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SQUARE DANCETIME TEACHING PROGRAMS
BY: DR. JACK MURTHA
INTRODUCTION
SQUARE DANCETIME TEACHING PROGRAMS include four separate programs:
SQUARE DANCETIME TEACHING PROGRAMS are limited instructional and party programs that are designed to combine the best of square dancing's historic dances with the best of today's popular music and choreography. They are limited to the first 33 calls in CALLERLAB'S* teaching sequence for the Mainstream Program plus some interesting circle, line, and no-partner dances.
The principal focus of the program is to provide effective materials for teachers who must use called recordings for their instructional programs. A major effort is made to provide interesting material for students of all ages-kindergarten through university seniors and for special education students.
Professional teachers know that teaching any subject requires first that they use considerable skill, effort, and time to motivate their pupils, develop a positive attitude toward the subject, and to teach courteous behavior patterns for pupils to use in their interactions with each other. That requirement is doubly important when teaching square dancing. This form of dance depends on teams of four couples working closely together as they dance quick, moving patterns which are choreographed as they dance to creative callers. The fun and excitement builds if the dancers are successful. The more interesting the pattern, the more successful the dancers feel when they accomplish the pattern without error.
SQUARE DANCETIME TEACHING PROGRAMS emphasize teaching without allowing the student to memorize records or choreographic patterns. Teachers use the Fundamentals of Square Dancing,Levels I, II, and III records to teach calls. Then they use practice and dance records that are limited to the calls learned by the students. The teacher does not walk through the practice dances but instead allows the students to try to apply their learning as they dance those patterns for the first time. Once the calls are learned the teacher puts the instructional record away and doesn't use it again until ready to teach additional calls. The same procedure is followed with practice records. Once used, put them away for several days and use other practice records. Don't let the pupils memorize given records. It is okay to memorize the dance patterns for line, circle, and no-partner dances, but not for called square dances.
The SQUARE DANCETIME TEACHING PROGRAMS are designed to provide a framework for a co-ordinated and progressive square dance curriculum which includes every grade level from kindergarten through university senior. Properly taught, the program includes the listed square dance calls plus square dance attitudes, behaviors, and courtesies. Note: Call numbers coincide with the CALLERLAB programs, therefore may not be sequential. The FUNDAMENTALS OF SQUARE DANCING, LEVELS 1, 2, and 3 instructional records are used in teaching the following calls.
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To teach the following three programs successfully, the teacher must develop these elements:
* Number in () shows which FUNDAMENTALS OF SQUARE DANCING, LEVEL 1, 2, or 3 the call is taught on.
Records for the Diamond Program
Dancing the DOUBLE DIAMOND 33 calls well Is a major achievement for a high school or college class. As in the other programs, once the calls have been learned, dance records are presented for the class to dance without special instruction. This provides the same type of experience a square dancer has with a live caller--the square dancer does not know what the caller will call and the student has no idea what the record will require. WW-6001 $15.95 33 1/3 album $17.95 cassette WW-6002 $15.95 33 1/3 album WW-6003 $15.95 33 1/3 album ***ww-6003 is also available on a "CD" combined with ww-6501 "Party album of contras and mixers"...includes a book of "illustrations and definitions".... $24.95 (+shipping)
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* These programs are endorsed by CALLERLAB, the International Association of Square Dance Callers. The calls used are the first 33 calls on the Mainstream list adopted by CALLERLAB.
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