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A barn dance can be a ceilidh, with traditional Irish or Scottish dancing, and people unfamiliar with either format often confuse the two terms. However, a barn dance can also feature square dancing, contra dancing, English country dance, dancing to country and western music, or any other kind of dancing, often with a live band and a caller ...
The Barn Dance in 1940. National Barn Dance was founded by Edgar L. Bill. To him goes the credit for arranging to have a program of "down-home" tunes broadcast from radio station WLS, of which Bill was then director. Having lived on a farm, he knew how people loved the familiar sound and informal spirit of old-fashioned barn dance music.
The Coon Creek Girls were one of the first all-female string bands. The band was created in the mid-1930s by John Lair for his Renfro Valley Barn Dance show. The group toured throughout the greater region of Cincinnati, and performed at the White House for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, his wife, Eleanor and the King and Queen of England, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
It is a non-categorized, index list of specific dances. It may also include dances which could either be considered specific dances or a family of related dances. For example, ballet, ballroom dance and folk dance can be single dance styles or families of related dances. See following for categorized lists: List of dance style categories
It was founded on November 28, 1925, by George D. Hay as the WSM Barn Dance, taking its current name in 1927. Currently owned and operated by Opry Entertainment (a joint venture between NBCUniversal , Atairos and majority shareholder Ryman Hospitality Properties [ 1 ] ), it is the longest-running radio broadcast in U.S. history.
Big D Jamboree began in 1947 as The Lone Star Barn Dance, but was renamed October 16, 1948. [2] It was held in the Dallas Sportatorium. The show was initially produced by Al Turner and Ed McLemore, and then later by Johnny Hicks and Johnny Harper. The number of musicians who performed regularly rose from 20 to 50 by 1953.
Old Dominion Barn Dance Talent Search: Twenty semi-finalists selected to compete in finals, five winners each win money, appearance on show
In the early 1940s, he headlined at the National Barn Dance, broadcast on AM radio station WLS Chicago. When the U.S. entered WW II, he returned to the Navy as a morale officer with the rank of Lt. Commander, performed in shows for servicemen, and directed the music and band departments of the Great Lakes Training Station near Chicago, Illinois.