Welcome Fairs ‘n Squares Class Members!
Announcements
Plus & Mainstream calls taught on Thursday evening will be listed below. Check back often!
See links to instructional videos an apps below that show you how to execute each of the calls. They are an excellent tool to review what you have learned at class.
2024 Plus Class
The calls taught to date from our beginner’s Plus Class are listed below:
3/28/24
Linear cycle
Chase right
Fan the top
Peel off
3/21/24
Load the boat
Single circle to an ocean wave
Teacup chain
3/7/24
Crossfire
Spin chain the gears
Ping pong circulate
4/4/24
Relay the deucey
4/11/24
Trade the wave
Dixie grand
4/18/24
Track two
Peel the top
2/22/24
Acey Deucy
Grand swing thru
Explode the wave
Explode & anything
Diamond circulate
Cut the diamond
Flip the diamond
Tripple scoot
2/29/24
Coordinate
All 8 spin the top
2023/2024 Mainstream Class
The calls taught to date from our beginner’s Mainstream Class are listed below:
9/28/2023
Circle left
Forward & back
Dosado
Swing
Single file promenade
Star promenade
Allemande left
Right & left grand
Weave the ring
Pass through
Ladies in, men sashay
Backtrack
Courtesy turn
9/28/2023 (continued)
Two ladies chain
Four ladies chain
Lead right / lead left
Veer right / Veer left
Bend the line
Couples circulate
Right & left through
Grand square
10/5/2023
Chain down the line
Walk around the corner
See saw
Turn thru
U-turn back
10/12/2023
Step to a wave
Swing thru
Centers (boys) run
Boys/Girls/Couple trade
Star thru
California twirl
Wheel and deal
10/19/2023
Partner trade
California twirl
Single hinge
Touch 1/4
Trade by
Dive thru
Square thru (1-4)
10/26/2023
Double pass thru
First go left/right,
next go left/right
Zoom
Pass to the center
11/2/2020
Circulate a line
Roll away
Column circulate (single file)
Alamo ring
11/9/2020
Extend
Box the gnat
Pass the ocean
Flutterwheel
Reverse flutterwheel
11/16/2020
Sweep 1/4 or 1/2
Ferris wheel
Wheel around
Walk and dodge
12/7/2020
Do paso
Scoot back
Cloverleaf
Separate around 1 (or 2),
come into the middle
and split 2
11/30/2020
Star right/left
Split circulate (from lines)
Eight chain thru
12/14/2023
No new calls taught.
12/21/2023
Spin the top
Slide thru
1/4/2024
Tag the line
(full, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4)
Centers in
Cast off 3/4
1/18/2024
Spin chain thru
Recycle
Dixie style to an ocean wave
CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING THE MAINSTREAM SQUARE DANCE CALLS!
Need help remembering call movements?
1. Visit the Taminations website to view animations of square dance calls on your computer/laptop or download the Taminations app for your Apple or Android phone.
2. Go to Video Square Dance Lessons Online to see videos of dancers demonstrating the calls you learned at class.
Check out this index of Mainstream and Plus calls to watch instructive videos.
Revised: 4/23/2024