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Square Dance: Table of Contents

Square Dance Basic 1: Separate

Separate at Taminations
Separate video (1:40 to 2:16, shows ‘heads separate, around 1 to a line’)

Basic 1

Separate

START:
couple

(shown here:
‘heads separate’) 		turn back-to-back;
walk around outside of square;
inactive dancers move to center
to get out of the way;
if no additional call,
stop when you
meet another dancer 		END:
facing dancers,
(or as determined
by next call)
memory device: man/woman separate and move in opposite directions
arms: natural dance position; woman's skirt work optional
Basic 1

head couples ...
... pass thru ...
... separate ...
... around 1 to a line
the call: ‘head couples pass thru, separate,
around 1 to a line’ 		(inactive dancers move out of way
so active dancers can squeeze in)

head couples ...
... pass thru ...
... separate ...
... around 2 to a line
the call: ‘head couples pass thru, separate,
around 2 to a line’ 		(pass right shoulders)