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Burleson's Square Dance Encylopedia #1

A friend of mine has an encylopedia of square dance calls authored by a Bill Burleson. In several cases it has proven to be a most inclusive source of information, coming up with the answers when other authorities have fallen by the wayside. She says she purchased it on E-bay and the contact information in it have been dead ends.

I would like to acquire a copy and wonder if you can provide me with any leads to a source.

You should be able to obtain a copy of the Burleson's Encylopedia from Palomino Records ( http://www.palominorecords.com/sd/booksdBurl.htm ) or from the Western Square Dancing website Dosado.com ( http://www.dosado.com/ ).

Although the Encylopedia is the most inclusive source we have for square dance calls, unfortunately the definitions are often poor quality, especially for the calls used at the challenge levels.

If you're looking for historical calls, Burleson's is a decent resource. A much better book (in my opinion) is Jay King's Glossary, which unfortunately is no longer in print.

For the advanced and challenge levels, there are much better definition books available (including our own Ceder Chest Square Dance Definition books).

You can also download definition sets from the Callerlab website ( http://www.callerlab.org/ ).

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