Western Square Dance?

BushogPapa

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Anyone on her Western Square Dance..???

We have many Clubs far and wide and what a "Caller" can do with a "Square" is mind-boggling..!!!

I had not ever seen this question raised and I bet there are a good number..

One thing..."Western Square Dancing" is not your old "How-down, Swing until you cannot stand up(and Beer?)"..

Western is so much a Challenge, Great exercise for Mind AND Body..

I HOPE some of you will find a local Club and Have some FUN...!!!!

Ron.
 
Never heard of a "Western" Square Dance.

Since the National Square Dance is in New York this year, that not very far west for some people.
 
WE have been square dancing like 6 years now and have danced in several states. Its fun and good physical as well as mental exercise. Its called Western style I believe but regardless its the exact SAME in all states we have danced in including Texas and Florida and Indiana and other places. We dance Mainstream and Plus and there are something like 100 calls to remember. Tons of Fun

John T
 
We Square Danced for a few years after we took lessons. We enjoyed it. Haven't been now for years. I never did get "load the boat" just looked for an outstretched hand.Enjoyed the alcohol free enviroment. And good food and conversation.Really enjoy a good caller, its quite a skill to judge the skills of your dancers and challenge them with a routine. We're pretty happy to stay at home and rest up for tomorrow. Fuddy duddies I guess. gobble
 
Never been a dance but years ago a friend now passed on her Dad was a dance caller and acording to what I understood the western is faster with more trickey foot work, if barly able to navigate a dance stay away from the western.
 


Oh, Every dance and every Caller is different and people get to know which ones they prefer to dance to..

The Dances can be easy "LOW" or more challenging "HIGH"..to higher levels (if ya want to), called "Dance by Definition (of each written part of each move) , A-2 which is even higher with new names fore combined moves, to "Challenge" level..

Great Callers will have you "Dancing" Dance moves while you follow the calls...!!!

ALL Levels are out there and all over ..!!

It does take about 5 months of One-a-week Lessons to be ready for moct "Plus Dances" and the Calls will be generally the same anywhere in the World (always in English)..

Hope you will pass this ON...our average ages are rising and this IS an amazingly FUN American Tradition....

Thanks to ALL..

Ron.
 

Thank you for the reply..!!

We are graduating about 16 New Dancers in a week or two and I saw one young man (11) doing a very nice job of dancing "Plus", last night..!!

Remember, YOU can always brush-up Free, by coming in to the Lessons and being an "Angel", to help the new students..

There are NO new Quarterly Moves now, so you do not "get behind" if you have not been out for a while..

I meet so many great people at the Dances....

At my Mother's Funeral, I stood for 4 Hours and clearly 1/3 of the people there were Western Square Dancers who Danced with my Mother or who do Dance now with my Brother and I...

I cannot say enough about the atmosphere and ethics..Nope, no alcohol is tolerated, like "Eastern"..!!

Please help promote Western Square Dancing...!!

Thank you..
Ron.
 

John, I belong to a group we started 26 years ago (Little Brown Jug, Delaware, Ohio), and go to a good number of other Clubs for "Steals" and banner Retrievals", etc..

But, our Favorite Club (in Columbus, Ohio) is the "High-Timers".

It usually called by Mark Clausing and Cindy Whitaker. They Call mostly in the Cincinnati area and mostly "A-s level", Mark has been a National Caller and both are Fantastic to dance to..!

If you run across them, go and have a Great time, they DO things with the Floor that just are SO Fresh and FUN..!!

Look up Mark's "Fisherman's Luck"..!!

Mark has a Publishing Co ...

Sure GOOD to know we have this in common...!

Ron.
 

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