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Definitions of Square Dance Calls and Concepts
 
Definitions of Square Dance Calls and Concepts
 
 
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Squeeze [C1]
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Side-by-side adjacent dancers (those in a Mini-Wave or a Couple) Trade & Slide apart (allowing for two dancer-sized positions of space between them) while far apart dancers slide together & Trade.

Squeeze is a 2-part call.

 
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Squeeze
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Squeeze
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Squeeze The Butterfly [C1]: From a Butterfly. All Squeeze. Ends in an "O".

 
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Squeeze The Buttefly
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Squeeze The "O" [C1] (Norm Poisson): From an "O". All Squeeze. Ends in a Butterfly.

Squeeze The Galaxy [C1] (Dave Hodson 1976): From a Galaxy. Everyone except the Apex of the Wave-Based Triangle Squeeze. Ends in an Hourglass.

 
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Squeeze The Hourglass [C1] (Dave Hodson 1976): From an Hourglass. Points slide together and Trade as Very Centers Trade and slide apart. The Point of the Center Diamond does not move. Ends in a Galaxy.

 
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Squeeze The Hourglass
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Notes:
  • On Squeeze The Butterfly or Squeeze The "O", all 8 dancers are active.
  • But, on Squeeze The Galaxy or Squeeze The Hourglass only 6 dancers are active!

On Squeeze, sometimes dancers must wait before moving until the other dancers have completed their part.

   
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Squeeze
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Centers Squeeze
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original Ends Squeeze
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Squeeze The Diamond
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Centers Squeeze
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original Points Squeeze
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anything Like A Squeeze [C4] (Dave Hodson 1979): Do the anything call (usually a 2-dancer call) but end such that those who started close together end far apart (allowing for two dancer-sized positions of space).

CALLERLAB definition for Squeeze
CALLERLAB definition for Squeeze the Hourglass/Galaxy

Choreography for Squeeze

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