Honour Your Partner: Square Dances with Calls

On this 1959 recording, Canadian square dance instructor N. Roy Clifton calls out 12 traditional square dances, accompanied by fiddle, accordion, piano, and percussion. Clifton’s liner notes provide detailed information on various aspects of the square dances, such as the similarities and differences between the three types of calls (prompt, patter, and singing) and the origins of each of the traditional tunes. The notes are followed by transcripts of all the dance calls and descriptions (some illustrated) of the steps, so that dancers can learn the figures on each track.