In square dancing, the dancers form a square of four couples. They dance by following the instructions of a caller, who gives a sequence of commands or “calls”. The calls are combined into patterns in such a way that dancers return to their original partner and their original “home” position by the end of the music.
Mainstream Program
The Mainstream square dance program includes fifty calls (or “moves”). You will learn about twelve of the easiest calls in the introductory dances or in the first regular lesson. In later lessons, the calls from previous weeks are reviewed and one or two new calls are added each week.
Click here to view a list of the calls in the Mainstream program
Click here to view more detailed information about the individual calls on the Calgary and District website.
Plus Program
After mastering the Mainstream program, dancers have an opportunity to move on to the Plus level, which adds another fifty moves and teaches more variations of the Mainstream moves. Our club offers one hour of Plus level dancing at the start of each regular dance. One local club offers Plus lessons.
Round Dancing
Round Dancing is choreographed ballroom dancing. At our club dances, the caller will often call a round dance between square dance sets. One local club teaches round dance lessons.
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