”For one reason (we dropped out of square dancing), I have back problems and I have trouble keeping up with it. It also seems like you have to go at least once a week to keep up with the steps and we weren`t doing that. … We didn`t feel comfortable getting into a square and making it break down because we hadn`t kept up. It shouldn`t be (embarrassing to mess up a square), but every once in a while you get into a square where it is.” – Jean McSorley, 60, of Grayslake
”I would say (square dancing) is more part of the social dance world. Just like there was a piece in the (Chicago) Tribune about hip-hop, which is more of a social thing. . . . I think square dancing is truly an art form because it does take training and it does take partnering coordination. -Shelley Hoselton, 38, owner of Shelley`s School of Dance and Modeling in Libertyville, which offers a number of different dance classes, though none in square dance
”We got into it because I`ve been square dancing since I was knee-high to a grasshopper. I square danced during World War II. We would dance in a set, and a lot of times they were all women because there were no men; they were all off to the war.” – Hazel Harl, 59, of Waukegan, a member of the city`s Tuesday Night Twirlers along with husband Basil
”It`s a lot harder (than you think). You see a lot of the older people doing it and it takes a lot of stamina-with a good caller-to do it right. . . . Now I just don`t have the stamina to do it right. If you dance to a fast caller, you`re just about running around the square. Boy, I have cracked a lot of sweats.” – Bob Brown, 62, of Deerfield, who used to square dance
