Whenever Debbie Dexter tells someone she’s the lesbian president of a gay square dance club, she gets the look. A little smirk, a raised eyebrow--the facial giveaways of disbelief and a barely ...

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 ...

LIMA — In the good old days of early 1941, as Americans made the most of a nervous peace in the final months before Pearl Harbor changed everything, 59-year-old Bill Hodde, “Lima’s Old Dance Man,” ...

They come in jeans and knit ski caps. Shiny cowboy shirts with scorpion bolo ties. Or in pressed suits just from the office. In churches, recreation centers and private basements throughout the Bay ...

There’s no barn. No fiddle. No bales of hay. Square dancing, urban Orange County style, is way cooler than that. Dancers in 20 clubs across the county do-si-do and promenade their partners at churches ...

Couples are busting square dance moves in Eagles Hall east of Reno. What makes this different from other dances is the caller, a live choreographer. Dennis Mastin is one. “It’s like working a Rubik's ...

What is it?: An American folk art that begins with four couples arranged in a square. A caller leads the group through a series of specific movements, often to Western-style music. History: The dance ...

Allie Hays’ friends had a good laugh when they heard about the class she had signed up for at North Central College in Naperville: Mathematics of Square Dancing. Hays thought it was pretty funny ...

Dan Lawyer was on the dance floor with a woman who wasn't his wife. Betty Lawyer would usually lend her husband out for at least one dance a night. The women outnumber the men by so much at Cowtown ...

The Square Dusters Dance Club will offer a free Introductory Square Dance and Dessert Night on Sunday. The club also will ...

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 ...