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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The waltz won’t do. Nor will the rumba. Looks like the good old-fashioned square dance, AKA contra dancing, accompanied by a fiddle and a helpful caller, ...

Pat Cannon’s Foot & Fiddle Dance Company is a versatile ensemble of dancers and musicians who present American dance and music in creative new ways. Foot & Fiddle offers audiences a slice of Americana ...

EAST GRAND FORKS — Jeanne O’Neil, co-founder of North Country Fiddle and Dance, isn’t worried about the traditional songs and dances her organization helps put together going away anytime soon. While ...

LaVern Johnson has been running Lyons' Red Rock Rambler’s square-dancing club since she fell in love with the dance in 1958. Now, shortly before her 92nd birthday, Johnson will step back from the club ...

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 ...

Calling out the moves for a square dance is like putting together a puzzle with squares, rounds and rectangles. Caller Mark Hammett of Fort Collins gives instructions to dancers — four couples form a ...

From playing gigs with her acoustic bluegrass band Masontown to serving as associate concertmaster of the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra for six years, Padilla — also a classical violinist — remains ...