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SQUARE DANCE LESSON AMERICAN CALLERS ASSOCIATION ONE FLOOR PROGRAM Sample lesson plan
LESSON 1 BASIC SQUARE Dancer Naming - Partner/Corner -Heads/Sides -Couples 1. FORWARD AND BACK 2. ALLEMANDE LEFT / ARM TURNS 3. PROMENADE (full, 1/2, and single file) 4. RIGHT & LEFT GRAND / WEAVE THE RING 5. CIRCLE FAMILY (circle 4 or 8 - right/left -1/2 -full . ) 6. SWING 7. RIGHT HAND STAR / LEFT HAND STAR (boys/girls-heads/sides and from single file promenade.) 8. PASS THRU 9. PARTNER TRADE / CALIFORNIA TWIRL (partner trade with hands) 10. DO SA DO 11. ALL-ROUND THE LEFT HAND LADY & SEE SAW LESSON 2 review previous lesson and teach lesson 2 12. SEPARATE 13. COURTESY TURN 14. LADIES CHAIN FAMILY (two ladies, four ladies, and 3/4.) 15. STAR THRU 16. SLIDE THRU LESSON 3 review previous and teach lesson 3 17. DIVE THRU (same thing without hands is.) PASS TO THE CENTER 18. GRAND SQUARE 19. BEND THE LINE
LESSON 4 review previous and teach 4 20. SQUARE THRU FAMILY (1-5) 21. LEAD RIGHT & CIRCLE TO A LINE 22. STAR PROMENADE
LESSON 5 review previous and teach 5 23. THAR FAMILY (allemande thar, shoot the star.) 24. SLIP THE CLUTCH 25. ROLLAWAY HALF SASHAY (ladies in men sashay) 26. U-TURN BACK / BACK TRACK 27. WHEEL AROUND
LESSON 6 review previous and teach 6 28. RIGHT & LEFT THRU 29. OCEAN WAVE (right hand wave and alamo style.) 30. PASS THE OCEAN
LESSON 7 review 6 and teach 7 31. SWING THRU (do not teach left swing thru until you have taught runs and trades.) 32. RUN FAMILY / CROSS RUN (ends, centers, boys, and girls.) 33. DOUBLE PASS THRU
LESSON 8 review 7 and teach 8 34. TRADE FAMILY (from lines facing out boys, girls, ends, centers and couples.) ( from ocean waves and two face lines. boys, girls, ends, centers, and couples.) ( couples trade 1/2 from a two face line and then bend to face and you have taught the next call.) 35 WHEEL AND DEAL FAMILY (lines out and two face lines.)
LESSON 9 review 8 and teach 9 36. EXTEND 37. ZOOM 38. CENTERS IN 39. CAST OFF 3/4 40. TOUCH 1/4
LESSON 10 review 9 and teach 10 41. TRADE BY 42. FLUTTER WHEEL / REVERSE FLUTTER WHEEL 43. CIRCULATE FAMILY (couples , boys, girls, ends, centers, all eight, split,box, and single file.)
SQUARE DANCE LESSON AMERICAN CALLERS ASSOCIATION ONE FLOOR PROGRAM
LESSON 11 review 10 and teach 11 44. VEER RIGHT / VEER LEFT 45. SWEEP A QUARTER 46. EIGHT CHAIN FOUR (if you need 8 do it twice) 47. FERRIS WHEEL
LESSON 12 review 11 and teach 12 48. SPIN THE TOP 49. HINGE FAMILY-COUPLES -PARTNER-SINGLE 50. WALK AND DODGE 51. FOLD / CROSS FOLD
LESSON -13 review12 and teach 13 52. SPIN CHAIN THRU 53. TAG THE LINE / HALF TAG (in / out-right / left)
LESSON 14 review 13 and teach 14 54. TURN THRU (easy teach extend-trade-exten 55. SCOOT BACK (easy teach extend-trade-extend - outfacers fold) 56. RECYCLE
LESSON 15 review 14 and teach 15 57. CLOVERLEAF 58. DIXIE STYLE TO A WAVE 59 TEA CUP CHAIN
LESSON--16 review 15 and teach 16 60 DIAMONDS (circulate, flip & cut) 61 LOAD THE BOAT 62 PING PONG CIRCULATE
LESSON 17 review 16 and teach 17 63 TRACK TWO 64 RELAY THE DEUCEY
LESSON 18 review 17 and teach 18 65 FOLLOW YOUR NEIGHBOR 66 ANYTHING & SPREAD 67 COORDINATE
FOR THE NEXT TWO LESSONS DANCERS WILL NEED TO DO LOTS OF REVIEWING.
If you can teach two nights a week, you will find the above can be taught in 10 weeks ACA recommends two or more hours a week for this suggested twenty week lesson plan. Some Callers will want to change or defer certain calls until later to fit their teaching style.
We talk to callers that say they have a hard time getting dancers to do the center part of load the boat. A suggestion have the dancers in two couple squares. Tell them that are four parts for the centers in load the boat Have them count each part as they go through them. Part 1- PASS THRU Part 2 Tell them now to turn their back on the dancer beside them.(this is-what they do when they face out . Part 3 Tell them to touch the hand of the new dancer beside them and PARTNER TRADE. Part 4 PASS THRU. (No one has trouble with 4 parts for the end dancer.)This way they all learn the hard part at once) Now have the dancers to HALF SASHAY and do all four center parts again with two couple squares. If you will try this you may find that LOAD THE BOAT is a easy teach.
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