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How (and Why) to Host a Square Dance

Few activities seem to generate as much spontaneous joy and wholesome family recreation as a traditional square dance. Here’s how you can host such a dance.
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How (and Why) to Host a Square Dance
Square dancing is a facet of American culture that's enjoyable for the whole community. Biba Kayewich
Walker Larson
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The fiddler taps out the rhythm with his toes: 1, 2, 3, 4—

In a flash, the room surges to new life with the sweet scooping and soaring of fiddle strains, the deep resonating punctuation of the acoustic bass against the warm, golden background of guitar. The dancers wait in their square formations, still, expectant, smiling. The lights strung across the room twinkle, a miniature constellation of stars.

Walker Larson
Walker Larson
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Prior to becoming a freelance journalist and culture writer, Walker Larson taught literature and history at a private academy in Wisconsin, where he resides with his wife and daughter. He holds a master's in English literature and language, and his writing has appeared in The Hemingway Review, Intellectual Takeout, and his Substack, The Hazelnut. He is also the author of two novels, "Hologram" and "Song of Spheres."
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