Description

Privately Published [Published Date: No date listed, circa 1950s]. Paper covers, 32 pp. No other printings listed. In good+ condition. Blue illustrated paper covers have light bumping to edges and corners and light overall scuffing, aging and soiling. Binding tight (staple bound). Original seller's (The Hayloft) address stamped on front cover, first page and last page. Otherwise pages are lightly aged but unmarked. Not Ex-library. No remainder marks. Over 100 Allemande Breaks, Hash and Hash Dances, Step by Step Instructed Combinations. Les Gotcher (1905-1996) was an internationally renowned square dance caller, instructor, recording artist, author, and movie dance director. Les moved to Hollywood from South Central Texas and became associated with the motion picture industry, calling for a number of Hollywood films including "Night Train to Memphis" , "Square Dance Jubilee," "Copper Canyon," and others. In addition, Les conducted regular club dances at the famed Beverly Hills Hotel which attracted such movie greats as Ronald Coleman, Lloyd Nolan and Caesar Romero. One of the first to visualize the possibilities of the many challenges of square dancing, Les "surprised" the square dance world by combining the basics or "hashing the breaks," a forerunner of much of the sight calling and position dancing of today. His innovations soon received nationwide attention and Les became one of the foremost traveling callers in North America. He was the originator and editor of an internationally circulated magazine, "Squares 'n Rounds," and author of many texts on calling, including "The American Square Dance," "Callers' and Teachers' Manual," "Hashin' the Breaks".