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Table of Contents
1 -
INTRODUCTION
2 -
THE LANGUAGE OF SQUARE DANCING
3 -
A FEW NOUNS
4 -
A FEW VERBS
5 -
A FEW MORE VERBS
6 -
FIRST REVIEW
7 -
THE SQUARED SET
8 -
IDENTIFYING COUPLES
9 -
VERBS RELATING TO A SQUARED SET
10 -
CIRCLES
11 -
ALLEMANDE LEFT / RIGHT AND LEFT GRAND
12 -
OTHER ACTIONS IN A SQUARED SET
13 -
SECOND REVIEW
14 -
SOME VERBS THAT APPLY TO ONE COUPLE
15 -
SOME VERBS THAT APPLY TO TWO COUPLES
15.1 -
RIGHT AND LEFT THRU
15.2 -
VEER
15.3 -
BEND THE LINE
16 -
A GENERAL-PURPOSE VERB - CIRCULATE
16.1 -
BOX CIRCULATE
17 -
PARALLEL LINES
17.1 -
COUPLES CIRCULATE
17.2 -
LINES AND BOXES
18 -
THIRD REVIEW
19 -
MAKING WAVES
19.1 -
SINGLE CIRCLE TO A WAVE
19.2 -
PASS THE OCEAN
19.3 -
STEP THRU
20 -
ANOTHER GENERAL-PURPOSE VERB - TRADE
20.1 -
PARTNER TRADE
21 -
CIRCULATES AND TRADES IN WAVES
22 -
FOURTH REVIEW
23 -
SOME ADDITIONAL USEFUL VERBS
23.1 -
SWING THRU
23.2 -
PASS TO THE CENTER
23.3 -
TRADE BY
23.4 -
DOUBLE PASS THRU
23.5 -
COLUMN CIRCULATE
24 -
AN 'IRREGULAR VERB' - RUN
25 -
FIFTH REVIEW
26 -
MORE REGULAR VERBS - FACING COUPLES
26.1 -
LADIES CHAIN
26.2 -
FLUTTERWHEEL
26.3 -
SQUARE THRU
27 -
MORE REGULAR VERBS - BOXES
27.1 -
SCOOT BACK
27.2 -
WALK AND DODGE
27.3 -
ZOOM
28 -
SIXTH REVIEW
29 -
WHEELING AND DEALING
30 -
FERRIS WHEEL
31 -
CIRCLES AND STARS
32 -
MORE ARM TURN VERBS
32.1 -
HINGE
32.2 -
TOUCH 1/4
32.3 -
CAST OFF 3/4
32.4 -
SPIN THE TOP
33 -
SEVENTH REVIEW
34 -
VERBS INVOLVING FOLDING
34.1 -
RECYCLE
35 -
DIAMONDS
35.1 -
CUT THE DIAMOND
36 -
VERBS RELATED TO TAGGING
36.1 -
1/2 TAG
36.2 -
EXTEND
37 -
EIGHTH REVIEW
38 -
SUFFIX CALLS
38.1 -
ROLL
38.2 -
SWEEP 1/4
39 -
ALAMO RINGS
40 -
SOME ALMOST-SYNONYMS
41 -
NINTH REVIEW
42 -
A FEW MORE COMPLEX CALLS
42.1 -
CLOVERLEAF
42.2 -
PING PONG CIRCULATE
42.3 -
TRACK 2
42.4 -
GRAND SQUARE
42.5 -
LOAD THE BOAT
43 -
THE STRUCTURE OF A TIP
43.1 -
SINGING CALLS
43.2 -
CORNER PROGRESSION
44 -
FINAL REVIEW