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    • About
    • 2025 Caller Line-Up
    • Officers & Directors
    • Lessons
    • Other Area Clubs & Events
    • Orange Blossom Specials
    • Banner Raids & Visits
    • Videos
    • Event Photo Albums
      • Student Graduations
      • Conventions & Festivals
      • Non-Holiday Sunday Dances
      • Golf Tournament
      • Other Events
    • Holiday Photo Albums
      • New Year's Eve Dance
      • Valentine's Day
      • Mardi Gras Dance
      • St. Patrick's Day Dance
      • Easter Dance
      • Cinco de Mayo Dance
      • Mother's Day Dance
      • Memorial Day
      • Father's Day
      • Independence Day Dance
      • Halloween Dance
      • Christmas Dance
    • A Look at Our Past
      • Featured Stories
      • Past Presidents
      • Callers & Cuers
    • Square Dance Guidelines
      • Ten Commandments
      • Square Dance Manners
      • Tips for Better Dancing
      • New Dancer Suggestions

  • Home
  • About
  • 2025 Caller Line-Up
  • Officers & Directors
  • Lessons
  • Other Area Clubs & Events
  • Orange Blossom Specials
  • Banner Raids & Visits
  • Videos
  • Event Photo Albums
    • Student Graduations
    • Conventions & Festivals
    • Non-Holiday Sunday Dances
    • Golf Tournament
    • Other Events
  • Holiday Photo Albums
    • New Year's Eve Dance
    • Valentine's Day
    • Mardi Gras Dance
    • St. Patrick's Day Dance
    • Easter Dance
    • Cinco de Mayo Dance
    • Mother's Day Dance
    • Memorial Day
    • Father's Day
    • Independence Day Dance
    • Halloween Dance
    • Christmas Dance
  • A Look at Our Past
    • Featured Stories
    • Past Presidents
    • Callers & Cuers
  • Square Dance Guidelines
    • Ten Commandments
    • Square Dance Manners
    • Tips for Better Dancing
    • New Dancer Suggestions

New Dancer Suggestions

Dance at Other Clubs

Your home club needs your support and there should always be a special place for the club where you learned to dance, but you are missing one of the great things about square dancing if you only dance with your home club. Check out the listings for other area clubs and events.

Dance to Other Callers

During lessons, you tuned into the caller who taught you and you will always have a special place for him or her. Every caller has a different style - that's part of the fun!

Dance in the Front of the Hall

The tendency for newer dancers is to hide in the back of the hall where a dancer thinks the caller can't see a square break down. A good caller watches the whole floor, including the back square. Don't be afraid to dance up front.

Dance with Experienced Dancers

Sometimes an outreached hand from a more experienced dancer is all your square needs to keep going. Everyone was once a new dancer and remembers how that feels.

Touch Hands after Every Move

Establish your position by touching hands after every move. If you are lost, at least you'll have company!

Keep Dancing

To use all the information you have learned and to make it become second nature, it's important to practice, practice, practice!

Be Aware of Your Level

Look for dances advertised at the level you know. 

Square Dance for Fun

The odds are pretty good that someone is going to make a mistake (even the caller makes one occasionally). Don't worry about whose fault it was - it doesn't matter. Regroup and keep smiling!

Squaring Up

Jump right up when the music starts. Get into the first open square. Do not pass one up. Introduce yourself, smile and have fun! Thank everyone when the tip is over.

Credit to American Square Dance Magazine March 2013

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