Classmembers' Corner

Welcome new and returning classmembers to the Finest City Squares!

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, June 2.  This completes the Plus list!!!

• Spin Chain and Exchange the Gears

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, May 27:

• Cut the Diamond

• 3/4 Tag the Line

• Chase Right / Left Chase

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, May 19:

• Crossfire

• All 8 Spin the Top

• Dixie Grand

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, May 12:

• Peel the Top

• Trade the Wave

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, May 5:

• Explode And <Anything>

• Diamond Circulate

• Flip the Diamond

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, April 28:

• Review of Spin Chain the Gears

• Explode the Wave

• Relay the Deucey

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, April 21:

• Lots of review of prior calls

• Follow Your Neighbor

• Fan the Top

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, April 14:

• Track Two

• Single Circle to a Wave

• A special session was done where we taught the gay styling for the following calls:

  Counter dance moves:

  • Heads/Sides Promenade: the inactive couples come into the center and do a "highland fling" style turn and step back out

  • Heads/Sides Square thru 4: the inactive couples do two California Twirls on the outside

  Calls that are themselves stylized:

  • Do-sa-do: Do a "highland fling" style turn a full (360°).  End facing.

  • Right and Left Grand: whenever you would be doing a Right Pull-By (first and third dancers), you instead

    1. Take the right hand as you would normally

    2. Take your left hands crossing them ABOVE the right hands

    3. The boy gently pulls on the girl's right hand with his right hand and turns her a full (360°) turn to her left (i.e. counter-clockwise).

    4. Drop hands and walk to the next dancer

    The second and forth dancers are just normal left pull-bys
     

  • Weave the Ring: whenever you would be passing Right Shoulders (first and third dancers), you instead

    1. Slap your hands against your thighs

    2. Clap your hands

    3. Take the one you're facing by the fingers, boys cupping with palms up, girls cupping with palms down

    4. Kick with the right foot crossing to the left and yell "WOO!"

    5. Boys lift right arm and girls do a FULL (36O°) turn left (i.e. counter-clockwise) going under the boy's right arm).

    6. Drop hands and walk to the next dancer

  The second and forth dancers are just normal left weave-bys

  • NOW: Called while dancers are doing a Circle Left. All dancers:

    1. Momentarily drop hands

    2. Do a full turn around to the left (counter clockwise)

    3. Raise their hands in the air

    4. Yell out: Woooo!

    5. Rejoin hands and continue circling

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, April 7 (Note: we were DARK March 31):

• Coordinate

• (Anything) And Spread

• Spin Chain the Gears

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, March 24:

• Linear Cycle

• (Anything) And Roll

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, March 17:

• Peel Off

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, March 10:

• Ping Pong Circulate

• Load the Boat

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, March 3 (this is the beginning of the Plus list):

• Acey Deucey

• Teacup Chain

• Grand Swing Thru

• Extend (review and extended applications)

No new calls were taught on Wednesday, February 24.  Instead, the Basic/Mainstream list was reviewed.

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, February 17 (as of tonight we are DONE with the Basic/Mainstream list):

• Scoot Back

• Recycle

• 3/4 Tag the Line

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, February 10:

• Slide Thru

• Dixie Style to an Ocean Wave

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, February 3:

• Centers In

• Tag The Line

• Half Tag

• Spin Chain Thru

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, January 27:

• Pass to the Center

• Single Hinge

• Fold / Cross Fold

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, January 20:

• Cloverleaf

• Spin the Top

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, January 13:

• Turn Thru

• Cast Off 3/4

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, January 6:

• Cross Run

• Left Swing Thru

• Eight Chain Thru

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, December 30:

• Wrong Way Grand

• Wheel Around

• Touch a Quarter

• Single File Circulate (aka Column Circulate)

• Split Circulate (from Waves)

• Split Circulate (from Columns)

• Box Circulate

• Walk and Dodge

Following is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, December 23:

• Pass the Ocean

• Flutterwheel / Reverse Flutterwheel

• Sweep a Quarter

• Ferris Wheel

Following is a list of calls that were reviewed on Wednesday, December 16.  No new calls were taught.

• Grand Square

• Allemande Thar

• Slip the Clutch

• Shoot the Star

• Box the Gnat

• Zoom

No new calls were taught on Wednesday, December 9.  it was the FCS Holiday Party.

Here is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, December 2:

• Shoot the Star

• Box the Gnat

• Partner Trade

• Alamo Style, Balance

• Extend

• Zoom

• Trade By

Here is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, November 18:

• Step to a Wave

• Swing Thru

• Boys Run, Girls Run

Here is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, November 4:

• Allemande Thar

• Allemande Left to an Allemande Thar

• Slip the Clutch

• Girls Promenade

Here is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, October 29:

• Single File Promenade

• Backtrack

• Split Two

• Wheel and Deal

• Double Pass Thru

• First Couple Go Left, Next Couple Go Right

Here is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, October 21:

• Lots of review on Square Thru

• Couples Circulate

• Designated dancers Circulate:

  • Boys circulate

  • Girls circulate

  • Ends circulate

  • Centers circulate

  • All 8 circulate

• Boys Trade, Girls Trade, Centers trade, Ends Trade

• Couples Trade

Here is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, October 14:

• Chain Down the Line

• Couples Circulate, Designated dancers Circulate

• Circle to a Line - We don't follow the standard Callerlab definition for this call.  Instead from facing couples, we all Veer Left and then the Outfacing Couple, maintaining their couple handhold does what feels like a couples circulate taking the Infacing Couple's footprints, as the Infacing Couple maintains their couple handhold and slides over to the right WITHOUT turning around (kind of like a veer right).

• Square Thru

Here is a list of calls that were taught on Wednesday, October 7:

• Half Sashay

• Rollaway

• U-turn back

• Veer Left

• Lead Right

• Star Thru

• Bend the Line

• Walk All Around Your Corner

• Dive Thru

• Separate around 1 to a line

This is the list of calls that were taught on the first three nights of class (September 16, 23, & 30 2009):

• Dancer naming: partner, corner, heads, sides, couple numbers, boys, girls, centers, ends

• Circle Left, Circle Right

• Forward and Back

• Dosado

• Promenade (couples, single file, star promenade)

• Swing (your partner)

• Allemande Left / Arm Turns

• Right and Left Grand

• Weave the Ring

• Right hand star, Left hand star

• Pass Thru

• Ladies In, Men Sashay

• Courtesy Turn

• Ladies Chain (all 4 ladies chain, all 4 ladies chain 3/4, 2 ladies chain)

• Right and Left Thru

• California Twirl

• Do Paso

• Grand Square

Below you will find some links that may prove useful should you wish to do some extra studying.

Square Dance Call Definitions and Animations  This link is REALLY good.  Just click on the desired program (Mainstream, Plus, etc.) at the top.  Then choose a call.  Use the slider to move the dancers through the call at whatever speed you want.  This is much better than using the "Play" button because the slider lets you control the playback speed.

Square Dance Animations from Japan

Callerlab (Basic and) Mainstream Program Call Lists and Definitions

Callerlab Plus Program Call Lists and Definitions

History of calls taught to the 2008-2009 class in the order that they were taught

History of calls taught to the 2007-2008 class in the order that they were taught