dance sets, and tunes that used to be done in these communities. Dancing is but one of many contexts for country music. Town festivals feature old time songs, string band music, and fiddle ...

“The good old songs are best.” After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the “Barn Dance” echoed the hypernationalism of a country that sensed itself endangered. “Barn Dance” troupes ...

Urbana Country Dancers holds contra dancing meetings twice a month at the Phillips Recreation Center, bolstering community spirit.