Have you ever square danced?

[Grampa Don]

My mom signed me up for square dance lessons when I was about 10. She even made me a cowboy style shirt. It was fun, but I haven't done any since.

Do ce do and alemand left, or something like that.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Yes. I used to square dance when I was in public school.

 

[Pinky]

We learned square dancing in junior high school. Growing up in Vancouver, there was a square dance group that performed in Stanley Park through the summers, in the 60's.

 

[JBR]

Yes, I have. And when we were in small towns in Scotland, we did dances with locals that I'm sure had once provided the basis for square dancing.

 

[debodun]

Just as part of athletic class in high school. It was all girls, so half had to wear a short yellow apron to distinguish their "fill in" gender. Do-so-do and promenade!

 

[Knight]

Yes when I was about 14 or 15. Another teen organized the place to dance at a local fire station. The firemen helped by getting a caller that knew all the twists & turns of various steps. As I remember it began with few people participating but soon grew to a lot of adults & teens having a great time . Haven't danced since then but do remember that as being really fun.

 

[hawkdon]

well, sorta,,,,,my late wife got all workd up about i, and i had to go along....it
sucked for me...didn't last long tho.....

 

[Deya]

I learned it from a great uncle and aunt that played Cherokee fiddle and called square dances. I liked the fiddle playing, but not the calling or dancing. The nearest thing I used to do to it, is tribal dancing at pow wow. I am not really a country line dancing fan either. The older I get, the less I like dancing.

 

[Irishdude]

No. But it looks like fun.

 

[Elsie]

I may have, can't remember, but I do remember dancing with my sister during a barn dance and getting clunked in the head by the elbow of a big guy dancing by.

 

[That Lady in PA]

Mandatory at 6th grade gym class.
Used it a few times as an adult... what is well learned is not forgotten!

 

[RadishRose]

Yes, but only as part of gym class in school.

 

[Pappy]

Yes. When I was a teen. I would pick up my girl and we would head to Loomis Hayloft to go square dancing. Sometimes the real action was in the parking lot. A few too many beers can really get things going.

 

[Aunt Bea]

Not that I remember.

I did learn to line dance and yes there was alcohol involved.

 

[StarSong]

Sure did - started in elementary school and went right on through high school as part of PE classes. I found it to be great fun.

 

[Rae]

No, used to watch people square dance at events in Phoenix, Arizona, as a child. It looked like fun but complicated to me with the dance steps.

 

[bobcat]

Generally I don't care for structured dancing, but got invited to go square dancing in my 40's, so I went. It was actually a lot more fun than I thought it would be, especially at the beginner's level. Nobody takes anything seriously, and you get to dance with a lot of partners.
After that, I tried Polka, Swing Dancing, and Ballroom. It's all fun if you're adventurous.

 

[jujube]

We square-danced in elementary school and then occasionally at festivals, but not for many years. I always found it fun.

 

[Jules]

Yes. I used to square dance when I was in public school.

I think it’s part of our Canadian traditions to square dance at school.

 

[jim_slim]

Never have I ever……..

 

[KSav]

Yes! We had a square dance unit in PE when I was a senior in high school. I honestly loved it; it was so much fun. I'd love to try it again, but there are no local groups.

 

[palides2021]

At the Senior Center a couple of years ago, I joined their social square dancing class. Did it weekly for several months. Learned about 40 or so calls (I think there's like 75 calls). But people liked to push and shove you in the right place if you weren't where you needed to be, believe me. I got a little tired of it and moved on.

 

[Muskrat]

Did a lot of it in my youth. We lived in the phoenix area and there were a number of active clubs with great callers. My mother hauled us to all the dances untill I moved away in college. The drummer for a famous rock band also attended a club for singles…

 

[Flarbalard]

We square-danced in elementary school and then occasionally at festivals, but not for many years. I always found it fun.

When I was in grade school that was one of the PE units for 2 or 3 years. Haven't done it since.

 

[hollydolly]

yes many, many times