In an era of streaming queues and endless scrolling, the Tam Twirlers are keeping a distinctly analog pastime alive: square dance.

Despite hillbilly stereotypes and a checkered history, square dancing is on the rise among young and diverse crowds.

When the National Square Dance Convention last came to Milwaukee in 1979, about 20,000 people clapped, tapped and twirled their way across the dance floor. There's fewer square dance partners to swing ...

Orwell resident Peter Tobin calls a square dance at the Lothrop Elementary School gymnasium in Pittsford on Sept. 3, 2025. It was the first meeting of the new dance year for the Cast Off 8's, a square ...

HERE’S SHAYNA. GIVE IT TO ME HIGH. GIVE IT TO ME SOFT. LEAVE IT ON THE DANCE FLOOR. LET’S HEAR IT FOR DAN AND ROCHELLE. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY. DOSEY DOE. IT’S THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE NORTH SHORE TOWN OF ...

Now here’s a resolution for the New Year. How about giving square dancing a whirl and twirl, courtesy of the Glenview Squares? The Glenview Squares welcomes new dancers to its free Square Dance ...