Miriam Baker's Home Page

Baker and Alexander Family links

• Sidney Alexander (Miriam's father)
• Clark Baker (Miriam's husband)
• Lindsay Russell (Clark's uncle)
• Decendents of Hannah Sandusky (Miriam's great great grandmother)
• 1936 letter home from Sidney Alexander
• Edna Ann Simon interviewing Esther Simon (MP3 format, from wire recording circa 1957)
• 1978 interview with Eva Simon (notes taken by Selwyn Greene)

Clark's pages for general consumption, mostly square dancing related

Historical (1980 or earlier) or about history of square dance

• A Brief History of Square and Round Dancing by Veronica Ann McClure
• Square Dancing—a Bob Osgood film from 1951
• Western Style Square Dancing is in trouble [also in German]
• Tech Squares early history
• Ralph Sweet's 2005 NECCA Clinic talk
• Ralph Sweet's Handout (links to many interesting pages)
• Edson Cole: Fiddler, caller, and dancing master
• Duke Miller, audio of a 1965 square and contra dance (by Walter Lenk)
• The Dances in Bradford NH (by Walter Lenk)
• Herb Greggerson, Texas caller from the 1930's: Page 1, Page 2

Modern (since 1980)

• Clark Baker's Square Dance Calling schedule
• Clark calling Mainstream: patter tip #1 (Samba Hoedown, ABC 8), patter tip #2 (Popcorn, RYL 413)
• Clark Baker an Unsinging Hero—a 1993 article by Donaleen Kohn
• Clark Baker Interview—transcript of a 2006 interview by Bob Brundage
• Directional Characteristics of Column Loudspeakers by Ervin E. Gross — of interest to Yak Stack owners
• Rule of 78 explained
• Boardgames Clark Likes
• A Brief History of Square and Round Dancing by Veronica Ann McClure
• Database of all Square Dance Calls (large)
• Challenge Square Dancing: Myths and Responses
• 10 Important Square Dance Calls
• Explaining Traditional Squares and Contras to MWSD folks
• Helping in a square [also in German]
• Square Games
• Hexagon Squares
  • Hexagon Squares (Eastern Style) — Clark Baker
  • Hexagon Squares (Western Style) — Bill Eyler
  • Handout from 54th National Square Dance Convention Clinic — Doug Davis, Nasser Shukayr
• Barstool Dancing
• Alternative Patter Music
• Mainstream Teaching Order Design
• C2 Teaching Order
• C3A Teaching Order
• C3B List (revised May 2007)
• C3B List voting results (May 2007)
• C3B Teaching Order
• C3B Teach Tapes (free, online, in progress) (New)
• C4 Frequency Counts
• Stan Winchester Singing Calls
• Disposable Experimentals
• The Twisted Concept
• Gimmicks: A talk I gave at Callerlab 2005
• Introduction to the PPC Initiative: A talk I gave at Callerlab 2005
• Inside The Definitions: A talk I gave at Callerlab 2008
• Digital Music — Editing: A talk I gave at Callerlab 2008
• Beat Math: A talk I gave at Callerlab 2009
• Things I Believe about One-Time Party Dances: A talk I gave at the 2007 Beginning Dance Party Leader Seminar
• Teaching Square Dancing to Grade 7: A talk I gave at the 2008 Beginning Dance Party Leader Seminar
• Applying Our Research: A talk I gave at the 2009 Beginning Dance Party Leader Seminar
• A collection of good MWSD Choreography
• Dave Wilson's Ocean Wave Resolution Method (New)
• Contra Dances which include Clark as an author
• Musings On Definitions
• The Rights of Square Dance Call Authors
• Will Square Dancing Survive?
• First Fridays Challenging Contra Dance Series in Concord, MA
• Acey Deuceys (Colonie, NY) C1/A2 Summer 2009 Schedule
• Teaching Principles That Will Help Students Succeed (by Don Beck)
• Creating A Teaching Order That Will Help Students Succeed (by Don Beck)

Clark's Dances and Weekends

• Todd & Clark C3A Weekend
• Todd & Clark C3B Weekend
• New Years Weekend (Hard C3B)
• Tech Squares Weekend (private weekend)
• Fall Challenge Weekend (private weekend)

Poll results

• Lead Right
• Mishearing Calls
• Thumb Wheel Use

CALLERLAB Definition, Mainstream, or R&D Committee business

• Proposed definition for Leaders / Trailers
• DRAFT Formations (reference document)
• Land-Grant Colleges and Universities