“This is an easily accessible dance which I think Mars would have enjoyed since first man leads the first half of the dance. There is also a faint allusion to the square dance figure, Venus and Mars.”
Mars Longden was a longtime international folk dance leader in the Chicago area. He passed away very suddenly in October, 2014. Mars and his wife, Sanna, would often walk over to Evanston English country dancing, which was held just two blocks from their house.