For the traffic signaling option sometimes called "Barnes Dance", see Pedestrian scramble.
A barn dance is any kind of dance involving traditional or folk music with traditional dancing, occasionally held in a barn, but, these days, much more likely to be in any suitable building.
Pieter Breughel the Younger, Wedding Dance in a Barn (c. 1616)Dance program including the barn dance. Traditional dancing (2016)
The term “barn dance” is usually associated with family-oriented or community-oriented events, usually for people who do not normally dance. The caller will, therefore, generally use easy dances so that everyone can join in.
WLS in Chicago is credited with developing the “barn dance” radio format, which was in large part responsible for the advent of country music in the United States. The National Barn Dance began as a program of old-time fiddling on April 19, 1924, with George D. Hay as the show's host and announcer. A year-and-a-half later, Hay moved to Nashville, Tennessee and brought in an old-time fiddler to launch the WSM Barn Dance; this show is now known as the Grand Ole Opry and remains on the air to this day. Dozens of similar programs cropped up on AM radio stations all across the United States, from New England to Los Angeles, including the WWVA Jamboree in Wheeling, West Virginia (1933), the Renfro Valley Barn Dance in Kentucky (1939), the Louisiana Hayride (1948), (1953) and Ozark Jubilee (1954). Television adaptations (often under the guise of early variety shows) were popular in the 1950s and early 1960s but eventually faded out of style.
^Vallely, F. (1999). The Companion to Traditional Irish Music. New York University Press: New York, p. 25
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List of barn dance shows (German Wikipedia)
The Barn Dance from People's Ballroom Guide, James Scott Skinner 1905, described as a precursor of the Canadian Barn Dance.
Barn Dance FAQ UK, Folk Dance, perspective
Some popular English barn dances The instructions and suitable sound recordings for some well-known English dances.
February 16, 2024
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