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This is an excellent example of traditional southern Appalachian big set square dance, recorded by John Ramsay in Carcassonne, Kentucky, September 19, 1991. (“Big set” is the name given by outsiders; locally it’s just “square dance.”)

The tune is Liza Jane. The caller is Randall Caudill; he is the son of Clifton and Ruby Caudill; they hosted the dance until his death in 1999. Musicians are Bradley Slone, fiddle; Eugene Fields, banjo, and Bill Shiflett (?, guitar.

You’ll note the variety of figures introduced by the caller as the dance progresses.

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