Callerlab Basic & Mainstream Teaching List

Club                              Instructor                                 
Start            Complete            # Students started      # Graduated      

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BASIC
1. Circle Left/Circle Right
2. Forward and Back
3. Dosado/Dosado to a Wave
4. Swing
5. Promenade Family
A. Couples (Full, ˝, 3/4)
B. Single File Promenade
C. Wrong Way Promenade
D. Star Promenade
6. Allemande Left
7. Arm Turns
8. Right And Left Grand Family
A. Right And Left Grand
B. Weave the Ring
C. Wrong Way Grand
9. Left Hand Star/Right Hand Star
10. Pass Thru
11.Split Two
12.Half Sashay Family
A. Half Sashay
B. Rollaway
C. Ladies in, Men Sashay
13.Turn Back Family
A. U-Turn Back
B. Backtrack
14. Separate Around 1 or 2
A. To a Line
15. Courtesy Turn

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16. Ladies Chain Family
A. Two Ladies Chain
B. Four Ladies Chain
C. Four Ladies Chain 3/4
D. Chain Down The Line
17. Do Paso
18. Lead Right
19. Right & Left Thru
20. Grand Square
21. Star Thru
22. Circle to a Line
23. Bend the Line
24. Walk Around the Corner
25. See Saw
26. Square Thru (1,2,3,4)
Left Square Thru (1,2,3,4)
27. California Twirl
28. Dive Thru
29. Wheel Around
30. Thar Family
A. Allemande Thar
B. Allemande Left to an All. Thar
C. Wrong Way Thar
31. Shoot the Star/Full Around
32. Slip the Clutch
33. Box the Gnat
34. Ocean Wave Family
A. Step to a Wave
B. Balance
35. Alamo Style
36. Pass the Ocean

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37. Extend (from 1/4 tag only)
38. Swing Thru/Left Swing Thru
39. Run/Cross Run
40. Trade Family
A. (named dancers) Trade
B. Couples Trade
C. Partner Trade
41. Wheel and Deal
42. Double Pass Thru
43. First Couple Go Left/Right     Next Couple Go Left/Right
44. Zoom
45. Flutterwheel/Reverse Flutter
46. Sweep a Quarter
47. Veer Left / Veer Right
48. Trade By
49. Touch 1/4
50. Circulate Family
A. (named dancers) Circulate
B. All 8 Circulate
C. Couples Circulate
D. Single File Circulate
E. Split / Box Circulate
51. Ferris Wheel
MAINSTREAM PROGRAM
52.Cloverleaf
53.Turn Thru
54. Eight Chain Thru (1,2,3 etc.)
55.Pass to the Center
56. Spin The Top
57. Centers In
58. Cast Off 3/4

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59. Walk & Dodge
60. Slide Thru
61. Fold/Cross Fold
62. Dixie Style To An Ocean Wave
63. Spin Chain Thru
64.Tag The Line (In/Out/Left/Right)
65. Half Tag
66. Scoot Back
67. Single Hinge/Couples Hinge
68. Recycle (from Waves Only)

SUGGESTIONS FOR USE OF CHECK OFF LIST:

Put an X in the box corresponding to the movement and the night it was introduced.

Put an X in the box corresponding to the movement and the night it was next called and work shopped.

Put a / in the boxes when the movement is danced without difficulty and there after to keep track of calling the movement

NOTE: Movements in italic may be deferred until later in the teaching order.

*Suggested Teaching Order

CALLERLAB recommends that the BASIC & MAINSTREAM Programs, calls 1-69, be taught in not less than 58 hours. We are currently working on a recommended teach time for just the BASIC program.

CALLERLAB also recommends that calls be taught from more than a single position (formation and arrangement) and that styling and timing be included as part of the teaching program. Calls in italics may be deferred until later in the teaching sequence.

NOTE TO DANCE PROGRAMMERS

There is NO program called the Mainstream/Plus Program. No dancer is required to know Plus calls to attend a Mainstream open dance. Please advertise dance programs as Basic, Mainstream or Plus, NOT Mainstream/Plus.

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