Traditional Barn Dances With Calls & Fiddling Book

Teach 53 dances to students of all ages and abilities. This book offers historical and cultural information about each dance, and includes two music CDs and a DVD with a video glossary and demonstrations for select dances.

Learn Dance from Experts

Easily incorporate dance instruction into PE programs using this book created by Dudley Laufman, a traditional New England dance caller and fiddler, and his co-fiddler, Jacqueline Laufman. With more than 80 years of combined experience, they included everything you need to know to teach 53 dances to students of all ages.

The 216-page book features all the calls and directions for the dances in large print, making it easy to read them from a distance while moving around the room helping dancers. An included DVD contains video demonstrations for select dances for enhanced instruction. Dance along with music on the included CD. The book also features sheet music, allowing physical education and music departments to work together to encourage teamwork and give students the chance to dance to live music.

Contents

Dance Finder

Tune Finder

Foreword

• Chapter 1. History of Traditional Barn Dance
• Chapter 2. Setting Up and Calling the Dances
• Chapter 3. Music and the Fiddle
• Chapter 4. Tips for Teachers
• Chapter 5. Circle Dances
• Chapter 6. Longways Dances
• Chapter 7. Square Dances
• Chapter 8. Dances in Other Formations
• Chapter 9. Contra Dances
• Chapter 10. Dances for Folks With Varying Abilities
• Chapter 11. How to Run a Community Barn Dance