Basic Part 1
Ladies Chain – Two
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Traditional Square Dance:
THREE LADIES CHANGE
Source: Wes McVicar’s 75 favorite Square Dance Calls
Formation: Square of eight dancers
Music: “Red River Valley”
Allemande Left on the corner,
Turn Partner by the Right,
Allemande Left with the corner,
Swing with your own.
(First Couple)
Lead out to the right and you balance,
Circle Left four hands half around;
The three ladies Change in the valley,
And the three gents pass them along;
Oh the three ladies change all around,
And you’ll swing when you meet with your own,
For this is the Red River Valley,
And you know how to swing with your own.
Now it’s up to the next and you balance,
And it’s four hands around and around;
Oh, the two ladies change in the valley,
And the two gents help them along.
Oh, it’s on to the last and you balance,
And it’s four hands around and around;
Now the three ladies change in the valley,
And the three gents pass them along.
Oh, the three ladies change all around;
And you’ll swing when you meet with your own,
For this is the Red River Valley,
And we know how to swing with our own.
Repeat for Second Couple,
Allemande Left on the corner,
Turn Partner by the Right,
Allemande Left with the corner,
Grand Right and Left all around.
Repeat from top for the Third Couple, and for Fourth Couple.
Description of Three Ladies Change:
When three couples are lined up, the ladies in the two facing couples give right hands to each other and left to the gents. The center gent passes the lady across the set while he does a half left turn. The lady gives right hands to the third lady and the pattern continues until all three ladies are back with their original partner.
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Sicilian Circle:
LADIES CHAIN SICILIAN
Formation: Couples Facing Couples around the hall like spokes of a wheel
Music: Anything with strong eight beat phrasing and a 64-beat verse
– – – – , – – Circle Left,
– – – – , – – Circle Right,
– – – – , – Two Ladies Chain,
– – – – , – – Chain Back,
– – – – , – – Star Left,
– – – – , – – Star Right,
– – – – , – – Opposite Dosado,
– – – – , – – Pass Thru and move on