Classmember's Corner
Welcome new and returning classmembers to the Finest City Squares! 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.
Callerlab (Basic and) Mainstream Program Call Lists and Definitions
Callerlab Plus Program Call Lists and Definitions
New calls taught on Wednesday, 04/30/08:
No new calls were taught this week. This was a "review night".
New calls taught on Wednesday, 04/23/08:
New calls taught on Wednesday, 04/16/08:
New calls taught on Wednesday, 04/09/08:
New calls taught on Wednesday, 04/02/08:
New calls taught on Wednesday, 03/26/08:
New calls taught on Wednesday, 03/19/08:
New calls taught on Wednesday, 03/12/08:
New calls taught on Wednesday, 03/05/08:
New calls taught on Wednesday, 02/27/08:
New calls taught on Wednesday, 02/20/08:
New calls taught on Wednesday, 02/13/08:
No new calls were taught tonight. 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:
Weave the Ring: whenever you would be passing Right Shoulders (first and third dancers), you instead
Slap your hands against your thighs
Clap your hands
Take the one you're facing by the fingers, boys cupping with palms up, girls cupping with palms down
Kick with the right foot crossing to the left and yell "WOO!"
Boys lift right arm and girls do a FULL (36O°) turn left (i.e. counter-clockwise) going under the boy's right arm).
Drop hands and walk to the next dancer
The second and forth dancers are just normal left weave-bys
Right and Left Grand: whenever you would be doing a Right Pull-By (first and third dancers), you instead
Take the right hand as you would normally
Take your left hands crossing them ABOVE the right hands
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).
Drop hands and walk to the next dancer
The second and forth dancers are just normal left pull-bys
Do-sa-do: Do a "highland fling" style turn a full (360°). End facing.
New calls taught on Wednesday, 02/06/08:
No new calls were taught tonight. Since students have just finished Mainstream, this was a review night.
History of calls taught from September 2007 through January 2008 (zero to end of mainstream).