Square And Round Dance Lessons
| Contents |
| Overview |
| Information Needed |
| Dance Partners |
| List Of Upcoming Lessons |
| Contents |
| Overview |
| Information Needed |
| Dance Partners |
| List Of Upcoming Lessons |
If you've never experienced the wonderful world of square dancing, and its related fields...it's a worldwide hobby, done by dancers as young as 3 years old (such as with the Maycroft Square Tappers of Muskegon, Michigan (they combine square dancing and tap dancing for kids 3 to 18 years of age)), to dancers over 80 years of age.
All of the calls in square dancing, worldwide, are in ENGLISH. The term square dancing refers to the fractional, geometric formations done...and it has nothing to do with lifestyle.
Alcoholic beverages, before or during a dance, are STRICTLY PROHIBITED, and that's a hard and fast rule. Square Dancing, Round Dancing, etc. are holsum, family activities...and it's the DUTY of all dancers to see that it REMAINS that way. Many clubs have the authority to order ''a drunken dancer'' to leave the premises.
In class, ''angels'' (''experienced dancers'') help you, while you grasp the concepts...probably wondering if you'd ever understand the Square Dancers Bill Of Rights, or even make it to graduation, and the special dance there.
When the big day came, your class may have been over, but your journey was just beginning. The truth is, you're NEVER through learning...whether a dancer, a caller, a cuer, an instructor, or a leader.
To keep the hobby going, clubs have Lessons at various times of the year...where it's now YOUR TURN to recruit new dancers into this hobby, the fun and fascinating, worldwide, holsum, family activity, known as square and round dancing.
The first one or two lessons are usually FREE, so you can try it, and see if you like it. Classes may be twice a week for 10 weeks, once a week for 20 weeks, or some other schedule, and cost varies per club. This is to pay for the hall rent, and the caller/cuer for his/her teaching...although I can assure you that callers and cuers for square and round dancing, respectively, are NOT getting rich from the hobby.
1) The name of the host club(s).
2) The type of lessons (Square, Round, etc.).
3) If square dancing, the level taught (Basic, Mainstream, Plus, Advanced, or Challenge).
4) If round dancing, the Round Dance Phase (1 through 6).
5) The day and time the class will meet...with the first night of class, last night to join, etc.
6) The location (address, city, and state) of the lessons.
7) The name of the caller/cuer/instructor.
8) How long the class will last (10 weeks, 20 weeks, etc.).
9) The cost for the lessons.
10) A Contact Person (name, address, and phone) for more information.
Note that space in the class may or may not be limited...but you're encouraged to sign up with the contact person as soon as possible, if you know that you'd like to take lessons.
In getting a partner for lessons, husbands and wives will usually dance together (some clubs REQUIRE that both spouses take lessons at the same time), and singles usually will match up with a total stranger, who also wants to square dance.
Note that this ''partnership'' is for lessons ONLY...although I've known couples who met in class or at a dance in years past, when they were single...and they ended up getting married. However, there is NO GUARANTEE that you'll meet ''your future spouse'' at a dance, or at lessons...so, don't get the idea that just because you meet someone at a dance or at class, that you're going to end up becoming their spouse. I've danced with both married women, and single women...as long as they can dance, I don't care what their marital status, or private life off of the dance floor consists of.
As a square dance fun badge I saw once said...I'm Here For Dancin'...NOT Romancin'; especially since I'm still in mourning for my late wife, who died April 27, 2007, of a heart attack.
