Microphone in hand, square dance caller Mike Hogan cues up a song as groups of couples take their places on the floor. As the men and women grasp hands, the energetic Omaha man with an easy smile ...

Have you heard that it is good for your brain to learn a new skill or a new language? That physical exercise and social activity are good for your health? You can get all this in one package – learn ...

Square dance, explained Pegasus Squares’ former president Alan Josephson, is “not a set dance.” It is, instead a set of calls, from the “caller,” telling the dancers what to do next. The caller calls ...

There’s music drifting out of the Buena Park Recreation Center. Inside, Bill “Tex” Gipson, square dance caller, has his hands on a microphone, his smooth baritone voice -- and heart -- wrapped around ...

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While you are passing time, does it ever occur to you the time is passing? Precious time! Time that will never be again. Time itself is infinite, but our time is rationed. I often reflect on the time ...

You won't hear gendered terms like "ladies" and "gents" at a new square dance in the West Bottoms. Organizers of this do-si-do scene put an inclusive spin on the traditional American art form. On a ...