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    Welcome to the class notes directory!

    This page will be updated as the class progresses;
    (Last update: 2/27/2026)

Our 2026 Beginner's class began on January 20, 2026
The free weeks have passed but the activity is still a bargain!
Dues are only $20.00 per month. ($5.00 for an evening of fun!)

Classes are held every Tuesday from 7:30 to 9:00 PM.

A note to our newer dancers: Please try to attend each week!
Missing lessons will make the class more difficult for you --
and slow progress for the rest of the class as we catch you up.

(The hour from 6:30 to 7:30 will be a workout for our more experienced
dancers as Rich Reel (our caller) challenges them. Feel free to come
watch us as we make more advanced mistakes!)

In the lists below; calls will be marked as they are introduced to the class.



      
   January 27    (2nd free week of class):
Rich (our caller) reviewed most of what was
taught the 1st week and added a new call:
   Star Thru


    February 3:
Review of most of the previously taught calls
Added calls this week:
   Single Circle (1/2) - No animation yet
   U-Turn Back
   Wheel Around


    February 10:
In addition to review, the following calls were added
   Square Thru
   California Twirl
   Dive Thru



   February 17:
   Chain down the Line


   February 24:
   Double Pass Thru
   Wheel and Deal (Lines facing out)















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Basic Program - Part A

   ●   Naming of positions within the square
   ●   Circle - Right/left, All 8 or as named
   ●   Move Forward and Back
   ●   Dosado
   ●   Swing
   ●   Promenade (As Couples)
   ●   Promenade (Single File)
   ●   Star Promenade
   ●   Allemande Left
   ●   Arm Turns
   ●   Right and Left Grand
   ●   Weave The Ring
   ●   Right and Left Hand Stars
   ●   Pass Thru
   ●   Half Sashay
   ●   Rollaway
   ●   Ladies In, Men Sashay
   ●   U-Turn Back
   ●   Backtrack
   ●   Separate Around 1 or 2
   ●   Split Two
   ●   Courtesy Turn
   ●   Two Ladies Chain
   ●   Four Ladies Chain
   ●   Chain Down The Line
   ●   Do Paso
   ●   Lead Right (or Left)
   ●   Veer Left (or Right)
   ●   Bend the Line
   ●   Circulates from two faced lines (general)
   ●   --- Couples Circulate
   ●   --- Ends (Boys) Circulate
   ●   --- Centers (Girls) Circulate
   ●   Circulates from ocean waves (general)
   ●   --- Ends Circulate
   ●   --- Centers Circulate
   ●   --- All Eight Circulate
   ●   --- Split Circulate (from a wave)
   ●   Circulates from columns (general)
   ●   --- Column (or Single File) Circulate
   ●   --- Split Circulate (from a column)
   ●   Right and Left Thru
   ●   Grand Square
   ●   Star Thru
   ●   Double Pass Thru
   ●   First Couple Left, Next Couple Right
   ●   California Twirl
   ●   Walk around your corner
   ●   SeeSaw
   ●   Square Through
   ●   Circle to a line
   ●   Dive Thru


Basic Program - Part B

   ●   Wheel Around
   ●   Box the Gnat
   ●   General notes on Trade
   ●   Couples Trade
   ●   Ends (Boys) Trade (In 2 faced lines)
   ●   Girls Trade (In a normal line)
   ●   Centers (Girls) Trade (In a wave)
   ●   Partner Trade
   ●   Ocean Waves
   ●   Balance the Wave
   ●   The Alamo Ring
   ●   Swing Thru in an Alamo Ring
   ●   Swing Thru in Ocean Waves
   ●   Run
   ●   Run (in lines or waves)
   ●   Cross Run
   ●   Pass The Ocean
   ●   Extend
   ●   Wheel and Deal (from 2 faced lines)
   ●   Wheel and Deal (from normal lines)
   ●   Zoom
   ●   Flutter Wheel
   ●   Reverse Flutter Wheel
   ●   Sweep a Quarter
   ●   Trade By
   ●   Touch a Quarter
   ●   Ferris Wheel



Mainstream Program

   ●   Cloverleaf
   ●   Turn Thru
   ●   Eight Chain Thru
   ●   Pass To The Center
   ●   Allemande Thar (a formation)
   ●   Allemande Left to an Allemande Thar
   ●   Wrong Way Thar
   ●   Slip The Clutch
   ●   Shoot The Star
   ●   Hinge
   ●   Hinge (Couples)
   ●   Centers In
   ●   Cast Off 3/4 (from lines)
   ●   Cast Off 3/4 (from waves or mini-waves)
   ●   Spin The Top
   ●   Walk and Dodge
   ●   Slide Thru
   ●   Slide Thru (Same sex)
   ●   Fold
   ●   Cross Fold
   ●   Dixie Style to a Wave
   ●   Spin Chain Thru
   ●   Tag The Line
   ●   Fractional: Quarter Tag
   ●   Fractional: Half Tag
   ●   Fractional: Three Quarter Tag
   ●   Scoot Back
   ●   Recycle



Plus Program

   ●   Acey Deucey
   ●   Spin Chain the Gears
   ●   Grand Swing Thru
   ●   Triple Scoot
   ●   Teacup Chain
   ●   Ping Pong Circulate
   ●   Load The Boat
   ●   Peel Off
   ●   Coordinate
   ●   (Anything) and Spread
   ●   Track II
   ●   (Anything) and Roll
   ●   Follow Your Neighbor
   ●   Fan the Top
   ●   Dixie Grand
   ●   Spin Chain and Exchange the Gears
   ●   Explode the Wave
   ●   Explode and (Anything)
   ●   Crossfire
   ●   Relay the Deucey
   ●   Linear Cycle
   ●   Peel the Top
   ●   The Diamond - A new formation
   ●   Diamond Circulate
   ●   Cut the Diamond
   ●   Single Circle to a Wave
   ●   Trade the Wave
   ●   Flip the Diamond
   ●   All 8 Spin the Top
   ●   Chase Right