CALLERLAB Basic Programs
September 1, 2021


Basic Program - Part 1

  1. Circle Left/Circle Right
  2. Forward & Back
  3. Dosado/Dosado to a Wave
  4. Swing
  5. Promenade Family
    1. Couples (Full, 1/2, 3/4)
    2. Single File Promenade
    3. Wrong Way Promenade
    4. Star Promenade
  6. Allemande Left
  7. Arm Turns
  8. Right and Left Grand Family
    1. Right and Left Grand
    2. Weave the Ring
    3. Wrong Way Grand
  9. Left-Hand Star/Right-Hand Star
  10. Pass Thru
  11. Half Sashay Family
    1. Half Sashay
    2. Rollaway
    3. Ladies in, Men Sashay
  12. Turn Back Family
    1. U-Turn Back
    2. Backtrack
  13. Separate
    1. Around 1 or 2 to a Line
    2. Around 1 or 2 and come into the middle
  14. Split Two
  15. Courtesy Turn
  16. Ladies Chain Family
    1. Two Ladies Chain (Reg. and 3/4)
    2. Four Ladies Chain (Reg. and 3/4)
    3. Chain Down the Line
  17. Do Paso
  18. Lead Right / Lead Left
  19. Veer Left / Veer Right
  20. Bend the Line
  21. Circulate Family
    1. (Named dancers) Circulate
    2. Couples Circulate 
    3. All 8 Circulate
    4. Single File Circulate
    5. Split/Box Circulate
  22. Right and Left Thru
  23. Grand Square
  24. Star Thru
  25. Double Pass Thru
  26. First Couple Go Left/Right, Next Couple Go Left/Right
  27. California Twirl
  28. Walk Around the Corner
  29. See Saw
  1. Square Thru (1,2,3,4) / Left Square Thru (1,2,3,4)
  2. Circle to a Line
  3. Dive Thru


    Basic Program - Part 2
  4. Wheel Around / Reverse Wheel Around
  5. Box the Gnat
  6. Trade Family
    1. Trade
    2. Partner Trade
    3. Couples Trade
  7. Ocean Wave Family
    1. Step to a Wave
    2. Balance
  8. Alamo Style
  9. Swing Thru / Left Swing Thru
  10. Run / Cross Run
  11. Pass the Ocean
  12. Extend
  13. Wheel and Deal
  14. Zoom
  15. Flutterwheel / Reverse Flutterwheel
  16. Sweep a Quarter
  17. Trade By
  18. Touch 1/4
  19. Ferris Wheel

 

* Suggested Teaching Order. Calls in italics may be deferred until later in the teaching sequence. Recommended placement of some of these calls has been indicated with an asterisk.

CALLERLAB recommends that the BASIC Programs, calls 1-51, be taught in not less than 44 hours. CALLERLAB also recommends that calls be taught from more than a single position (formation and arrangement) and that styling and timing be included as part of the teaching program.