4 Jul
2017
4 Jul
'17
3:10 a.m.
Yes, IOCA is still holding dances. I have led dances for them in NY State and
Massachusetts since the early 1990s. Most recently I led a dance on an island on Lake
George last October. This dance has been going since the 1920s
Paul Rosenberg
Albany, NY
On Jul 3, 2017, at 7:25 PM, jim saxe
jim.saxe(a)gmail.com [trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote:
On Jul 3, 2017, at 2:16 PM, Sylvia Miskoe sylviasmiskoe(a)gmail.com
<mailto:sylviasmiskoe@gmail.com> [trad-dance-callers]
<trad-dance-callers(a)yahoogroups.com
<mailto:trad-dance-callers@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
I remember doing that jitterbug figure to Captain Jinks. First line of the song is
I'm Captain Jinks of the horse marines, I feed my horse on corn and
beans.................
Sylvia Miskoe, Concord NH
A version of the jitterbug figure to "Captain Jinks" appears
on page 5 of _IOCA Barn Dance_ (1942). See
https://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/1628
<https://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/1628>
"IOCA" stands for "Intercollegiate Outing Club Association." See
page 24 of the 2006 Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend Syllabus
https://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2006.pdf
<https://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2006.pdf>
for the story of how Ted Sannella got his start as a caller during
an IOCA-sponsored event in the Adirondacks. IOCA is apparently still\an active
organization. See
http://www.ioca.org <http://www.ioca.org/>
However, I don't know how much of a role, if any, traditional
dancing still plays in the activities of IOCA or its member
organizations.
--Jim