The music is what you hear first, swirling throughout the spacious room, punctuated by the tap of feet. Then come the dancing figures, advancing and retreating, turning in circles, dipping in and out ...

The traditional couples dance is making a post-COVID comeback, just in time for winter barn dances and community socials. Cowboy boots not required. Though COVID took a toll on square dancing, it’s ...

For 50 years, Wranglers Square Dance Club members have been doing the promenade, do si do and other dance moves in Rancho Bernardo. The current 67 members — about half are RB residents — and other ...

As people grow older, it becomes a challenge to find proper exercise that keeps their bodies active. While finding an exercise that is not too strenuous for an older body can be challenging, there is ...

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 ...

Swing your partner and dosey-do. September is National Square Dance Month. Like the culture it came from, square dance has roots in European, Native American and African practices. Square dancing ...

When the National Square Dance Convention last came to Milwaukee in 1979, about 20,000 people clapped, tapped and twirled their way across the dance floor. There's fewer square dance partners to swing ...