The first time a friend invited Mike Moore and his wife, Linda, to an evening of square dancing, he flat out said "no." "Everyone has their recollections of fourth grade and how horrible it is," said ...

Square dancing sounds like something out of Little House on the Prairie, but in truth, square dancing has been a part of American entertainment for centuries. According to the Square Dance History ...

Just as they do every Wednesday night at the Marin Rod and Gun Club in San Rafael, the Tam Twirlers square dancers gathered on the dance floor, in groups of eight, and waited for the music to start.

Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski / Steve Koehle and Carol Graham square dance in the Swinging Squares group meeting at Jaggard United Methodist Church. When it comes to square dancing, it doesn’t ...

They come in jeans and knit ski caps. Shiny cowboy shirts with scorpion bolo ties. Or in pressed suits just from the office. In churches, recreation centers and private basements throughout the Bay ...

It’s Sunday evening and dozens of people are ping-ponging around the room at Berkeley’s Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center. It’s the end of a three-day traveling music festival called “Dare to Be ...