I think Alan's got the right idea -- call 'em simply "revival" squares.
It's got a positive, non-jargony feel to it and gets at some of the key
ideas mentioned in this thread by Tony, Fred, and others.
David Kirchner
St. Paul, MN
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1j. Re: Is there an emerging SD style? Has it a name?
Posted by: "Winston, Alan P." winston(a)slac.stanford.edu
Date: Thu Aug 11, 2016 3:48 pm ((PDT))
I'm just going to spit-ball some names, without much belief that
these'll become popular:
Syncretist squares (combines from multiple traditions)
Eclectic squares (similarly in crossing boundaries)
Walk-right-in squares ('cause I really want to say "no-lesson squares"
but defining things by the absence of aspects of other things is bad news)
New Tradition Squares (because it's coming back to tradition but
without the mustiness; if "Modern" weren't already in use we'd want
it,
"Post-Modern" would just be confusing)
Community Fun Squares
Old-Time Revival Squares (following the degree to which the interest in
old-timey music among youth seems to have preceded and precipitated the
square dance movement)
Party Squares
-- Alan