{"id":25838392,"date":"2026-07-09T23:37:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/?p=25838392"},"modified":"2026-07-15T17:13:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:13:16","slug":"square-dance-calling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/en\/2026\/07\/09\/square-dance-calling\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Dance Calling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saturday, August 8, 1:00 PM &gt;&gt; 3:30 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Gill Emerson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discover the role of the <em>caller<\/em>, The person who guides the dancers by calling out the steps in time with the music. Inherited from the folk traditions of the Appalachians, the <em>calling<\/em> It is simultaneously an art of rhythm, voice, and improvisation. This workshop offers an introduction to this vibrant practice: learning to lead a dance, placing calls in music, and understanding the connection between the caller, the musicians, and the dancers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"796\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/herbebleue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SquareDanceCalling.jpg?resize=796%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25838394\" style=\"width:381px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SquareDanceCalling.jpg 796w, https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SquareDanceCalling-480x617.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 796px, 100vw\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Emma Ledgerwood<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samedi 8 aout 13:00 >> 15:30 Par Gill Emerson D\u00e9couvrez le r\u00f4le du caller, la personne qui guide les danseurs en annon\u00e7ant les figures au fil de la musique. H\u00e9rit\u00e9 des traditions populaires des Appalaches, le calling est \u00e0 la fois un art du rythme, de la voix et de l&rsquo;improvisation. Cet atelier propose une [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2239144,"featured_media":25838393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6702,6482],"tags":[6697,6692],"dipi_cpt_category":[],"class_list":["post-25838392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ateliers-2026","category-mise-en-avant","tag-6697","tag-samedi-8-aout-2026"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Square Dance Calling - Festival Herbe Bleue<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/en\/2026\/07\/09\/square-dance-calling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Square Dance Calling - Festival Herbe Bleue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Samedi 8 aout 13:00 &gt;&gt; 15:30 Par Gill Emerson D\u00e9couvrez le r\u00f4le du caller, la personne qui guide les danseurs en annon\u00e7ant les figures au fil de la musique. H\u00e9rit\u00e9 des traditions populaires des Appalaches, le calling est \u00e0 la fois un art du rythme, de la voix et de l&rsquo;improvisation. Cet atelier propose une [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/en\/2026\/07\/09\/square-dance-calling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Festival Herbe Bleue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HerbeBleueFestival\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-09T21:37:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-15T15:13:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SquareDanceCalling_sm.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"796\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"424\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"laurent\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"laurent\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Square Dance Calling - Festival Herbe Bleue","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/en\/2026\/07\/09\/square-dance-calling\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Square Dance Calling - Festival Herbe Bleue","og_description":"Samedi 8 aout 13:00 >> 15:30 Par Gill Emerson D\u00e9couvrez le r\u00f4le du caller, la personne qui guide les danseurs en annon\u00e7ant les figures au fil de la musique. H\u00e9rit\u00e9 des traditions populaires des Appalaches, le calling est \u00e0 la fois un art du rythme, de la voix et de l&rsquo;improvisation. Cet atelier propose une [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/en\/2026\/07\/09\/square-dance-calling\/","og_site_name":"Festival Herbe Bleue","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HerbeBleueFestival","article_published_time":"2026-07-09T21:37:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-15T15:13:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":796,"height":424,"url":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SquareDanceCalling_sm.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"laurent","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"laurent","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/2026\/07\/09\/square-dance-calling\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/2026\/07\/09\/square-dance-calling\/"},"author":{"name":"laurent","@id":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d0f518ec4d4e1e00a1ddebd57e71689c"},"headline":"Square Dance Calling","datePublished":"2026-07-09T21:37:03+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-15T15:13:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/2026\/07\/09\/square-dance-calling\/"},"wordCount":87,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/2026\/07\/09\/square-dance-calling\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/herbebleue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SquareDanceCalling_sm.jpg?fit=796%2C424&ssl=1","keywords":["2026","Samedi 8 ao\u00fbt 2026"],"articleSection":["Ateliers 2026","Mise en avant"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/2026\/07\/09\/square-dance-calling\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/2026\/07\/09\/square-dance-calling\/","url":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/2026\/07\/09\/square-dance-calling\/","name":"Square Dance Calling - Festival Herbe Bleue","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/2026\/07\/09\/square-dance-calling\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/2026\/07\/09\/square-dance-calling\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/herbebleue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SquareDanceCalling_sm.jpg?fit=796%2C424&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-07-09T21:37:03+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-15T15:13:16+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/2026\/07\/09\/square-dance-calling\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/2026\/07\/09\/square-dance-calling\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/2026\/07\/09\/square-dance-calling\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/herbebleue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SquareDanceCalling_sm.jpg?fit=796%2C424&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/herbebleue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SquareDanceCalling_sm.jpg?fit=796%2C424&ssl=1","width":796,"height":424},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/2026\/07\/09\/square-dance-calling\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Square Dance Calling"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/","name":"Herbe Bleue Festival - Old Time, Bluegrass &amp; Cajun music concerts","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/#organization","name":"Herbe Bleue Festival","url":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/site-web-2048x960-1-1024x480.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/site-web-2048x960-1-1024x480.jpg","width":1024,"height":480,"caption":"Festival Herbe Bleue"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HerbeBleueFestival","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/herbebleuefestival\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC10HHpkv8SjJ3fWZvvWpUhg","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@herbebleuefestival"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d0f518ec4d4e1e00a1ddebd57e71689c","name":"Laurent","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/397c0d9d6da1c76110a879b3c78e5fcc11b4dd76bd86c2968835e0b90650fb58?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/397c0d9d6da1c76110a879b3c78e5fcc11b4dd76bd86c2968835e0b90650fb58?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/397c0d9d6da1c76110a879b3c78e5fcc11b4dd76bd86c2968835e0b90650fb58?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"laurent"},"url":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/en\/author\/laurentzy\/"}]}},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paXTvu-1KpKg","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/herbebleue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SquareDanceCalling_sm.jpg?fit=796%2C424&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25838392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2239144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25838392"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25838392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25838544,"href":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25838392\/revisions\/25838544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25838393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25838392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25838392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25838392"},{"taxonomy":"dipi_cpt_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbebleue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dipi_cpt_category?post=25838392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}