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May 19, 2000

Dancers descend on RCMS for 22nd annual hoe-down

The caller will call and the dresses will twirl this weekend, when the Pahrump Valley Squares host their 22nd annual hoe-down in the gym at Rosemary Clarke Middle School.
Henry Brean

The caller will call and the dresses will twirl this weekend, when the Pahrump Valley Squares host their 22nd annual hoe-down in the gym at Rosemary Clarke Middle School.

The event kicks off at 7 p.m. today with about an hour of round dancing, which is what you would get if traditional square dancing and ballroom dancing got married and had a kid. Then, from 8-10 p.m., dancers will take the floor for a combination of square and round dancing.

And whatever doesn't work so well Friday night should get ironed out during the day Saturday, when a pair of workshops will be held. The first workshop, from 10 a.m. to noon, will focus on round dancing. The second, from 2-4 p.m., will be dedicated to square dancing.

The workshops will provide both a "brush-up" on familiar steps and a chance to learn a few new ones, according to PV Squares president Carl Spiller. "The caller usually picks out two or three (steps) that were troublesome Friday night," Spiller explained.

And all of


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