Index to Mainstream Square Dance Lessons on YouTube
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"Dosado with Your Partner"
In 2011 the SaddleBrooke Squares club of Tucson, AZ (not shown here) uploaded a set of videos to YouTube that show how to dance most of the mainstream dance calls. These are an invaluable resource for helping beginners answer that all too common question:"How do you do that call again?"
These videos are also known to be used by experienced dancers who need to brush up on a call or two.
Each video includes multiple calls, and it can be a little hard to find the single call that you want. The links below take you straight to the call.
There is one thing to note. If you are taking square dance lessons through a local club, you're likely to find that a few of the calls are taught slightly differently than what you have learned locally. While square dancing has become surprisingly standardized throughout many countries around the world, there are still local conventions that result in slight differences. Don't let these minor differences in the videos throw you off. Just relax and remember that your local square dance community wants you to succeed. Keep in mind that square dancing is all about fun -- it's just friendship set to music.
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4 Boys Promenade4 Ladies Promenade
8 Chain 4/Thru
A
Alamo Style WaveAll Around your Left Hand Lady
Allemande Left
Allemande Thar
B
Back TrackBend the Line
Box the Gnat
C
California TwirlCast Off 3/4
Centers In/Out
Chain Down the Line
Circle to a Line
Circulates (Column, Box, Split, 1 1/2)
Circulates (Ends, Centers, Couples, All 8)
Cloverleaf
Couples Hinge
Couples Trade
Courtesy Turn
Cross Fold
Cross Run
D
Dive ThruDixie Style to an Ocean Wave
Do Paso
Do Sa Do
Double Pass Thru
E
Eight Chain Four/ThruExtend
F
Ferris WheelFlutter Wheel
Folds
Forward and Back
Four Boys Promenade
Four Ladies Promenade
G
Grand SquareGrand, Right & Left
H
Half SashayHalf Tag the Line
I
(none)J
(none)K
(none)L
Ladies Chain (Heads, Sides, 3/4, All)Ladies In, Men Sashay
Ladies/Gents Promenade
Lead to the Right
Left Square Thru
Left Swing Thru
M
(none)N
(none)O
Ocean WaveP
Partner TradePass Thru
Pass the Ocean
Pass to the Center
Promenade 1/2
Promenade Full, 3/4
Promenade, Single File
Promenade
Put Centers In
Put Centers Out
Q
(none)R
RecycleReverse Flutter Wheel
Right & Left Thru
Right Hand Turn
Roll Away with a Half Sashay
Run (Boys, Girls, Centers, Ends)
S
Scoot BackSee Saw
Separate
Shoot the Star
Single Hinge
Slide Thru
Slip the Clutch
Spin Chain Thru
Spin the Top
Split the Outside Couple
Square Thru (2,3,4)
Star Left/Right
Star Promenade
Star Thru
Step to an Ocean Wave
Sweep a Quarter
Swing Thru
Swing
T
Tag the LineThar
Touch a Quarter
Trade By
Trades (Boys, Girls, Ends, Centers)
Turn Thru
U
U Turn BackV
Veer Left/RightW
Walk & DodgeWave Balance (this starts with Alamo Style Wave)
Weave the Ring
Wheel & Deal (Lines of 4)
Wheel & Deal (Two Faced Line)
Wheel Around
Wrong Way Grand
Wrong Way Thar
X
(none)Y
(none)Z
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