Below is the list of calls taught to date. The greater square dance community has produced several excellent resources to assist new dancers as an adjunct to your live lessons. This page provides access to two of the most useful for review and/or in case you have missed a lesson. A Tucson dance club, the Saddlebrooke Squares, has created a series of videos that demonstrate the proper execution of each call. The above link is to their lesson index. Note that each instructor has a preferred order of presenting the various calls, so their lessons and ours will not perfectly correspond. Nevertheless, all you have to do is search the index to find the call you're interested in, play that particular video and watch for the segment that demonstrates the call. These views are from floor level - just as if you were watching a live square. Some students have benefited from viewing a call's movement from above. The Tam Twirlers Square Dance Club in San Rafael, California has produced a schematic animation (TAMination) of every call. Clicking on the call will link to the corresponding TAMination page. Class dates and lessons taught: Karen and Barbara 9/17 and 9/24 12/10 and 12/17 Allemande Left Allemande Left Alamo Style Wave Circle Left/Right Back Track Courtesy Turn Circle Left/Right Designate Heads and Sides Courtesy Turn Do Sa Do Designate Heads and Sides Forward and Back Do Sa Do Pass Thru Forward and Back Promenade Pass Thru Right & Left Grand Promenade Right & Left Thru Right & Left Grand Star Left/Right Right & Left Thru Swing thru Single File Promenade Weave the Ring Star Left/Right Grand Square Swing thru Square Thru Weave the Ring Circulate 10/1 12/24 and 12/31 Grand Square No Class Square Thru 10/8 1/7/20 - Review of above Circulates Circulates (Column, Box, Hinge Split circulates (Ends, Centers) Partner Trade Hinge U Turn Back Partner Trade U Turn Back 10/15 Circulates (Column, Box, Split Circulates (Ends, Centers) Spin the Top 10/22 Review 10/29 Spin Chain Thru Split the Outside Couple 11/5 - No Class 11/12 8 Chain Thru Bend the Line Promenade 1/2 Run ( Boys, Girls, Centers , Ends) Swing, Promenade Trade By 11/19 All Around Your Left Hand Lady Ferris Wheel Scoot Back See Saw Touch a Quarter Wheel and Deal (Line of 4) Wheel and Deal (Two faced line) 11/26 California Twirl Cast Off 3/4 Centers In Cloverleaf Double Pass Thru Separate Star Thru Swing Thru 12/3 Zoom 12/10 Allemande Thar Shoot the Star Slip the Clutch 12/17 Flutter Wheel Reverse Flutter Wheel Slide Thru Sweep a Quarter Walk & Dodge 12/24 and 12/31 - No Class 1/7/2020 - Review Half Sashay 1/14 Circulate, Column Dive Thru Extend Ladies Chain Ladies In, Men Sashay Pass the Ocean Wheel Around 1/21 - Review for student dance 1/28 Chain Down the Line Couples Trade Lead Right Ocean Wave Roll Away with a Half Sashay Trades, (Boys, Girls, Ends, Centers) Turn Thru Veer Left/Right Wave Balance 2/4 Tidal Wave 2/11 - No Lesson 2/18 Half Tag the Line Scoot Back Tag the Line Walk and Dodge 2/25 - Spin Chain Thru Spin the Top 3/3 - Review 3/10 Fold Turn Thru 3/17 - School Closed 3/24 - School CLosed 3/31 - School Closed |
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