Hey all,
Saw this on CNN the other day...gives a brief history of square dance (which we already discussed), and the notion of making it the national dance of America. Notice towards the end of the video that they mention how Reagan signed an act making square dance the "national folk dance" in '82...I found that kind of interesting! Anyway, I figured that this video couldn't relate more to our discussion of square dance, so enjoy:
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/living/2011/03/06/nr.square.dance.cnn
Thanks for posting this. It's a good follow-up to the Quigley article we read. Seems they neglect to mention that the proposal to make square dance the "national dance" failed in both 1986 and 1988, so although Reagan signed it, it didn't stick. Interesting omission...
ReplyDelete