SQUARE DANCE
1. There are 4 couples in a square.
2. The lady is always to the man's right.
3. The corner is on the other side of each
person.
4. The "lady on your right" is the
lady in the couple to the right of each man (not his partner).
5. Couple #1 has their backs to the music. 3
6. Couples are numbered counterclockwise:
4 2
7. Head couples are #1 and #3. 1
8. Side couples are #2 and #4.
9. Promenade is done counterclockwise.
10. Allemande means join hands, turn the
person around, and come back to your place.
11. Do-si-do means pass right shoulder to
right shoulder, back to back, left shoulder to left shoulder.
12. Grand right and left starts with your
right hand. Ladies go clockwise and men go counterclockwise.
13. Home position is the place where you
start each dance.
14. Ladies chain--ladies shake right hands
in the middle, left hand to the boy
across from them. Chain home means repeat it and come back to your partner.
15. A square dance has 4 parts:
Introduction--example:
all join hands and circle left
Main
figure --example: pass the left hand lady under
Break
--example: swing and promenade or grand right and left
Ending
--example: allemande left, grand right & left
16. Examples of square dances are: Hot Time,
Texas Star, Pass the Left Hand Lady Under.
17. Example of a double circle: Heel and
Toe.
18. Example of a line dance is: Virginia
Reel, DC Stroll.
19. Example of single circle: Oh Johnny.