Square Dance Teaching Points
Plus
Rich Reel 19 Jun 2002
Unsorted Teaching Ideas
LoadB: "lets think about LoadB" ask the centers "which way is out?" (after talking about the 4 parts or in unusual starting position, esp. everyone doing center's part)
All 3 Diamond calls at Plus (D.Cir, FlipD, Cut.D) have the centers doing a D.Cir "so the centers always know what to do no matter which I call"
strategy: teach FYNbr (also Scoot) from [Q] *first* then teach it from [W]
SwThr &Roll: A-Trd E-Roll C-Trd &Roll
&Roll: "its a quarter turn on the spot you land on"
TeaCC: number the guys #1 (partner) thru guy #4 then use these numbers when cueing the girls
LoadB: (for centers) "out is toward your free hand"
after FYNbr set up same arrangement again: TrdWv SHing -or- SHing TrdWv
Coord: "one meets 3, Trade and hang on" -Ben Rubright
introduce &Roll gradually: one per class: PtTrd&Roll, SHing &Roll, BendL &Roll SwThr&Roll, etc.
(many formations) PeelO = 1/2of- Zoom C-UTurn
equiv for TrdWv [1W]/[2W]: "same sexes Trade"
TeaCC: Use a demo square and have all G step out. Have only one G demonstrate the call.
PeelO = "Put Trailers In" A-UTurn (UTurn AWAY from center)
FlipD "points flip your outside hand into the center"
XFire not a two part call (it used to be)
SCirW &Roll (legal?)
LoadB "outsides its like you're on the Promenade deck, centers its like you're wondering around
in the hallways looking for your cabins at 3 in the morning" -Donald Westcoat
SCirW handhold
ReDcy "go onto the end of the grand wave, never into the middle"
&Sprd (both kinds) "C become E, E become C"
XFire should have been named "follow your neighbor"
ReDcy: "64,64"
PeelO: think "Peel Out" / "Peel Away"
...more
A8SpTop: "arm turn 1/2, centers STAR!"
LoadB: "End dancers pass by 3 end dancers and face in after the 3rd one"
[5L2P] LoadB "centers might want to be facing your partner" RLG
ReDcy "see you Lucy"
"this is the ONE call where the ends are left alone and they have to keep moving"
points always end facing 180 deg after Cut.D or FlipD
[0Q] C-start a DixiG
LoadB "outsides pass 3 right shoulders and immediately face in - make a couple"
"insides pass out - make a couple. with this new partner - Trd PasTh"
Plus Teaching Points
3/4Tg 3/4 Tag The Line
&Roll (Anything) and Roll
Roll Twice (like UTurn)
teach: "do the <call name> and think about your last turning direction"
"Roll is like your feet get glued to a little turntable
on your ending spot for the previous call
then you turn your body one extra quarter"
"Roll will always give you a new partner"
pre-cue: "get to your ending spot"
cue: "in place"
"flap your arms and find a new partner"
&Roll-"everybody"
before teaching, warm up by workshoping:
DPT FaceI (gets dancers used to formation change with 1/4 turn)
Col.C FaceR
SHing UTurn (gets dancers used to turning in place after a
formation changing call)
easy:
[5TW] SHing &Roll to [0L]
[5C] A-Trd &Roll to [0L]
[0T] A-PtTrd &Roll to [0L]
&Sprd (Anything) and Spread
from [W]
[1W]: FYNbr &Sprd "the G are in"
from [P]
[LO]: WhlDl &Sprd
interesting note: this call combination rotates the L-H 3 dancers:
1-2-3-4 becomes 3-1-2-4
call 3 times is a zero
use this fact to help track arrangement
[S]: H-SldTh &Sprd
then A-StrTh &Sprd (...A-StrTh &Sprd...)
[S]: H-T1/4 &Sprd
AcyDy Acey Deucey
A8SpTop All 8 Spin the Top
cue: (as appropriate) "The B go in, the G move up"
"back to the same one"
"A8SpTop say 'see ya!' "
ChasR Chase Right
"chase her, chase her ... catch her with the right hand"
"ChasR doesn't actually go to the right, it actually goes to the spots behind you"
"there are people behind you - aim for those spots"
zero: [0LO] ChasR B-Run PasTh
LChas Left Chase
avoid "Chase Left" to prevent intitial motion the right (resulting in bad flow)
Coord Coordinate
teach: Cir 1-1/2: "no, no, YES"
D.Cir Diamond Circulate
"Do you know where you are going? Point to where you'll go next"
[facing D] "L hands, R finger"
Cut.D Cut The Diamond
FlipD Flip The Diamond
teach: "this call flips centers and ends"
"points flip in to become centers, ends D.Cir out to the end
of a forming wave"
"points will flip their outside hand in to the center to meet
and join with the other point who will be doing the same thing"
cue: "Flip a diamond, make a wave"
DixiG Dixie Grand
When you hear "dixie" think "R, L, R"
from [P], [M], [T], [B], [W]
ExpWv Explode the Wave
Take a tiny step forward, face the person next to you that was in your line, pull by with them - end back to back
"Take a tiny step forward and face that new partner next to you..."
"Take a peek, that's the person you will do a Pull-By with"
"Step, Face In, and Pull"
Expl& Explode And (anything)
Expl& RLT (even those who never heard this call know what to do)
Expl& FwdBk
Expl& SqTh3
Expl& T1/4
Expl& FwdBk
! Expl& Roll
[TW] Expl& (RLG!)
Ext Extend (from [W]) to [R]
tagging concept [P]-to-[Q]-to-[W]-to-[R]-to-[M]
from [L.W]
[L.0W] Ext "of course the B are in the center!"
from [Z] (i.e. after G-Fold, etc.)
FYNbr Follow Your Neighbor
from [1W] (no Sprd) cue: "B hold on"
leaders part same as SHing UTurn or Ca3/4 with imaginary person
from [Q]
from [L.W]
GSwTh Grand Swing Thru
GLSwT Grand Left Swing Thru
LGSwT Left Grand Swing Thru
combination: GSwTh SpTop "where are you in each wave of 4?"
LnCyc Linear Cycle
LoadB Load The Boat
LoadB- C-"only 3-1/2 parts, you'll have a wave" [0Q]
teach: C: PasTh, "turn your back on the other center", PtTrd "with new partner", PasTh
E: "The way you are facning, walk forward, pass 3 end people with R shoulders and immediately FaceI, make a couple"
"centers keep it tight"
cue: "Pass-Out, PtTrd, Pass-Thru"
PingP Ping Pong Circulate
PeelO Peel Off
teach: "FaceO, 'Keep Bending', as a couple, another quarter"
"like 1/2 Zoom, then new centers UTurn"
Cue: [L.0C] "G touch his outside shoulder" PeelO
PeelT Peel The Top
ReDcy Relay The Deucey
Teach for ReDcy "ends keep moving, ya' don't turn back"
teach with everyone next to their partner
"G looking in goes down the wave, G looking out goes 'window shopping' -Deborah Parnell 7/99
contrast with AcDcy
SCirW Single Circle To An Ocean Wave
"take both hands"
SCir3 Single Circle 3/4 To An Ocean Wave
SpChG Spin Ghain The Gears
Teach: before teaching, practice SpChT G-UTurn
after first arm turn 1/2, call parts make a palandrome
when stars turn say "gears, gears, gears!"
cue: (after the star turns) "B flip out!"
SpChX Spin Chain And Exchange The Gears
Teach: call SpChG and STOP! (at the point exchange begins)
"The one leading the parade ends as a center facing out"
H-TeaCC Head Ladies Center, Tea Cup Chain
Teach: Call 4LPromI "this is the progression"
"G, every other time you go into the center, the other 'other' times, you directly to the next corner guy"
S-TeaCC Side Ladies Center, Tea Cup Chain
HBTeaCC Head Boys Center, Beer Mug Chain
4LTeaCC All 4 Ladies To The Center, TeaCC
G count guys: 3-1-5-1
0LTeaCC All 4 Ladies To The R,
G count guys: 1-5-1-3
Common setup: 4LChn 4LChn DoPas TPtrL (don't finish second 4LChn)
Trak2 Track 2
zero: Trak2 SwThr C-Run Feris (rotates 180 deg)
TrdWv Trade The Wave
Xfire Crossfire
teach: "2 parts: 'Cross' and 'fire'"
"C 'cross' by Trading, E 'cross' by Cross Folding"
"'fire' is one step ahead - Extend"
Centers drop outside hand and Trd with center hand
A-Scoot Scoot Back from [Q]
A-Scoot "Grand" Scoot Back from [C]
SqT@n Square Thru, But On The n'th Hand
RLG@n
DxG@n
Obsolete
3Scot Triple Scoot
PtrTg Partner Tag
RemTh Remake the Thar
3Trad Triple Trade
Designators
Boys (Gents)
Girls (Ladies)
Heads (1 & 3)
Sides (2 & 4)
Leads
Lead Couple
Ends
Centers
Runners
Those Who Can
Those Facing Directly
Modifiers
Do Your Part
As If You Could
Left
Accross From You
On The Diaganal
In Your {formation}
1 Dancer B C D F L M P Q R S T W
FwdBk Y . . Y Y Y Y d d Y Y .
UTurn (no ptr)
&Roll
Face Y Y y Y Y Y Y y y yD Y Y
2 Dancers Ptrd B C D F L M P Q R S T W
WhlAr Y . . Y Y Y Y D D Y Y .
Trd Y Y C Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
CalTw N . . N N N N ON ON N N .
B-Run N N CN N N N N N N Y N N
G-Run N N CN N N N N N N Y N N
SHing . Y C C . . . C C . . Y
UTurn Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y y Y Y
Cast3 . Y C Y Y . . C C . . Y
G-Fold ?
B-Fold ?
CtsyT . . . . . . . . . . . .
HSash Y . . Y Y Y Y O O Y Y .
RollA Y . . Y Y Y Y O O Y Y .
1/4Mr
StepT TW . . . . . . . C C . . Y
2 Dancers Tndm B C D F L M P Q R S T W
RArmT ?
LArmT ?
DoSaD W Y . . . Y . C C! C! D C !
Swing W N . . N N2? . N N? N Y N N
StrTh N . . . N . C ? . D CN .
PsThr W Y . . . Y . C ? . D C Y
Touch Y . . . Y . C ? . D C .
T1/4 Y . . . Y . C ? . D C .
T1/2 Y . . . Y . C ? . D C .
LTuch Y . . . Y . C ? . D C .
SldTh W ? Y ! C! C! Y . C C! C! D C !
Ext Y y . c? Y . Y Y Y D? C Y
SCirW Y . . . Y . . . . D C .
TrnTh W Y y c C Y . C C C D C Y
LTrnT W Y y Lc . Y . C vc vc D C LC
StepW Y . . . Y . C . . D C .
StpLW Y . . . Y . C . . D C .
BxGnt W N . . . N . CN CN CN D CN N
SeSaw ! . . . ! . C! . . D! C! .
RStar Y? D Y c D . C D c D?
LStar Y? D Y c D . C D c D?
4 Dancer B C D F L M P Q R S T W
2LChn . . . . . . . . . . . .
RLT W . . . . . . . . . . . .
VeerL . . . . . . . . . . . .
G-Trd . . . . . . . . . . . .
SqThr W . . . . . . . . . . . .
SqTh# W . . . . . . . . . . . .
LSqTh . . . . . . . . . . . .
LSqT# . . . . . . . . . . . .
SwThr F . . . . . . . . . . . .
BendL . . . . . . . . . . . .
B-Trd . . . . . . . . . . . .
Scoot . . . . . . . . . . . .
PsOcn . . . . . . . . . . . .
Recyc . . . . . . . . . . . .
DPT W . . . . . . . . . . . .
WhlDl . . . . . . . . . . . .
D.Cir . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wk&Dg . . . . . . . . . . . .
ChasR . . . . . . . . . . . .
Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . .
1/2Zm . . . . . . . . . . . .
DixiS . . . . . . . . . . . .
FlutW . . . . . . . . . . . .
RvFlt . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sweep . . . . . . . . . . . .
LeadR . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Cir2L) . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tag . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tag_L . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tag_R . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tag_I . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tag_O . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tag_M . . . . . . . . . . . .
L #/4Tg . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cut.D . . . . . . . . . . . .
SpTop F . . . . . . . . . . . .
BxCir . . . . . . . . . . . .
ExpWv . . . . . . . . . . . .
FYNbr . . . . . . . . . . . .
&Sprd . . . . . . . . . . . .
LSwTh . . . . . . . . . . . .
FlipD . . . . . . . . . . . .
C-Fold . . . . . . . . . . . .
E-Fold . . . . . . . . . . . .
LnCyc . . . . . . . . . . . .
PeelT . . . . . . . . . . . .
ChDTL . . . . . . . . . . . .
TrdWv . . . . . . . . . . . .
LStar . . . . . . . . . . . .
XRun . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cpl.H . . . . . . . . . . . .
L FanTp F . . . . . . . . . . . .
VeerR . . . . . . . . . . . .
(DoPas)W ? . . . . . . . . . . . .
Expl& . . . . . . . . . . . .
XFire . . . . . . . . . . . .
C-Trd . . . . . . . . . . . .
E-Trd . . . . . . . . . . . .
PeelO . . . . . . . . . . . .
G-XFold . . . . . . . . . . . .
B-XFold . . . . . . . . . . . .
C-XFold . . . . . . . . . . . .
E-XFold . . . . . . . . . . . .
LChas . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cpl.T . . . . . . . . . . . .
FLNR . . . . . . . . . . . .
LeadL . . . . . . . . . . . .
LrTrd . . . . . . . . . . . .
SldAp . . . . . . . . . . . .
LSqTh . . . . . . . . . . . .
SplRg . . . . . . . . . . . .
RStar . . . . . . . . . . . .
Splt2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
(DivTh) . . . . . . . . . . . .
8 Dancer B C D F L M P Q R S T W
Cir2L . . . . . . . . . . . .
CirL . . . . . . . . . . . .
CirR . . . . . . . . . . . .
AL W . . . . . . . . . . . .
RLG W . . . . . . . . . . . .
Prom . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sw&Pr . . . . . . . . . . . .
H-Pr1/2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
S-Pr1/2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
H-RStar . . . . . . . . . . . .
S-RStar . . . . . . . . . . . .
H-2LChn . . . . . . . . . . . .
S-2LChn . . . . . . . . . . . .
4LChn . . . . . . . . . . . .
4LCh# . . . . . . . . . . . .
Weave . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cpl.C . . . . . . . . . . . .
DontS . . . . . . . . . . . .
H-WhlAr . . . . . . . . . . . .
S-WhlAr . . . . . . . . . . . .
GrSwT F . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cir . . . . . . . . . . . .
Feris . . . . . . . . . . . .
TrdBy . . . . . . . . . . . .
Trak2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
RemTh . . . . . . . . . . . .
GrSqr . . . . . . . . . . . .
4GPromI . . . . . . . . . . . .
4BPromI . . . . . . . . . . . .
AThar . . . . . . . . . . . .
Shoot Th
LoadB W? . . . . . . . . . . . .
G-Cir . . . . . . . . . . . .
B-Cir . . . . . . . . . . . .
PingP . . . . . . . . . . . .
Coord . . . . . . . . . . . .
A8SpTop F Th . . . . . . . . . . . .
SpltC . . . . . . . . . . . .
SepA1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Arnd1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
PsTTC W . . . . . . . . . . . .
ReDcy W . . . . . . . . . . . .
8ChTh W . . . . . . . . . . . .
8Chn# W . . . . . . . . . . . .
CtrIn . . . . . . . . . . . .
H-TeaCC . . . . . . . . . . . .
S-TeaCC . . . . . . . . . . . .
HBTeaCC . . . . . . . . . . . .
A8Cir . . . . . . . . . . . .
AcDcy . . . . . . . . . . . .
LyIMS . . . . . . . . . . . .
SlipC Th . . . . . . . . . . . Y
SpChX F . . . . . . . . . . . .
SpChG F . . . . . . . . . . . .
AArnd . . . . . . . . . . . .
WlkAC . . . . . . . . . . . .
DivTh . . . . . . . . . . . .
DoPas W . . . . . . . . . . . .
DixiG . . . . . . . . . . . .
Splt2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
WWGrd . . . . . . . . . . . .
Alamo . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pass1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fwd2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fwd3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Clovr . . . . . . . . . . . .
Balnc AlRg y
WWThr WWTh
3Scot . . . . . . . . . . . .
RolB1 Pr . . . . . . . . . . . .
SpChT . . . . . . . . . . . .
B-BkTrk . . . . . . . . . . . .
G-BkTrk StPr . . . . . . . . . . . .
E-Cir . . . . . . . . . . . .
C-Cir . . . . . . . . . . . .
CtrOu . . . . . . . . . . . .
ShooF Th . . . . . . . . . . . .
Divid . . . . . . . . . . . .
3Trad . . . . . . . . . . . .
AR . . . . . . . . . . . .
StarP . . . . . . . . . . . .
H-Pr.SF . . . . . . . . . . . .
TnBk1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Weave . . . . . . . . . . . .
SFGrSqr . . . . . . . . . . . .
B C D F L M P Q R S T W
Fractional