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Virginia State Folk Dance

Square Dance

In 1991, the General Assembly adopted the square dance as the state folk dance. Square dancing is the American folk dance which traces its ancestry to the English country dance and the French ballroom dance. It is called, cued, or prompted to the dancers. It includes squares, rounds, clogging, contra, line, the Virginia reel, and heritage dances.

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