Bow & Swing



The official Publication of The Florida Callers Association and Now Florida State's Square Dance Magazine
BOW AND SWING NOTES: Each issue has been compressed using freeware "PF24". If any file fails to load or display properly please notify the webmaster. Each publication before 2026 is presented as an Acrobat ".pdf" file. 2026+ publications are also presented as "flip books" using software from fliphtml5.com ..note: the flipbook version is stored on the vendor server - pages load slowly

AS OF MARCH, 2026 Annie Minor is the current editor! The first issue - May 2026 - can be accessed below. Bow and Swing will be published quarterly in January, April, July, and October. Bow and Swing cannot survive without your help - please submit articles, photos, and items of interest! ...submission dealines are the 15'th of the month preceding each issue's date Get on the email distribution list .. contact Annie at: bowandswingmag@gmail.com
2027 jan & jan-flipbook may & may-flipbook jul & jul-flipbook oct & oct-flipbook

2026 -- & -- flip-book MAY & MAY-FLIPBOOK jul & jul-flipbook oct & oct-flipbook

EDITIONS PUBLISHED BY Stephen Bigelow
2025 JAN FEB Mar 2Q May Jun 3Q Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2024 Jan FEB Mar Apr May Jun JUL 3Q Sep Oct NOV DEC

2023 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct NOV DEC

EDITIONS PUBLISHED BY Susanelaine Packer
2022 JAN FEB MAR APR May Jun JUL AUG SEP OCT Nov DEC

2021 JAN FEB Mar Apr MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT Nov DEC

2020 JAN Feb MAR APR MAY JUN JUL Aug SEP OCT NOV Dec

EDITIONS PUBLISHED BY Bill & Randy Boyd
2019 - Currently Missing jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec

2018 - Currently Missing jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec

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EDITIONS PUBLISHED By Randy Boyd thru May / Bill & Randy Boyd starting June
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EDITIONS PUBLISHED By Whit & Sue Brown Until Nov, 1993 / Rita Dechambeau & Randy Boyd Dec. 1993
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1992 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

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1952 Jan Feb MAR APR May JUN Jul AUG Sep Oct NOV Dec

1951 Jan Feb MAR Apr May JUN Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec



A BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT BOW N SWING.. Bow N Swing was founded in 1951 by Harold Emery as the Official Publication of the Florida Callers Association. Recently, ending in 2019, Bow N Swing was published by Bill Boyd with a robust website also provided .. see the image below: Publishing of Bow N Swing was taken over by SusanElaine Packer of Suzie Q Creations following Bill Boyd's retirement, however she discontinued publication early in 2023.


Commentary Provided by Bruce Morgan - Federation Webmaster until 2001: Bow & Swing started publication in the early part of 1951. Harold Emory was the founder and editor. The first issues that I have found are March & June 1951 and are listed as Volume 1 Number 2 & 4. The first issues cost 2 cents to mail and when subscriptions started in 1952, a 1 year (10 issue) subscription cost $1.00. April 1, 1963 the magazine was taken over by the Florida Federation of Square Dancers. April 1, 1969 the magazine took on the familiar size of 6x9 inches as it is published today. July 1, 1969 the Florida Callers Association took over the publication with Henry Purcell, from Big Pine Key, as their first editor. John "Jack" & Marie Pierson took over as editor with the August 1970 issue. George & Rita Deschambeau followed in January 1980 until ....(tbd) Bill Boyd took over as editor after Jack, ending his run in 2019

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