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As a result, beginning in the early 1920s, he used his wealth to promote square dancing, through books and square dancing events. Ford also promoted square dance classes in public school, which were present in half of all American schools by 1928 as part of the standard physical education curriculum. Modern western square dance evolved in ...
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Right and left grand, also known as grand right and left, is a square dance move in which all eight dancers in the set, moving in a circular fashion, execute a series of four alternating hand pull-bys (right pull by, left pull by, right pull by, left pull by). Men (or gents) travel counter-clockwise around the ring, and ladies travel clockwise.
Alliance of Round, Traditional and Square-Dance, Inc. (ARTS-Dance) is an association to promote round, square, line, and other forms of traditional and folk dance.It is a non-profit/charitable foundation under the U.S. Internal Revenue Service section 501(c)(3) incorporated in North Carolina in 2003 with its main address in San Diego, California.
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In square dancing, and in particular modern western square dance, when a promenade is called it is understood to be a "couples' promenade" involving all four couples. The couples assume a promenade position, each turn to the right as a unit, and walk counterclockwise around the ring.
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As it turned out, 28 states had made square dancing the state dance as a part of a larger push in the late 1960’s to make folk dancing the national dance.