Drunken Cowboy
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Yes, but I think it was high school. Would have been late 80s or early 90s in PA
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Did You Learn How To Square Dance In School? (2 Viewers)
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Hastur
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McJose
Footballguy
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Yes, Ohio, early 90s.
I somehow kept ending up with one of the most attractive girls in the class as my partner. Poor girl.
I somehow kept ending up with one of the most attractive girls in the class as my partner. Poor girl.
GroveDiesel
Footballguy
Did you know that square dancing is actually a tool of white supremacy?
(Hint: it's actually not. It was invented by African American slaves and has deep roots there. Most of the stuff in the article above is a bunch of non-sense conjecture).
(Hint: it's actually not. It was invented by African American slaves and has deep roots there. Most of the stuff in the article above is a bunch of non-sense conjecture).
krista4
Footballguy
Wha???
YES. Suburbs of Louisville, KY; 5-6 years old in elementary school in the 70s. No idea why that pic is in B&W, but a friend posted it on FB a year or so ago and I thought of it when seeing this thread. Yes, I'm in there.
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Man of Constant Sorrow
Footballguy
I stand stupid...Wha???
YES. Suburbs of Louisville, KY; elementary school in the 70s. No idea why that pic is in B&W, but a friend posted it on FB a year or so ago and I thought of it when seeing this thread. Yes, I'm in there.
Thnx, K.
OK, lemme guess - you the blond with - what looks like - 3 pony tails -----mid/upper left - back to camera - and maybe, standin' on yer skirt?
Geeze though, how did I miss this?
75-83 here - I was just too square for all this I 'magine.
krista4
Footballguy
Girl middle left completely ignoring her partner (ongoing life theme!), with curly hair and curly ribbon in her hair, taller than others, one layer back from cute pig-tailed girl (Darla!) in front left trying to woo her partner.
Man of Constant Sorrow
Footballguy
McJose
Footballguy
Was it in the newspaper? That might be it. Oh and that we’re old. No offense.Wha???
YES. Suburbs of Louisville, KY; 5-6 years old in elementary school in the 70s. No idea why that pic is in B&W, but a friend posted it on FB a year or so ago and I thought of it when seeing this thread. Yes, I'm in there.
krista4
Footballguy
I think it actually did come from the newspaper. Because in the suburbs of Louisville, KY in the 70s, six-year-olds square dancing was a major story.
Man of Constant Sorrow
Footballguy
Tell me bout it!I think it actually did come from the newspaper. Because in the suburbs of Louisville, KY in the 70s, six-year-olds square dancing was a major story.
I got covered in the 90's - Saturday Scene section/when it was around - for bein' in a Fitness Factory - major story as well.
McJose
Footballguy
I’m just glad it wasn’t this...which is what comes to mind when I see “Kentucky square dancing”I think it actually did come from the newspaper. Because in the suburbs of Louisville, KY in the 70s, six-year-olds square dancing was a major story.
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Man of Constant Sorrow
Footballguy
-OZ-
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I recall we had to pick our partners, but the fear of being last picked was exponentially more stressful than it was for any sport. You never wanted to be an unpaired leftover that the PE teacher had to find a partner for. It was perfectly designed to psychologically torture 13 year olds in front of their peers. This was done every day. I enjoyed PE every day from elementary school through senior year EXCEPT for this one chapter.
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zamboni
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Blue Dot Orange Dot
Footballguy
Rural Ohio in the 80s. Hated it.
Swing your partner round and round! Ugh.
Swing your partner round and round! Ugh.
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
I learned ballroom dancing in school as part of an etiquette class (actual covering your hand w a hankie before putting it on a girl's hip & stuff - my Mary was floored that i could foxtrot, i know that) but i'm pretty sure i learned square dancing in Scouts for a thing w the Girl Scouts (or maybe earlier - Cubs v Brownies). It was before the war so.....
ffldrew
Footballguy
4th or 5th grade in the 60's - we also did bamboo stick jumping/dancing
https://youtu.be/VO4J1Jl_yQ0
https://youtu.be/VO4J1Jl_yQ0
IC FBGCav
Footballguy
I know I didn’t learn but I remember an attempt from someone to teach me it in some sort of school setting.
JaxBill
Footballguy
Ignoratio Elenchi
Footballguy
New Jersey - 80's - public school - we never learned square dancing in school and I'm genuinely shocked by the poll results, had no idea this was a thing anywhere, ever.
simey
Footballguy
Yes, North Carolina, 70's. My grandparents on my dad's side loved to square dance. They would take buses with other senior dancers, and go to square dancing conventions. It kept them in good shape, but high blood pressure caused both of them to die of massive strokes in their mid-80s. I imagine they are dosey doeing up in heaven.
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Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Yes. High school in Texas mid-70's.
Krista, what on earth are you girls wearing in that picture?
Krista, what on earth are you girls wearing in that picture?
Henry Ford
Footballguy
I am genuinely shocked that there are over 130 responses to this poll. And the best range of info I’ve ever gotten to this question. I should have done this years ago.
You've all made an old man very happy.
You've all made an old man very happy.
abbottjamesr
Footballguy
Yes, Elementary school as part of gym class. Mid 80's. St. Louis, MO.
Neal Cassady
Footballguy
Yes, late 70’s in Indiana.
rustycolts
Footballguy
Florida. I remember I hated it because you actually had to touch girls.
Man of Constant Sorrow
Footballguy
So...round 1811?wikkidpissah said:
The Commish
Footballguy
No - NC - 80s
Mjolnirs
Footballguy
Not in elementary or middle school, but yes while that age.
My family (parents, aunt/uncle, grandparents) were all members of a Square Dance club. Once a month everyone packed up and hit a different campground in South Carolina for the weekend. It was here I learned to square dance. My partner during this process? Yep, my cousin.
My parents only did this for about a year. My grandparents and aunt/uncle kept going for years. My uncle passed away last year, in his early 80s, and was still calling Round Dancing.
My family (parents, aunt/uncle, grandparents) were all members of a Square Dance club. Once a month everyone packed up and hit a different campground in South Carolina for the weekend. It was here I learned to square dance. My partner during this process? Yep, my cousin.
My parents only did this for about a year. My grandparents and aunt/uncle kept going for years. My uncle passed away last year, in his early 80s, and was still calling Round Dancing.
TheIronSheik
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7th Grade (1988)
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West Chester East HS
SE Pennsylvania
West Chester East HS
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Vanilla Guerrilla
Footballguy
Minnesota 80's I think junior high, maybe early high school. Also learned the Troika, and some 70's disco kind of line dance.
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