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Square dance caller

Also known as Square dance calling

Square dance caller: photograph by Deirdre 13:59, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Photo: Deirdre 13:59, 24 January 2007 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Read the caller's commands (swing, allemande, do-si-do, promenade) and move four couples on the floor so everyone ends where called.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of United States.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of The Americas: North America.

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