I attended a square dance for the first time as a middle schooler. My friend’s stepfather was in a string band, and back then ...

LIMA — In the good old days of early 1941, as Americans made the most of a nervous peace in the final months before Pearl Harbor changed everything, 59-year-old Bill Hodde, “Lima’s Old Dance Man,” ...

Hoping to entice those interested in a fun and relaxing exercise program for the New Year, the Delta Squares square dancing club is hosting a six-week class for newcomers to learn the steps and moves, ...

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 ...

Couples in the Swinging Stars Square Dance Club get into the, ahem, swing of things every time they meet. The group, which celebrates 58 years this May, meets weekly at Roger Bryan Elementary School.

In 2000, a friend of mine asked me to go to square dance lessons with her. I frowned, that did not sound like fun at all. I didn’t want someone telling me what to do. I am a two-stepper and dance to ...

Allie Hays’ friends had a good laugh when they heard about the class she had signed up for at North Central College in Naperville: Mathematics of Square Dancing. Hays thought it was pretty funny ...

After the death of her husband, Don, in July, Yvonne Martin needed an outlet. She belonged to a knitting group, but wanted something more, something that kept her connected with Don. She honed in on ...

HERE’S SHAYNA. GIVE IT TO ME HIGH. GIVE IT TO ME SOFT. LEAVE IT ON THE DANCE FLOOR. LET’S HEAR IT FOR DAN AND ROCHELLE. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY. DOSEY DOE. IT’S THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE NORTH SHORE TOWN OF ...

The free event is being held by Sandpoint Parks and Recreation and the Hoodoo Valley Howedowners. Held at Sandpoint Community ...

Dan Lawyer was on the dance floor with a woman who wasn't his wife. Betty Lawyer would usually lend her husband out for at least one dance a night. The women outnumber the men by so much at Cowtown ...

Whenever Debbie Dexter tells someone she’s the lesbian president of a gay square dance club, she gets the look. A little smirk, a raised eyebrow--the facial giveaways of disbelief and a barely ...