SQUARE DANCES.
Very little knowledge of dancing is needed in order to take part in square dances. The various figures, however, must be learned thoroughly, or the attempt to go through a quadrille will end in disaster.
♢ Lady X Gentleman
The dancers arrange themselves in “sets,” four couples forming a “set,” all facing the center. The positions are taken as in the diagram, gentlemen to the left of the ladies, and forming a square. The couple facing the stage is called the first couple, and the couple opposite, the second couple. These are also called the “head couples.” The other couples, the third and fourth, are called the “side couples.”
THE PLAIN QUADRILLE.
The Plain Quadrille is usually danced with four couples, that is, eight dancers; but sometimes a double formation is used, and four dancers face each other at each side of the square.
In the Plain Quadrille there are five figures, and eight bars of music are given to each.
| Measures. | |
| Address partners and corners | 8 |
| Head couples right and left | 8 |
| Head couples balance | 8 |
| Ladies’ chain, head couples | 8 |
| Head couples balance | 8 |