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                                               WEST COAST SQUARE DANCING
                                                       FLEXIBLE LEARNING
                                                  Caller/Teacher Information        
 
 
Note to Callers:
In order to facilitate the “Flexible Learning Program” some minor adjustments have been made to the West Coast teaching order. The concept behind flexible learning is that rather than teach the curriculum in a strictly linear fashion, the course is designed to be delivered in three short modules.  Module “A” is the longest, consisting of 5 lessons. It must be taken first as it contains all the basic elements that are repeated in every module. Modules “B” and “C” consist of  3 lessons each and can be taken in either order which allows the student to take a leave of absence from time to time as life demands and then pick up where they left off when they return without disrupting the class.
 
The first half hour of each lesson is dedicated to the review of the material from the previous module (either B or C). If a student has skipped that module they do not participate in this part of the lesson. The balance of the lesson is dedicated to teaching new material in conjunction with the basics learned in the “A” module and everyone participates. The previous module’s material should be avoided during this portion of the session.
 
A few calls/concepts are taught in both modules B & C.  This was to facilitate the teaching of other related calls in each module and give the student a broader spectrum of calls at every level.
 
Two calls were added to the program in 2018. They are Turn Thru and Slide Thru.  At the West Coast level we plan to restrict ourselves to using these calls from basic positions.
 
Using this program we are able to take in new dancers twice a year (A module) and then give them three opportunities to pick up the other two modules (B & C) during the season. Feedback has been positive to date and retention has been excellent so far which indicates that we have been able to meet the needs of our new dancers reasonably well. 
 
 
                                                      MODULE “A”
 
LESSON # 1
 
  1. DANCER NAMING:
    a)  PARTNER / CORNER / BOYS / GIRLS
               b)   COUPLES / HEADS / SIDES / #1, #2, #3, #4
               c)   CENTERS / ENDS                                                
  1. FORWARD AND BACK                              
  2. CIRCLE LEFT /  RIGHT                                  
  3. ALLEMANDE LEFT                          
  4. DOSADO / DOSADO TO A WAVE                                                                  
  5. PROMENADE FAMILY (COUPLES / SINGLE FILE / WRONG WAY)                                                    
  6. RIGHT AND LEFT GRAND FAMILY (WEAVE)
  7. SWING
  8. RIGHT / LEFT ARM TURNS                             
  9. PASS THRU / (DOUBLE PASS THRU)
  10. COURTESY TURN
  11. LEAD RIGHT / LEFT
  12. VEER LEFT / RIGHT
  13. BEND THE LINE
  14. CIRCULATE FAMILY
          
LESSON #2
 
  1. SIDES FACE GRAND SQUARE
  2. STAR THRU
  3. CALIFORNIA TWIRL
  4. (2 / 4) LADIES CHAIN FAMILY
  5. SASHAY FAMILY (ROLL AWAY / HALF SASHAY / LADIES IN & MEN SASHAY)
                                                                             
LESSON # 3
 
  1. SQUARE THRU FAMILY (1, 2, 3 & 4)
  2. RIGHT HAND STAR / LEFT HAND STAR
  3. BOX the GNAT - WWG
  4. STEP TO A WAVE / SWING THRU
  5. NAMED DANCERS TRADE / CPLS TRADE
  6. NAMED DANCERS CIRCULATE)
                                                  

LESSON #4
 
  1. HINGE
  2. RUN 
  3. RIGHT AND LEFT THRU
  4. ALAMO RING / SWING THRU    
                                                                  
LESSON # 5
 
  1. WHEEL AND DEAL
  2. TOUCH ONE QUARTER
  3. COLUMN CIRCULATE
  4. FOLD
  5. U TURN BACK
  6. PTN TRADE
                                                              
    
                                                     MODULE “B”
 
LESSON # 6
 
  1. FLUTTERWHEEL / REVERSE FLUTTERWHEEL
  2. SWEEP ONE QUARTER
  3. TURN THRU
  4. SCOOT BACK    
                                                          
LESSON # 7
 
  1. DIVE THRU
  2. CIRCLE TO A LINE
  3. FACE IN
  4. DOUBLE PASS THRU                                                                          
    
 
LESSON # 8
 
  1. PASS THE OCEAN (16. 8 CIRCULATE)
  2. EXTEND
  3. FACE LEFT / RIGHT / IN / OUT (27. SINGLE HINGE)
  4. HALF TAG
  5. WALK AND DODGE
                                                         
 
                                                 MODULE “C” 
 
 
LESSON # 9
 
  1. FACE IN
  2. FULL TAG
  3. SLIDE THRU
  4. SCOOT BACK
 
LESSON # 10
 
  1. FERRIS WHEEL
  2. DOUBLE PASS THRU
  3. FIRST CPL LEFT, NEXT CPL RIGHT
  4. CROSS FOLD
 
LESSON # 11
 
  1. RECYCLE
  2. TRADE BY
  3. CENTERS IN