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Interweaving patterns: [Unedited footage]

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Title

Interweaving patterns: [Unedited footage]

Collection

Interweaving Patterns: Center for Appalachian Studies and Services Video Archive

Names

Virginia Commission on the Arts (Sponsor)
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (Sponsor)
McCall, Bill (Interviewee)
Spalding, Susan Eike (Director)
Johnson, Anne (Director)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1989

Table Of Contents

CONTENTS. - Interview with Bill McCall. Recorded in Abingdon, Virginia, in August 1989. Speaking mainly from a musician's standpoint, McCall discusses square dancing, flatfooting, and social dancing during his youth and today. He describes two popular mixers of the region, Paul Jones and the broom dance. Reel 5A: 61 min. total. Camera turns off after 39 min.; the material that follows is a re-recording of earlier footage. Reel 5B: 18 min.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1456

Subjects

Folk dancing -- Appalachian Mountains
Folk dancing -- Virginia
Paul Jones (Dance)
Square, round and contra dancing
Flatfooting
Music and dance

Genres

Interviews

Notes

Content: Unedited footage recorded in southwestern Virginia by Appalshop, Whitesburg, Kentucky, for the videodocumentary Interweaving patterns (later retitled Step back Cindy), sponsored by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Directors: Anne Johnson and Susan Spalding.
Content: Part of a 16-cassette series containing unedited interview and dance footage. Although the interviews focus primarily on dance, they also cover a broad range of topics intended to fill in the socio-cultural background of the region. For the completed documentary, see: *MGZIA 4-1305 Step back Cindy.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (79 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12169991
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7d567990-0826-0131-d1c9-3c075448cc4b

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interweaving patterns: [Unedited footage]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1989. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7d567990-0826-0131-d1c9-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1989). Interweaving patterns: [Unedited footage] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7d567990-0826-0131-d1c9-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interweaving patterns: [Unedited footage]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7d567990-0826-0131-d1c9-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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