American Square Dances Of The West And Southwest

Step into the communal pulse of the midcentury American West. Footwork, voices, dust and memory. American Square Dances of the West and Southwest, by Lee Owens, is both a practical square dance instruction book and a western folk dance guide: succinct directions and social cues sit beside notes on provenance and practice, shaped by rural Southwest traditions. It reads as an American dance manual for callers and curious readers alike, leading beginner square dancers through formations while preserving the lived rhythms of traditional square dancing. The book is as much about the people who gathered as the figures they executed, mapping group folk dances across fairgrounds, church basements and ranch dances and offering a clear sense of Southwestern dance culture without academic distance.Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. More than a how-to, it functions as a record for folk dance collections and for researchers of community practice, and it serves as a handy dance teachers resource for community dance events, workshops and local revivals. Casual readers enjoy vivid regional colour and practical guidance; classic-literature collectors and archivists gain accessible provenance to an American dance manual that documents rural Southwest traditions and traditional square dancing for curious study or active use.