962.

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This episode features probably one of the most popular callers from the sixties through the eighties - BOB FISK.  Previously featured in this podcast.  Bob was a recording artist for the Blue Star Record label, here he is calling a dance in Massachusetts in 1962.

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This episode we feature a vintage Blue Star Records long-play album recorded by Marshall Flippo.  Released in October 1974 as Blue Star 1025, "Marshall Flippo Calling the 75 Basics Plus"

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The SSD or Social Square Dancing is again featured.  Here are patter and singing calls using music from Buddy Weaver Music as accompaniment.  This is great for dancing when you don't have a caller or as a resource for callers.

Learn more about SSD here

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One of the most recognized names in MWSD today is Elmer Sheffield, Jr.  A great caller who has been featured at festivals in the US and internationally as well as the producer of ESP Records, one of the top labels in our activity.

Here is a non-square dance album he recorded in the 1980's entitled ESP And You.  It is presented with permission of the copyright holder.

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This episode features traveling caller, Jim Brower.  He has been previously featured in this podcast.  A recording artist for the Blue Star Record label, this is part 2 of a dance in Massachusetts in 1962.

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Welcome to season six of the Buddy Weaver Music Podcast.  This episode features traveling caller, Jim Brower.  He has been previously featured in this podcast.  A recording artist for the Blue Star Record label, here he is calling a dance in Massachusetts in 1962.

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This podcast advocates for the newest Modern Western Square Dance program - SSD or Social Square Dancing.  

Here is an encore presentation of episode 344 called by Buddy Weaver.  All music is available through buddyweavermusic.com

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This podcast advocates for the newest Modern Western Square Dance program - SSD or Social Square Dancing.  

Here is an encore presentation of episode 338 called by Buddy Weaver.  All music is available through buddyweavermusic.com

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This podcast advocates for the newest Modern Western Square Dance program - SSD or Social Square Dancing.  

Here is an encore presentation of Christmas themed singing calls done by Buddy Weaver.  All music is available through buddyweavermusic.com

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ENCORE - originally broadcast 8/8/21

This episode we feature a vintage Blue Star Records long-play album recorded by Marshall Flippo.  Released in August 1964 as Blue Star 1009, "More Dance For Fun Level Dancing By Marshall Flippo"

This is Marshall's sixth recorded album.  It is an excellent example perfect timing and delivery by a master caller.

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This episode we feature a vintage Blue Star Records long-play album recorded by Dave Taylor.  Released in February 1973 as Blue Star 1024.  This is the time period when album sales to dancers had reached its peak.  Almost every traveling caller sold his albums at his dances.  They were a great marketing tool for the caller while providing home dancers the opportunity to dance when a caller wasn't available.

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One of the more recognized names in square dancing during the 1960's and into the 1970s, was Johnny Davis.  This is part 2 of the dance recorded in 1962.  Part 1 is episode 414

Here is a dance called in Massachusetts in 1962.

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One of the more recognized names in square dancing during the 1960's and into the 1970s, was Johnny Davis.  Known for his style and ability to put together smooth combination of square dance calls.  His recordings on the Grenn Records labels were some of the most popular amongst callers and dancers.  

Here is a dance called in Massachusetts in 1962.

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