Why do people take up square dancing? For most it appears that the appeal is the fun of moving to music in a special way, in a definite pattern, led by a caller who also plays the music. A square is ...

Have you heard that it is good for your brain to learn a new skill or a new language? That physical exercise and social activity are good for your health? You can get all this in one package – learn ...

Retired Navy Master Chief Virgil Forbes was doling out orders at Meade Middle School Friday night. But he wasn’t instructing service members or ROTC cadets. Forbes is the caller for the Swinging ...

The Swinging Mates’ feet still moved as beautifully to the music’s beat as a lyric poet’s rhyme. More than 100 modern Western square dancers stepped to their caller’s cadence, dazzling the crowd as ...

ABILENE, Texas — Square dancing sounds complicated, but it's not as hard as it seems. It's all about movement and having fun. KTXS spoke with the organizers of free square dancing lessons who told us ...

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 ...

KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — Ketchikan’s square dancers warmed up a chilly Friday night in the Creekside Cabaret with laughter and enthusiastic allemandes timed to the lively music of the Free Radicals ...

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,” ...

The strains of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” are pulsing, and the dance floor is packed. “There’s a fire starting in my heart reaching a fever pitch and it’s bringing me out the dark” Allemande left, ...

The Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages Porch crew joins Addie Crawford as she goes to Shawnee to do some square dancing. SHAWNEE, Okla. - The Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages Porch and Addie Crawford are ...