Yesterday when I told some friends we were going square dancing, most people I talked to weren’t sure just what happened at a square dance. Friends said, “I could never do that”. Believe me, if I can do it, anybody can do it. The caller walks everyone through each dance before striking up the band and everyone learns from one another. Some calls are more complicated and there were moments last night when the group struggled some. Other times, most people picked it up quickly, with only a few people (me) struggling to keep up. It’s amazing how well a good caller like Hannah Naiman can keep a whole group of dancers, many of them inexperienced, on track.

It was really hot in the hall last night and at a certain point, Tuffy and I sat out a dance to cool down a bit. That’s when I shot this bit of footage…. the band is the Old Day Breakfast Stringband.