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Ally Price Professor Carter Advanced Writing 02-11-14 Annotated Bibliography (History of Dance) East Texas State Teachers College. Dance, Circa 1920s. 1920. Historic ET Collections, Commerce. North Texas Digital Collections. Web. 10 Feb. 2014. This image taken in the 1920s shows a great deal of how dances were set up in the early years of East Texas State. The image shows the decorations, former dress attire, and the overall style of that time period. Editorial Pencil Pickings. Herald of Gospel Liberty 108.42 (1916): 1. 1314. American Periodicals. Web. 10 Feb. 2014. This article discusses what critics first said about dancers and their dance ability. In the article, dance is called a Mindless task is only used by the young and dumb looking for a good time. This shows peoples different opinions on dance and how in the time period, dance was seen as more of a mindless hobby than a sport or a way of expression. It was definitely not seen as a fine art at this time. East Texans Band. Circa 1940. Historic ET Collections, Commerce. North Texas Digital Collections. Web. 10 Feb. 2014. This is an image if the Dance band at East Texas State in the 1940s. Since the first image doesnt show a band, I selected this image to reference because it shows the type of music played

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at the colleges dances. This also helps the reader understand the style of dance and music in this time period. Pennington, Joyce. History of Dance/Drill Teamthe first twenty years 1929-1950. American Dance and Drill Team. Web. 10 Feb. 2014. This article is very helpful and important because it takes us way back into the beginning of dance teams and the world known Kilgore Rangerettes in which are from Kilgore College in East Texas. Hale, Jeanne D. A Brief History of Rangerettes Forever. Rangerettes. March 2001. Web. 11 Feb. 2014. http://www.rangerette.com/MessageCenterDetail.aspx?ContentID=39 This article gives a great overview the Kilgore Rangerettes, beginning with their history, founder, and even has an organized list of important dates of the Rangerettes. Vowell, Jan. 1990 Homecoming with the Rams: Memories of old E.T.Commerce: Texas, 2010. Print. This excerpt describes a peprally at E.T. in 1990 and only mentions the cheerleaders, band, and of course football. This shows that even though drill team origninated in east texas, some parts of that area were not used to dancers yet. Also, this shows just how obsolete dancers alone were, even in the 90s, not just drill team. Busby, Mark. Cedar Crossing. P 91. TCU Press. Fort Worth: Texas, 2013. Print. I chose this excerpt from Cedar Crossing, because it mentions the popular band The Beatles, and a few other hits played on the radio during the 60s. By understanding the types of music played during this time, readers can begin to think about the different style of dance used for

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these types of songs. This also may give readers a clue to what the band would play at the Universitys dances.