He was influential in spreading it from New Hampshire to the rest of the United States and other countries, and was recognized as an authority on American folk dance overall.

[4] Every Tuesday, he travelled to the Clarendon Street YMCA in Boston to call contra and square dances.

[6] In 1966, Page toured England and led workshops with the English Folk Dance and Song Society.

[4] Page opposed the modern western square dance movement, and criticized its complexity in his writings.

[3] As an early American contra dance caller, Page is credited with sustaining and spreading the tradition, keeping it alive until the 1960s, when it experienced a revival due to the countercultural revolution.

[5] The Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend, begun in 1988 and held annually in January at UNH, is named in his honor.