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
- The Challenge Square Dancing Handbook written in 1978 by Clark Baker (3.4Mb)
The Challenge Square Dance Handbook by Clark Baker is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. (Library of Congress Catalog Record) - Computer Numbers (for mixing dancers) — A History by Don Beck
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 patter records available here by typing Clark Baker into the song search
- Clark Baker dance tapes for sale by Keith Rubow
- Clark Baker an Unsinging Hero—a 1993 article by Donaleen Kohn
- Clark Baker Interview—transcript of a 2006 interview by Bob Brundage
- 2011 Chairman's Award: An award I received at Callerlab 2011
- 2012 New England Hall of Fame: presented by the Square Dance Foundation of New England
Articles by Clark
- Square Dance Programs...What's the Difference?
- Challenge Square Dancing: Myths and Responses
- 10 Important Square Dance Calls
- Helping in a square [also in German]
- Barstool Dancing
- Learning Styles and Square Dancing (New)
- Mainstream Teaching Order Design
- C2 Teaching Order
- C3A Teaching Order
- C3B Teaching Order
- C3B Teach Tapes (free, online, in progress)
- C4 Frequency Counts
- Stan Winchester Singing Calls
- Disposable Experimentals
- The Twisted Concept
- Square Games
- Musings On Definitions
- The Rights of Square Dance Call Authors
- Will Square Dancing Survive?
- Rule of 78 explained
- Database of all Square Dance Calls (1Mb)
Talks by Clark
- Alternative Patter Music: Talks I organized at Callerlab 2001-2003
- Gimmicks: A talk I gave at Callerlab 2005
- Introduction to the PPC Initiative: A talk I gave at Callerlab 2005
- 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
- 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
- Applying Our Research: A talk I gave at the 2009 Beginning Dance Party Leader Seminar
- 3, 5, 6 Couple Dancing: A talk I gave at Callerlab 2010
- Phrase Craze: A talk I gave at Callerlab 2010
- Disposable Calls A talk I gave at Callerlab 2011
- Games A talk I gave with Vernon Jones and Bear Miller at Callerlab 2011
- Call Evolution A talk I gave with Don Beck at Callerlab 2011
- Caller Judgment: A talk I gave at Callerlab 2012
- True and Technical Zeros: A talk I gave with Tim Marriner at Callerlab 2012
Articles and information by Others
- C3B List (revised May 2007)
- C3B List voting results (May 2007)
- Directional Characteristics of Column Loudspeakers by Ervin E. Gross — of interest to Yak Stack owners
- A Brief History of Square and Round Dancing by Veronica Ann McClure
- 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
- Introduction to Bi-gons — Sue Curtis (New)
- A collection of good MWSD Choreography
- Dave Wilson's Ocean Wave Resolution Method
- Solving the Age Gap by Patricia Wahle (e-mail posted to the Square Dance 2050 mailing list)
- North Central College
- Professor innovates course on "Mathematics of Square Dancing"
- The Art of Square Dancing: Math in Motion by Christina Lorenzo (Senior Honors Thesis)
- Articles by Don Beck
- Teaching Techniques by Jerry Reed (New)
- John Sybalsky (March 27, 1953 - May 25, 2009)
- What Makes Square Dancing Hard? — Cognitive Psychology and Square Dancing by John Sybalsky (New)
- Mike Jacobs (1951 - December 2, 2009)
Specifically about Clark
Contra Dancing
- First Fridays Challenging Contra Dance Series in Concord, MA
- Explaining Traditional Squares and Contras to MWSD folks
- Contra Dances which include Clark as an author
Clark's Dances and Weekends
- Todd & Clark C3A and C3B Weekends (June and September)
- New Years Weekend (Hard C3B)
- Tech Squares Weekend (private weekend)
- Fall Challenge Weekend (private weekend)
CALLERLAB Definition Committee business
- DRAFT Formations (reference document)
- Land-Grant Colleges and Universities
- Ladies Chain Definition (proposed definition)
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