Beginners Square Dance Classes - Southeast Michigan

Mainstream Movements of Square Dancing
Beginners Square Dance Classes
SE MI Square Dance Clubs
South Lyon Square Dancing
South Lyon Beginners Square Dance
Dave Smith - Caller

           

1.         Dancer Naming

a.         Partner/Corner

b.         Heads/Sides

c.         Couple #1,#2,#3,#4

d.         Boys/Girls

e.         Centers/Ends

2.         Circle Left/Circle Right

3.         Forward & Back

4.         Dosado/Dosado to a Wave

5.         Swing

6.         Promenade/

Single File Promenade

a.         Couples (Full, 1/2, 3/4)

b.         Single File Promenade

7.         Allemande Left

8.         Arm Turns

9.         Right & Left Grand Family

a.         Right and Left Grand

b.         Weave the Ring

c.         Wrong Way Grand

10.       Left-Hand Star/Right-Hand Star

11.       Star Promenade

12.       Pass Thru

13.       Split Two

14.       Half Sashay Family

a.         Half Sashay

b.         Rollaway

c.         Ladies in, Men Sashay

15.       Turn Back Family

a.         a. U-Turn Back

b.         b. Backtrack

16.       Separate Around 1 or 2

a.         a. to a Line

b.         b. and come into the middle

17.       Courtesy Turn

18.       Ladies Chain Family

a.         Two Ladies Chain (Reg. and 3/4)

b.         Four Ladies Chain (Reg. and 3/4)

c.         Chain Down the Line

19.       Do Paso

20.       Lead Right

21.       Right and Left Thru

22.       Grand Square

23.       Star Thru

24.       Circle to a Line

25.       Bend the Line

26.       All Around the Corner

27.       See Saw          

28.       Square Thru (1,2,3,4)/

Left Square Thru (1,2,3,4)

29.       California Twirl

30.       Dive Thru

31.       Wheel Around

32.       Thar Family

a.         Allemande Thar

b.         Allemande Left to an Allemande Thar

c.         Wrong Way Thar

33.       Shoot the Star/

Shoot the Star Full Around

34.       Slip the Clutch

35.       Box the Gnat

36.       Ocean Wave Family

a.         Step to a Wave

b.         Balance

37.       Alamo Ring Formation

a.         Allemande Left in the Alamo Style

b.         Balance

38.       Pass the Ocean

39.       Extend (from 1/4 Tag only)

40.       Swing Thru/Left Swing Thru

41.       Run/Cross Run

42.       Trade Family

a.         (named dancers) Trade

b.         Couples Trade

c.         Partner Trade

43.       Wheel & Deal

44.       Double Pass Thru

45.       First Couple Go Left/Right, Next Couple Go Left/Right

46.       Zoom

47.       Flutterwheel/ Reverse Flutterwheel

48.       Sweep a Quarter

49.       Veer Left/Veer Right

50.       Trade By

51.       Touch 1/4

52.       Circulate Family

a.         (named dancers) Circulate

b.         All 8 Circulate

c.         Couples Circulate

d.         Single File Circulate

e.         Split/Box Circulate

53.       Ferris Wheel     54.       Cloverleaf

55.       Turn Thru

56.       Eight Chain Thru

Eight Chain 1,2,3,etc.

57.       Pass to the Center

58.       Spin the Top

59.       Centers In

60.       Cast Off 3/4

61.       Walk & Dodge

62.       Slide Thru

63.       Fold/Cross Fold

64.       Dixie Style to an Ocean Wave

65.       Tag the Line (In/Out/Left/Right)

66.       Half Tag

67.       Scoot Back

68.       Single Hinge/Couples Hinge

69.       Recycle (from a wave only)