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A square dance is a dance for four couples, or eight dancers in total, arranged in a square, with one couple on each side, facing the middle of the square. Square dances are part of a broad spectrum of dances known by various names: country dances, traditional dances, folk dances, barn dances, ceilidh dances, contra dances, Playford dances, etc.
The square functions as a "dance team" for the duration of a square dance tip, a group of dances usually separated from the next tip by a pause during which the dancers regroup into new squares. A square dance tip is usually composed of a combination of patter calls and singing calls, the two types of square dance calls.
The line during the square-dance ending that goes: Grab a fence post, hold it tight/Whomp yer partner wit' all yer might/Hit 'im in the shin, hit 'im in the head/Hit 'im again, the critter ain't dead/Whomp 'im low an' Whomp 'im high/Stick yer finger in his eye/Pretty li'l rhythm, pretty li'l sound/Bang yer head against the ground (and the ...
Many states of the United States have adopted official dances as one of their state symbols.The practice has extended to U.S. territories and Washington, D.C. [1]. Starting in the 1970s, many states adopted square dance as their state dance, the result of a campaign by square dancers to make it the national dance.
In square dancing, and in particular modern western square dance, when a promenade is called it is understood to be a "couples' promenade" involving all four couples.The couples assume a promenade position, each turn to the right as a unit, and walk counterclockwise around the ring.
What: Capital Twirlers square dance Introductory Open House & Lessons When: 7-8 p.m. Jan. 22, free; dance lessons start 7-8 p.m. Jan. 29; $3 per lesson, continuing on Monday nights for the next 12 ...
As it turned out, 28 states had made square dancing the state dance as a part of a larger push in the late 1960’s to make folk dancing the national dance.
Right and left grand, also known as grand right and left, is a square dance move in which all eight dancers in the set, moving in a circular fashion, execute a series of four alternating hand pull-bys (right pull by, left pull by, right pull by, left pull by). Men (or gents) travel counter-clockwise around the ring, and ladies travel clockwise.