Club Hayloft Steppers Square Dance Club Instructor Bill Mager Start 09/14/2008 Complete 03/15/2009 # Students started # Graduated
| LESSON CALLS | w e e k |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| BASIC | ||
| 1. Circle Left/Circle Right | 1 | |
| 2. Forward and Back | 1 | |
| 3. Dosado/Dosado to a Wave | 1 | Right shoulders |
| 4. Swing | 5 | (2:44 in Video m01a) Your partner or your corner |
| 5. Promenade Family | ||
| A. Couples (Full, ˝, 3/4) | 1 | |
| B. Single File Promenade | 5 | |
| C. Wrong Way Promenade | ||
| D. Star Promenade | 2 3 |
(2:03 in Video m01c) Boys turn left hand star, when you get back to your partner, pick her up, put your hand around her waist, and star promenade home |
| 6. Allemande Left | 1 | |
| 7. Arm Turns | 1 | (0:46 in Video m01b) Right Hand Turn (Turn Thru), turn and face your partner, take right forearms, turn thru going back toward the corner |
| 8. Right And Left Grand Family | 1 | |
| A. Right And Left Grand | ||
| B. Weave the Ring | 1 | |
| C. Wrong Way Grand | ||
| 9. Left Hand Star/Right Hand Star | 5 ? |
(2:29 in Video 01b) Go into the middle and form a left (or right) hand star, then walk forward and turn the star. When you get back home just back right out. Sometimes two star calls are linked. Say the first is a right hand star, the next call may ask either the heads or the sides to do a left hand star. The couple not doing the second star just backs out of the first one. |
| 10. Pass Thru | 1 | (0:13 in Video m01c) Done with the person that you are facing. In square dancing, you always pass right shoulders. |
| 11. Split Two | ||
| 12. Half Sashay Family | ||
| A. Half Sashay | 2 | |
| B. Rollaway | 7 | |
| C. Ladies in, Men Sashay | 1 0 |
(4:28 in Video) |
| 13. Turn Back Family | ||
| A. U-Turn Back | 1 ? |
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| B. Backtrack | 2 3 |
(0:20 in Video m04) Ladies peel off to the right, start going in the opposite direction in a circle outside of the ring, boys simply continue on, going in the direction they are already going, swing your partner and promenade home. |
| 14. Separate Around 1 or 2 | ? | (1:42 in Video m12) The designated dancers simply turn their back on their partner and they are going to walk around one person and squeeze right in. |
| A. To a Line | ||
| 15. Courtesy Turn | 3 | |
| 16. Ladies Chain Family | ||
| A. Two Ladies Chain | 3 | |
| B. Four Ladies Chain | 3 | |
| C. Four Ladies Chain 3/4 | 7 | |
| D. Chain Down The Line | 1 0 |
Start from a two faced line, girls trade with each other, then the boys courtesy turns the girl coming towards him 3/4s (2:56 in Video) |
| 17. Do Paso | 1 2 |
(0:16 in Video) Turn your partner by the left, corner by the right, partner by the left. If no other call is given, it ends in a courtesy turn. |
| 18. Lead Right | 7 | (1:06 in Video m04) Done as a couple, Head couples are going to go over and stand in front of the side couples to their right |
| 19. Right & Left Thru | 3 | |
| 20. Grand Square | 4 | |
| 21. Star Thru | 5 | ( 2:17 in Video m05) |
| 22. Circle to a Line | 7 | (1:28 in Video m04) Form a little circle of four, and circle, and end up in a facing line. The end girl that is facing in the wrong direction does a sort of California twirl to face the right way. |
| 23. Bend the Line | 4 | |
| 24. Walk Around the Corner | 7 | |
| 25. See Saw | 7 | |
| 26. Square Thru (1,2,3,4) | 5 | |
| Left Square Thru (1,2,3,4) | ||
| 27. California Twirl | 4 | |
| 28. Dive Thru | 6 | |
| 29. Wheel Around | 5 | (1:36 in Video m05) Each couple will end up facing in the opposite direction from the starting position. Boys backing up, girls going forward. |
| 30. Thar Family | (Animation) | |
| A. Allemande Thar | 1 2 |
(0:52 in Video m10) An allemande thar star is a formation and may be formed at the end of any left arm turn by the center dancers (or those directed) forming a right hand box star and backing up (turn counter clock-wise). |
| B. Allemande Left to an Allemande Thar | 1 2 |
(1:51 in Video m10) |
| C. Wrong Way Thar | 1 2 |
(2:50 in Video m10)(Animation) A wrong way thar may be formed at the end of any right arm turn by the center dancers (or those directed) forming a left hand box star and backing up. Outside dancers hold the right forearm of a center dancer and walk forward. (turn clockwise) |
| 31. Shoot the Star/Full Around | 1 2 |
(2:23 in Video m10) Trade by the left with whoever is in your left fore arm. |
| 32. Slip the Clutch | 1 2 |
(1:33 in Video m10) |
| 33. Box the Gnat | 1 2 |
(1:07 in Video m03) With the person directly in front of you, loosely take right hands, lady steps under gentleman's arm, and trade places with each other (end up facing each other) |
| 34. Ocean Wave Family | ||
| A. Step to a Wave | 6 | |
| B. Balance | 8 | |
| 35. Alamo Style | 8 | |
| 36. Pass the Ocean | 8 | |
| 37. Extend (from 1/4 tag only) | 8 | |
| 38. Swing Thru/ Left Swing Thru |
6 | Half by the right and(those who can or centers) half by the left |
| 39. Run/Cross Run | 6 | |
| 40. Trade Family | ||
| A. (named dancers) Trade | 6 | |
| B. Couples Trade | 6 | |
| C. Partner Trade | 6 | |
| 41. Wheel and Deal (Lines of 4) | 1 0 |
(From outfacing, one faced lines of four) Notice that all the dancers fold toward the middle of the line. The partner that is on the end, in each couple, goes forward. Left hand couple takes a little bit bigger step, becomes the trailing couple. Right hand couple ends up in front of the left hand couple. All couples end up facing in the opposite direction from where they started. (2:45 in Video m12) Animation |
| ??. Wheel and Deal (Two Faced Line) | 2 1 |
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| 42. Double Pass Thru | 1 1 |
Everyone does a pass thru with two people (2:49 in Video) |
| 43. First Couple Go Left/Right
Next Couple Go Left/Right |
1 1 |
(animation) Which ever way you are going, as a couple, you sort of sweep or wheel forward until your facing in the opposite direction. |
| 44. Zoom | 1 1 |
Centers out and turn around person behind. (animation) |
| 45. Flutterwheel/Reverse Flutter | 1 1 |
Start with girl's free hand (right), go out, pull by other girl, pick up other boy, and bring him back home with her (1:25 in Video) or Animation |
| 46. Sweep a Quarter | 2 3 |
(3:24 in Video m11) Done after a preceding call and you simply as a couple sweep a quarter more in the direction that you are already going. |
| 47. Veer Left / Veer Right | 4 | (0:16 in Video m06) As a couple, facing couples will end up in a two faced line from this position. Notice that they walked forward. From a two faced line, veering right, they would end up back-to-back |
| 48. Trade By | 2 3 |
(2:22 in Video m12) Those in the center simply do a pass thru. Those on the outside do a partner trade. |
| 49. Touch 1/4 | 1 5 |
(0:20 in Video m09) |
| 50. Circulate Family | ||
| A. (named dancers) Circulate | 9 | |
| B. All 8 Circulate | ||
| C. Couples Circulate | 9 | |
| D. Single File Circulate | 1 6 |
(1:29 in Video m11) The video calls it column circulate. The animation also calls it column circulate or single file circulate. I think Bill Mager called it circulate 8. Call 50B above is a different call. |
| E. Split / Box Circulate | ||
| 51. Ferris Wheel | 1 3 |
(1:36 in Video) Outfacing dancers the same as a wheel and deal (they will end up behind the infacing dancers from the other side and facing the opposite wall from where they started), the infacing dancers will take little bit bigger step as they go into the middle they will end up facing that other couple coming from the other side and facing the opposite wall from where they started |
| MAINSTREAM PROGRAM | ||
| 52. Cloverleaf | 1 8 |
(3:09 in Video m13) The lead couple (outfacing couple), turn away from each other, the boy will go to the left, the girl will go to the right, the first boy will pick up the first girl coming from the other end of the formation, the second boy will get the second girl (if there is a second boy and girl). Turn three quarters. |
| 53. Turn Thru | 6 | (0:54 in Video m01b) Same as call 7? |
| 54. Eight Chain Thru (1,2,3 etc.) | (1:58 in Video m15) | |
| 55. Pass to the Center | 2 3 |
(2:26 in Video m14) Everyone does a pass thru. Those that are facing out do an automatic partner trade. |
| 56. Spin The Top | 1 6 |
(0:17 in Video m11) |
| 57. Centers In | 1 3 |
(1:53 in Video m13) The couple that is in the center of the formation simply steps in between the outside couple. The outside couple spreads apart to make room for them. |
| 58. Cast Off 3/4 | 1 3 |
(1:17 in Video m14) From outfacing lines, the end dancers are the
pivots, they will pull the center dancer around them 3/4 of a
circle
(0:50 in Video) From an ocean wave, the right hand will be the pivot, simply go forward 3/4 circle |
| 59. Walk & Dodge | 1 5 |
(1:50 in Video m14) |
| 60. Slide Thru | 1 8 |
(2:42 in Video m05) It's just like a star through, except they are not going to use their hands. Another way to say it is to pass thru and then turn a quarter. |
| 61. Fold/Cross Fold | 2 3 |
(0:55 in Video m13) The designated person just steps forward, in this case we are going to have the boys step in front of the girls. |
| 62. Dixie Style To An Ocean Wave | 2 1 |
(2:54 in Video m14)Tip to the boys, as soon as the lady in your right hand leaves turn to your right a quarter, stick your left hand out, that other lady is going to take your left hand, and you simply trade with her. Boys will end up in the middle of a left-handed ocean wave. Girls start by going out with their free hand (right hand), pull by, take the left hand of the boys, trade with them. |
| 63. Spin Chain Thru | Now considered to be a Plus call | |
| 64. Tag The Line (In/Out/Left/Right) | 2 0 |
(0:19 in Video m15) The dancers will take four steps. Each dancer individually turns toward the center of their wave, and simply walks forward four steps. (Notice they pass right shoulders) Without further instruction, they end up sort of in two columns. |
| 65. Half Tag | 2 0 |
(0:54 in Video m15) Each dancer will face the center of their wave, then take two steps forward (passing right shoulders), ending up in two ocean waves 90 degrees from the original wave. |
| 66. Scoot Back | 1 6 |
(0:40 in Video m09) The infacing dancers are going to go in with their right forearms, cast off, and come back to the same partner. The outfacing dancer flips over and takes the place of their partner. All the dancers change directions. |
| 67. Single Hinge/Couples Hinge | 1 7 |
(1:29 in Video m12) Single hinge - With the person in your right hand go forward 90 degrees. (0:43 in Video m13) Couples hinge is one half of a couples trade. |
| 68. Recycle (from Waves Only) | 2 1 |
(1:20 in Video m15) Boys push with their right hand, and get the girl to do a complete U-turn back, then you do a wheel and deal (couples turning 3/4) |
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