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Join Up Hands (Book)
Dances for School and Community Groups
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  • Simple and accessible longways, circle, and square dances
  • 23 dances with clear directions and time-tested teaching tips
  • All dances suitable for school and community groups
  • 34 pages of helpful reference information
  • 12 personal essays about the joy of dancing together
  • 117 pages; 8.5 x 11 inches; spiral-bound; $25.00 
  • Plus: 11 pages of introductory material & over 400 index entries
  • © Sue C. Hulsether 2020
  • Published by New Day Hoedown, LLC​​
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I can say firsthand that Join Up Hands is like a cookbook by a master chef in which every recipe is a surefire, five-star hit.
Jeremy Korr, community dance leader, California
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Join Up Hands is a music educator’s gold mine of easy-to-follow dance instruction, helpful tips, and charmingly heartfelt anecdotes. This book is the next best thing to having Ms. Sue visit your classroom. ​
Lisa Schoen, music teacher, Minnesota
Join Up Hands is part dance collection, part creative how-to manual for dance callers, part ode to the power of community dancing. But more than anything it is a glimpse into Sue's creative teaching ability, and the next best thing to spending an evening at one of her dances!
​Marian Rose, caller and musician, British Columbia
Join Up Hands is an extraordinary collection of simple American dances for use in school and community settings. In addition to clearly-explained dance directions, Sue offers helpful teaching tips drawn from 30 years of experience as a music teacher and a visiting artist. You'll find advice for new callers, sample calling language, suggestions for adapting dances to different ages, and thoughtful essays on the value of community dancing. Highly recommended!
David Millstone, caller, New Hampshire

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Contents: This Plus MORE
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Sample Dance Page
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Sample Tips Page
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Sample Reference Page

Join Up Hands (CD)
String Band Music for Dancing
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  •   Delightful tunes for dancing longways, circle, and square dances  
  •   Includes all the tunes suggested within the dance descriptions in this book
  •   Fiddle, banjo, guitar, and bass: standard old-time instrumentation
  •   All tracks are dance speed and dance length
  •   Includes classics from the old-time string band repertoire
  •   Bonus: two tracks of sample calls and one beautiful waltz
  •   String Band:  ​Betsy Neil, fiddle; Jane Keeley, banjo & guitar; Liz Voz, guitar; Rina Rossi, bass 
  •   Also joined by: Kathy Fairchild & Denise Benoit, percussion; Sue Hulsether, spoons, feet, & calls
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Tune List:
Yellow Rose of Texas
Rock the Cradle Joe
Red Wing
St. Anne's Reel
Kitchen Girl
Buck Mountain
Ragtime Annie
Arkansas Traveler
Hop High Ladies
La Bastringue
Texas Gals
Peeler Creek Waltz

Sue Hulsether
NEW day hoedown, llc
Viroqua, Wisconsin

© 2020, Sue Hulsether


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