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A barn dance can be a ceilidh, with traditional Irish or Scottish dancing, and people unfamiliar with either format often confuse the two terms. However, a barn dance can also feature square dancing, contra dancing, English country dance, dancing to country and western music, or any other kind of dancing, often with a live band and a caller ...
The Barn Dance in 1940. National Barn Dance was founded by Edgar L. Bill. To him goes the credit for arranging to have a program of "down-home" tunes broadcast from radio station WLS, of which Bill was then director. Having lived on a farm, he knew how people loved the familiar sound and informal spirit of old-fashioned barn dance music.
HOPEWELL — The Old Dominion Barn Dance, the best country music this side of the Grand Ole Opry, kicked off its 2024 season at the Beacon Theatre with Ricky Skaggs, 14-time Grammy Award winning ...
National Barn Dance, the original country music radio show. (1924–1960) Grand Ole Opry, the most famous country music radio program, broadcasting on WSM from Nashville. (1925–present) Jamboree U-S-A, airing from WWVA in Wheeling, West Virginia. Spun off a popular music festival, the Jamboree in the Hills. (1933–2007).
Renfro Valley Barn Dance was an American country music stage and radio show originally carried by WLW-AM in Cincinnati, Ohio on Saturday nights. It debuted on October 9, 1937, from the Cincinnati Music Hall and moved to the Memorial Auditorium in Dayton, Ohio.
The Old American Barn Dance is an American country music television series carried by the DuMont Television Network from July 5 to September 13, 1953. Production
Jesse Donald "Uncle Jimmy" Thompson (1848 – February 17, 1931) [1] was an American old-time fiddle player and singer-songwriter. He is best remembered as the first performer to play on Nashville's Grand Ole Opry (then called the WSM Barn Dance), appearing with founder and host George D. Hay on the evening of November 28, 1925.
I tried to copy the dance moves the other kids were doing. The DJ played the popular song “Lonesome Loser,” by the Little River Band. The music blasted.