Episode 296: Paul Silveria (The Hidden Curriculum of Square Dance Calling)

Welcome to Get Up in the Cool: Old Time Music with Cameron DeWhitt and Friends! This week’s friend is Paul Silveria. We recorded this a few weeks ago in my home in Portland, Oregon. Tunes and songs in this episode: Valley Forge (01:38) Sugar Hill (12:50) Cumberland Gap (34:16) Sarah Armstrong’s Tune (56:31) Hunting the Buffalo (01:05:13) Bonus track: Big Eyed Rabbit Support Paul Silveria on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/paulsilveria Get Paul Silveria’s albums and square dance caller instructional booklet Old Time Dance Party at Bandcamp: https://paulsilveria.bandcamp.com/ This episode is brought to you in part by the California Bluegrass Association Summer Music Camp! CBA Summer Music Camp takes place June 12th through the 15th at the beautiful Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, California. Daily instrument focused and elective classes, jams, square dances, student, and faculty concerts are attended outdoors among the pine trees. This year’s faculty include: Stringband The Onlies, John Reischman, Mike Compton, and Laurie Lewis, among others. You can learn more about the camp and register online at cbacamp.com Come see Tall Poppy String Band on our Pacific Northwest tour! https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/shows Support Get Up in the Cool on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/getupinthecool Buy Get Up in the Cool merch like t-shirts, phone cases, and masks! https://get-up-in-the-cool-swag.creator-spring.com/ Sign up at https://www.pitchforkbanjo.com/ for my clawhammer instructional series! Check out Cameron’s other podcast, Think Outside the Box Set: https://boxset.fireside.fm/ Check out Cameron’s old time trio Tall Poppy String Band: https://www.tallpoppystringband.com/ Support Get Up in the Cool