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Media Articles on Square Dancing
This summary article contains a table that points to a number of media articles about square dancing or people involved in square dancing. They frequently contain information useful in the ... Read More
Facebook Stories About Using Social (formerly Sustainable) Square Dance (SSD)
Dean Dederson posted a question in the Sustainable Square Dance group in Facebook. The answers provided by Barry Johnson and Joni Micals constitute an excellent Winning Ways story on using ... Read More
Health Plan Newsletter Extols Square Dancing
SCAN is a health plan that publishes a newsletter for its members. The January 2016 edition contained an article talking about the benefits of square dancing for physical, social, and ... Read More
Social Square Dance (SSD) Teaching Guide
The Social Square Dance system is designed to create a 50 call entry program that can be taught quickly, roughly 12 weeks, and yet serve as a realistic destination program ... Read More
Save Square Dancing With SSD
This story by two of SSD's most prominent practitioners goes over the rationale and usage of the system and how it has been shown to address square dancing's most prominent ... Read More
Definitions for partially inclusive dancing – Dancing for Everybody
Birgit Rudolf has created a special set of Basic and Mainstream definitions that include information about how calls can be executed by dancers with mobility or sensory challenges ... Read More
Experimental Lesson Systems
This article summarizes several experimental approaches to teaching new dancers known to be in use at the time of writing. All of these systems are aimed at the recruiting of ... Read More
Promoting Square Dancing Homepage
The Promoting Square Dancing category contains articles containing information pertaining to the promotion of the square dance activity in general, as opposed to promotion of a specific event or club ... Read More
CALLERLAB Convention Audio Recordings (as of Oct 31, 2018)
Each year the CALLERLAB Convention provides two full days of education and information sessions. For many years audio recordings have been made of selected sessions, and latterly some have also ... Read More
CALLERLAB Program Documents
This summary points to the primary program-related documents that have been officially published by CALLERLAB. This includes program lists, call definitions, timing charts, lesson checklists, teaching tips, formation charts, standard ... Read More
A Step in Time – The American Square Dance (book)
This book traces the history of the American Square Dance from its earliest roots to modern day. It was compiled by reviewing the documents and artifacts donated by the Square ... Read More
Behind The Mike Newsletter
Barry Wonson edits an Australian caller newsletter called Behind The Mike. It consistently presents a wealth of useful information for callers and dance leaders. You can subscribe to have editions ... Read More
Social Connections
Useful links to other square dance information ... Read More
SSD Documentation and Support Materials
This article collects in one place documentation and materials that support the use of the SSD system. Some were created by the CALLERLAB SSD Committee while others were created by ... Read More
Teaching Orders
When planning for a class, regardless of program, one of the earliest decisions is to determine the order in which calls will be taught. This article collects information about a ... Read More
Social Square Dance (SSD / Sustainable SD / Club50) Teaching Videos
North Shore Squares dances in Evanston, ILL and has been using the Sustainable Square Dance (also known as SSD and Club 50) teaching list as their intake level. To help ... Read More
CALLERLAB Published Document Register
This article contains a register of documents and materials that CALLERLAB has published for external distribution and usage ... Read More
Dancing In A Social Club
The Kittyhawk Squares are a social club that square dances and not a square dance club that socializes. We have an excellent home dance location: The Lathrem Senior Center of ... Read More
Square Dancing in Schools – Teacher Workshop – CA
This report provides information from Santa Clara County, California about Teaching Square Dancing in the Classroom in a program called "Workshop for Teachers" ... Read More
Dancing Makes You Smarter
This article by Richard Powers discusses the findings of a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2003 which found that dancing offers protection against dementia. Square ... Read More
List of Sound Equipment For Square Dancing (CDLS 2017 Handout)
This 2-page document lists some of the commonly used sound equipment used for square dancing and where it may be obtained. It is a handout from a presentation at the ... Read More
Square Dance History Project
Despite its popularity, the history of square dance has been sparsely documented. Only a few currently published and available books offer any detailed discussion of the development of this form ... Read More
Social Square Dance (SSD) Alphabetical Call List
Thanks to Kurt Gollhardt for producing this single page that alphabetically lists the calls used in the new CALLERLAB Social Square Dance program. The sheet highlights the calls from the ... Read More
“Selling” Square Dancing To New People
This article describes some dos and don'ts when talking to new people about square dancing. How to best make it appealing and engage their interest ... Read More
Calling For Modern Square Dancing
This 79-page caller text was written in 1966 by Jim Mayo, a square dance calling icon and a founding father of CALLERLAB. Despite its original publication date, this is not ... Read More