Let’s Dance! magazine has been published by the Folk Dance Federation of California since 1944. While is it currently edited by Loui Tucker, there have been almost two dozen editors in the 80 years it has been published.
In the early years it appeared 12 times a year. In 1958 the editor reduced it to 10 times a year. For a brief time in 1981-1982 there were only 8 issues per year. The magazine has changed a lot over the years — content, format, paper stock, from black-and-white to color — but it has survived. For example, there was once a great deal of interest in folk dance costumes and recipes for international food. Those interests have faded, so articles in Let’s Dance! on those subjects are rare.
The collection below is complete through 2019. A big thank you to Federation Past-President Craig Blackstone and Federation member Laura Douglass who allowed us to scan several hundred issues in their collections.
Thank you to the Estate of Marcel Vinokur that donated the first 10 issues of Let’s Dance! magazine, then called The Federation Folk Dancer. More information about the name-change here. These issues appear to be photocopies on white paper of the originals; we know the originals were printed on goldenrod paper. Marcel had complete sets of many folkdance-related publications as well as syllabi, books, and dance descriptions.
Enjoy the ones we’ve scanned so far. The covers alone are worth your time! Two special items are (1) the “Let’s Don’t” mini-magazine that was published in June of 1947 and (2) a 63-page Yearbook published in September-October of 1949. Keep in mind these issues were published before computers or databases, without the internet or email, and everything was typed on a typewriter.
We have already organized and digitized the dance descriptions that appeared in each issue (except for a few).
In addition, we organized and digitized the interviews and articles about local and nationally known teachers, choreographers, researchers and dance leaders.
1940s
- January 1944
- February 1944
- March 1944
- April 1944
- May 1944
- June 1944
- July 1944
- August 1944
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- July 1946
- August 1946
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- October 1946
- November 1946
- December 1946
- January 1947
- February 1947
- March 1947
- April 1947
- May 1947
- “Lets Don’t” June 1947
- June 1947
- July 1947
- August 1947
- September 1947
- October 1947
- November 1947
- December 1947
- January 1948
- February 1948
- March 1948
- April 1948
- May 1948
- June 1948
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- October 1948
- November 1948
- December 1948
- January 1949
- February 1949
- March 1949
- April 1949
- May 1949
- June 1949
- July 1949
- August 1949
- Sept/Oct Yearbook 1949
- November 1949
- December 1949
1950s
- January 1950
- February 1950
- March 1950
- April 1950
- May 1950
- May Cover2 1950
- June 1950
- July 1950
- August 1950
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- AprilCover2 1954
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1960s
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1970s
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- October 1972
- November 1972
- December 1972
- Leslie Pryne 1972
- January 1973
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- December 1974
- Leslie Pryne November 1974
- January 1975
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1980s
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1990s
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2000s
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2010s
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