Old-Time Music and Dance: Community and Folk Revival

Contents

— vii — Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Conjuring History xiii 1. An Apocryphal Story 1 2. Old-Time Music Revival 11 3. Banjo Pedagogy 27 4. Back to the Land 35 5. The Green House 48 6. The Old-Time Community 55 7. The Jukebox 68 8. The Orange Sheet 77 9. Anne’s a Bride Tonight 87 10. Opening Up 100 11. Gardening and Dumpstering 105 12. The Bean King 117 13. The Indiana Contra Dancers’ Lament 127 14. The Gang of Four 136 — viii — Contents 15. Easy Street 142 16. Dance Camps 152 17. The Sovereign Self 160 18. Bloomington Quarry Morris 176 19. May Day 183 20. Dare to Be Square 189 21. The Shuffle Creek Cloggers 201 22. The Old Library 207 23. Sugar Hill 212 24. Young Audiences 224 25. Little Bloomington 230 26. Eight Miles from Town 241 27. The Piano Controversy 252 28. The Book 262 29. Collection Time! 267 30. The Reclusive Muse 281 31. Lotus Dickey 285 — ix — Contents 32. Breaking Away 292 33. Blue Spruce 302 References 315 Index 329 ...