This is an Old Time Barn Dance, Folk Fest style! What is a barn dance? Think street dance meets Old Time Square Dance! All are welcome to join in on square dances, couple dances, waltzes, and Two Steps. These dances are part of the Ozark heritage, and have remained popular with the young at heart to the present because they are fun! Steve Green will be the caller, which means he will be teaching, prompting, and generally making sure that all have a great time dancing to the music of the “The Old 78’s”. He is a sought after dance caller, and calls over 50 dances annually around the US. All the dances will be taught and require no experience. All you need is to be ready to have fun with old, and new, friends at the Folk Fest Community Square Dance!
The Old 78s, founded by Curly Miller (RIP) and Carole Anne Rose in the late 1980s, and joined by Ray Palmer (PalmerViolins.com), Mel Palmer, and Sara (Miller) White, have followed in the tradition of the great fiddle bands of the 1920s and 1930s. This band is known for their high-energy dance tunes and unique Fiddle/Banjo combinations featuring Ray on Fiddle and Banjo Mandolin, Mel on Bari Sax and Cello Banjo, Sara on Fiddle and Banjo Ukulele, and Carole Anne on a custom-designed, 6-string hybrid 1893 Stewart Banjeaurine.
