Day 56 (D-5) Square Dancing



Our last evening in The American Southwest, June 30th, and we'll be having a special Western dinner.  Music, for sure.  But I wonder if there will be Square Dancing too???   I don't know, but you can watch here and practice, just in case. 😆

A square dance is a dance for four couples (eight dancers in total) arranged in a square, with one couple on each side, facing the middle of the square. Square dances were first documented in 16th-century England but were also quite common in France and throughout Europe. They came to North America with the European settlers and have undergone considerable development there. The Western American square dance may be the most widely known form worldwide, possibly due to its association in the 20th century with the romanticized image of the American cowboy. Square dancing is, therefore, strongly associated with the United States. Nineteen U.S. states have designated it as their official state dance. 

My best,
Jane

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