CALLERLAB Basic & Mainstream Program List

 

Revised October 15, 2009 


  1. Circle Left/Circle Right
  2. Forward & Back
  3. Dosado/Dosado to a Wave
  4. Swing
  5. Promenade/
    Single File Promenade
    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 & 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 Around 1 or 2
    1. to a Line
    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
  19. Veer Left/Veer Right
  20. Bend the Line
  21. Circulate Family
    1. (named dancers) Circulate
    2. All 8 Circulate
    3. Couples Circulate
    4. Single File Circulate
    5. Split/Box Circulate
  22. Right and Left Thru
  23. Grand Square
  24. Star Thru
  25. Circle to a Line
  26. Walk Around the Corner
  27. See Saw
  28. Square Thru (1,2,3,4)/
    Left Square Thru (1,2,3,4)
  29. California Twirl
  30. Dive Thru
  1. Wheel Around
  2. Thar Family
    1. Allemande Thar
    2. Allemande Left to an Allemande Thar
    3. Wrong Way Thar
  3. Shoot the Star/
    Shoot the Star Full Around
  4. Slip the Clutch
  5. Box the Gnat
  6. Trade Family
    1. (named dancers) Trade
    2. Couples Trade
    3. Partner 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 (from 1/4 Tag only)
  13. Wheel & Deal
  14. Double Pass Thru
  15. First Couple Go Left/Right, Next Couple Go Left/Right
  16. Zoom
  17. Flutterwheel/ Reverse Flutterwheel
  18. Sweep a Quarter
  19. Trade By
  20. Touch 1/4
  21. Ferris Wheel
  1. Cloverleaf
  2. Turn Thru
  3. Eight Chain Thru
    Eight Chain 1,2,3,etc.
  4. Pass to the Center
  5. Single Hinge/Couples Hinge 
  6. Centers In
  7. Cast Off 3/4
  8. Spin the Top
  9. Walk & Dodge
  10. Slide Thru
  11. Fold/Cross Fold
  12. Dixie Style to an Ocean Wave
  13. Spin Chain Thru
  14. Tag the Line (In/Out/Left/Right)
  15. Half Tag
  16. Scoot Back
  17. Recycle (from a wave only)

CALLERS ARE REMINDED TO LIMIT THEIR CALLS TO THE ADVERTISED PROGRAM. CALLS FROM A LIST OTHER THAN ADVERTISED SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS THEY ARE WALKED THROUGH OR WORKSHOPPED FIRST

Suggested Teaching Order
CALLERLAB recommends that the BASIC and MAINSTREAM Program, calls 1-68, be taught in not less than 58 hours.  We are currently working on a recommended teach time for just the BASIC program. CALLERLAB also recommends that calls be taught from more than a single position (formation and arrangement) and that styling and timing be included as a part of the teaching program. Calls in italics may be deferred until later in the teaching sequence.

NOTE TO DANCE PROGRAMMERS
There is NO program called the Mainstream/Plus Program. No dancer is required to know Plus calls to attend a Mainstream open dance. Please advertise dance programs as Mainstream or Plus, NOT Mainstream/Plus.

These lists are furnished through the courtesy of CALLERLAB and your local CALLERLAB callers.

Copyright © 1998-2009 CALLERLAB.  All Rights Reserved.