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Upcoming at The ED Center in Gloversvillle, NY
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Square Dance Tentative 2026 Schedule

Remembering Mike Sikorsky
   (click for flier)
All proceeds go to Sikorsky Family
    and Callerlab
His Student Callers coming from
    NY, NJ, PA, MA & CT
Checkers needed for Callers Practice
   Tuesday August 11, 6:30pm-9 
   Wednesday - Friday 
      9am-11:30,   1:30-4,   6:30-9
Dance
   Saturday, August 15
12 - 1        Square Dance teaching
  1 - 2        Pot Luck Lunch
  2 - 4:30   More Square Dancing

Next Lesson:
Thursday, August 20th, 6:30-9pm
Lessons continue on
August 20, 27
September 29 (Tuesday)   beginning Square Dancing
October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
November 5, 12, 19
December 3, 10, 17

Future dances:

September 22, TUESDAY!
   Pot Luck Dinner at 5:30,   Dancing 6:30 - 9:00

October 18, Sunday, Toni's 101½ Birthday Party!

November 7, Saturday
November 15, Sunday
December 5, Saturday
December 20, Sunday
You can also find a complete list on YouTube by clicking_Here
Cue sheets listed are for those not found on_Roundalab

added within last 12 months

Amsterdam Boogie, 2-Step, pdf cue sheet
When I Dance With You, 2-Step, pdf cue sheet
________Music
________includes Cues in separate channel
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2-Step

Af en Af

All My Ex's Live in Texas - George Strait

All That Jazz - Liza Minnelli

Amsterdam Boogie - Big Jay McNeely _ pdf cue sheet

Apple-Peaches-Pumpkin Pie Polka, rtf cue sheet

Be My Baby Tonight - John Michael Montgomery

Christmas is Just Around the Corner, rtf cue sheet

Hold Me

If I Didn't Have You (theme from "Monster Inc."), rtf cue sheet

Just Walking In The Rain - Johnny Ray

Kon Tiki - The Islanders

My Music - Loggins and Messina

Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox - Joe Diffie

Spaghetti Rag

Tennessee Saturday Night - Jack Scott, pdf cue sheet

When I Dance with You - Jeff Gonzales,pdf cue sheet
________Music
________ includes Cues in separate channel

Winter Wonderland - The Andrew Sisters, 2+

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Waltz

Best of Life

Cattle Call - Riders in the Sky, rtf cue sheet

Dream Awhile

Eternally with Il Volo, pdf cue sheet

Miss the Mississippi and You - Crystal Gayle

The L Train - from "Shall We Dance"

Their Hearts are Dancing - The Forester Sisters

Today - John Denver, phase 4

Tonight - Barbara Mandrel, phase 3+

Watermark phase 4

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Jive

Boogie Time (Blue Finger Lou) - Ann Murray , 4+1

Boot Scootin' Boogie - Brooks & Dunn, Jive 4, pdf cue sheet

Brilliant Conversationalist - T. Graham Brown, 5

Can't Help It - Scooter Lee, Jive 4

Hooked On Swing - Larry Elgart & His Orchestra, 4

It's All Right - Jon Batiste, Jive 4, pdf cue sheet

Muchacha Kiss Kiss Bang - Alex Swings Oscar Sings! 5+

Nobody Here But Us Chickens - Louis Jordan, 4+, pdf cue sheet

Tennessee Saturday Night - Ella Mae Morse, 5+, pdf cue sheet

You've Got To See Mama Every Night - Georgia Gibb, 4+

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Mix Foxtrot & Jive

Anything But Love - Squirrel Nut Zippers, 3+

Moondance - Ross Mitchell Orchestra, 3+

On The Street Where You Live, 4
Cha Cha Lessons YouTube Playlist

01 - Basic, Hand to Hand, Underarm, Lariat
02 - Chase
03 - Chase Peek-a-Boo
04 - New Yorker
05 - Shoulder to Shoulder
06 - hand holding technique
07 - Spot Turn
08 - Fence Line
09 - Break Back to Open and Circle Cha
10 - Crab Walks
11 - Merengue Basic and Hip Roll
12 - Hip Roll
13 - Beach Party Cha" dance
14 - Cucarachas & Time Steps
15 - "Baby's Got Her Blue Jeans On" dance
16 - Traveling Door and "Uptown Cha" dance
17 - Vine 8 and Reverse Underarm Turn
18 - "Forever in Blue Jeans" dance
19 - OpenBreak & Whip, and SlidingDoor
20 - Celebration" dance
21 - Alemana & Twirl Vine
22 - "Last Night" dance
23 - Cross Body, Trade Sides, Passing Fan
         Hustle Basic, Right Side Pass, Close,
         Inside Underar6.+m, Release w/Outside Underarm
         "Shivers" dance
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Tango Lessons YouTube Playlist

01 - Tango Draw
02 - Corte & Gaucho Turn
03 - Outside Swivel
04 - Serpienté for Tango Mannita
05 - "Tango Mannita" dance
06 - Right Lunge and Forward Stair
07 - Serpienté
08 - Two Left Turns and Pivot
09 - Hernando's Tango dance

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Rumba Lessons YouTube Playlist

01 - Basic, Underarm, Lariat
02 - Chase
03 - Chase with Peek
04 - Chase with Peek Double
05 - New Yorker
06 - Walk 3, Circle Away & Together
07 - Bolero Wheel
08 - Shoulder to Shoulder
09 - Side Walks, Merengue Basic and Corte
10 - "Rhythm of the Rain" dance
11 - Fence Line
12 - Serpiente
13 - Cucaracha and Cucaracha Crosses
14 - Sliding Door
15 - Crab Walks
16 - Spot Turn
17 - Hand to Hand
18 - Break Back to Open and Time Steps
19 - "Return to Surrento" dance
20 - Whip
21 - Alemana
22 - Twirl Vine
23 - "I Just Wanna Dance With You" dance
24 - Reverse Underarm Turn
25 - Tamara Wheel and Unwind
26 - "A Beautiful Morning" dance
27 - Open Break
28 - Sand Step and Chase w/Underarm Pass

This page was last updated
8/ 01 / 2026
Two Step Lessons YouTube Playlist

01 - Forward 2-Step and Walk 2
02 - Forward & Back 2-Step with Rocks
03 - Side 2-Step and Side Touches
04 - Progressive Box, Box, Reverse Box
05 - Left Turning Box
06 - Broken Box
07 - Right Turning 2-Step
08 - Scissors Progressive
09 - Vine 4, Walk 2
10 - Face to Face and Back to Back
11 - Hitch 3 and Hitch 6
12 - Cut Backs and Forward Lock 4
13 - Basketball Turn
14 - Scissors Double and Wheel
15 - Circle Away and Together
16 - "Old Fashioned Way"   dance
17 - Scissors Thru, Twirl, "Cab Driver"  dance
18 - Traveling Box
19 - Lace
20 - ½ Box, Scissors Thru
21 - Open Vine 4
22 - Scoot
23 - "A Cup Of Your Sugar" dance
24 - "Tennessee Saturday Night" dance
25 - Lucky Wrap
26 - Fishtail
27 - Charleston
28 - Strolling Vine
29 - "Cincinnati Rag" teach & dance
30 - "Amsterdam Boogie" teach & dance
31 - "When I Dance With You" dance & teach
32 - Whaletail
33 - Circle Chase and
        "Meet Me Under The Mistletoe" dance & teach
34 - Roses for Elizabeth
35 - Tamaras and "Kon Tiki"

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Jive Lessons YouTube Playlist

01 - Fallaway Rock, Turn Fallaway Rock
02 - Right to Left, Left to Right, Link Rock
03 - Change Hands Behind the Back
04 - Point Steps
05 - Forward Triples and Swivel 4
06 - Fallaway Throwaway and Throwaway
07 - Kick-Ball-Change
08 - "Night Train" dance
09 - Windmill
10 - "ABC Boogie" dance
11 - "Sweet Pea Lazy Swing" dance
13 - Pretzel
12 - Jive Walks, Step Tch & Chasse, Vine 8
14 - "You've Got To See Mama Every Night" dance
15 - Chicken Walks
16 - "Brilliant Conversationalist" dance
17 - Sailor Shuffles
18 - "Uptown" dance
19 - Spanish Arms
20 - American Spin
21 - Stop & Go
22 - "Calendar Girl" dance
23 - Shoulder Shove
24 - Triple Wheel
25 - "I'm Into Something Good" dance
26 - Sole Tap
27 - Miami Special
28 - Shuffling Door
29 - Traveling Sand Steps
30 - Glide to the Side and Continuous Chasses
31 - Stop & Go with Double Stop Action
32 - She Go He Go
33 - Link to Whip Turn & Link to Whip Throwaway
34 - Lindy Catch
35 - Catapult
36 - Mooch
37 - "Tennessee Saturday Night" phase 4+0+1
38 - "Tennessee Saturday Night" phase 5+0+2
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Waltz Lessons YouTube Playlist
01 - Box
02 - Left Turning Box
03 - Forward Waltz
04 - Vine 3 and Twirl Vine 3
05 - Balance Left & Right
06 - Maneuver
07 - Two Right Turns
08 - Waltz Away & Together
09 - Twist Vine 3
10 - Apart Point, Canter and Dip Back
11 - "The Pretty Paper Waltz" dance
12 - "Eternally with Il Volo" dance including
      __Wrap, Wheel, Unwrap to Tamara
      __Balance & Reverse Twirl, Interrupted Box
      __Thru-Side-Behind & Roll, Lace
      __Step Swing & Spin Manuver
13 - "Waltz of Love" dance instructions include
      __Trade Sides
      __Thru Twinkles
      __Hover to semi (phase 3)
14 - "Could I Have This Dance" including
      __Cross Wrap
      __Rock Thru & Recover
15 - "Waltzing with You" instructions include
      __Solo Turn in 6
      __2 Left Turns
      __Forward Wrap
      __Corte
16 - "Cavatina" dance instructions include
      __Forward Wrap
      __Hover
      __Drift Apart (for Thru Twinkles)
      __Spin Turn
17 - "The Touch of Your Hand" dance instruction
18 - "Their Hearts are Dancing"
      __Balance and Reverse Twirl
      __Sway, and Box Finish
19 - Whisk and Wing
20 - Diamond Turn
21 - Cross Hover
22 - Impetus to Semi, aka Open Impetus
23 - Chasse
24 - In & Out Runs
25 - "This Is Our Dance" dance instruction
26 - "Send Me Down to Tucson" dance instruction
      __Telemark to Semi
      __Natural Hover Fallaway
      __Slip Pivot to Banjo
27 - "Christmas at Our House" dance instruction
             Rumba figures - Fence Line and New Yorker
28 - "Alice Blue Gown" dance demo & teach
              phase III+2 - Telemark, Cross Pivot
​29 - Twinkles, Progressive Twinkles
30 - "Neapolitan Waltz" dance instruction

Round Dance Lessons on YouTube
Each Link below goes to a YouTube Playlist for that Rhythm
If you click on Two Step, you'll go to the Two Step Playlist on YouTube
 Each Playlist contains all the Lessons I've created so far
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Click on the YouTube link and Scroll down to Lesson 01
Proceed to the next lesson when you feel ready.

Round Dance Demos on YouTube
Foxtrot Lessons YouTube Playlist

01 - Box & Left Turning Box
​02 - Progressive Box and Forward Run 2
03 - Whisk and Pickup or Maneuver
04 - Right Turns
05 - Left Turns
06 - Spin Turn & Box Finish
07 - Impetus to Semi
08 - Twinkles
09 - Telemark to Semi Close
​10 - Hover & Cross Hovers in dance "Side By Side"
11 - Spin Turn & Box Finish 
12 - Turn Left & Chasse, Back  Back/Lock  Back 
13 - Transition in dance "Side By Side"
14 - "Side By Side"  dance

​Quickstep

01 - Quarter Turn & Progressive Chassé
02 - Chassé Weave
​03 - "The Spider" dance & teach
04 - Whaletail
06 - "Good Old Days" dance & teach (Q-sheet)
07 - "Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy" dance & teach
             (cue sheet)

Slow Two Step

01 - Basic, Twisty Basic, Lunge Basic
​02 - Underarm Turn & Reverse Underarm Turn
03 - Open Basic
​04 - Switches
05 - Sweetheart Wrap & Sweetheart Runs

We started these lesson videos during Covid for our dancers who couldn't come to the lessons. Our focus has been for beginners.

We will conform with Roundalab standards as best as we can. If any of these lessons is in conflict from your local cuer, then listen to your instructor. But please get back to us so the video can be corrected.

Doing the videos involves a lot of mental prep work. And preparing the video to go on YouTube takes far longer than actually doing the taping. We get nothing out of it except satisfaction from the comments and emails we receive.  We will continue to do more as time allows.

Elaine & I sincerely want to thank all of you for your support :-)
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Classics Teaches YouTube Playlist

 Butterfly - Two Step / Foxtrot phase 3
    Charlie & Bettye Proctor (1972)
    "Poor Butterfly" - Henry Mancini & Doc Severinsen

 Kon Tiki - Two Step phase 2
    Marge & Burt Glazier (1960)
    "Kon Tiki" - The Islanders, Mayflower Records

 Neapolitan - Waltz phase 2
    Cleo & Pauline Harden (1959)
    "Neapolitan Waltz" - Al Russ Orchestra

 Pop Goes the Movies - 2 Step/Foxtrot/Rumba phase 3
   Jack & Muriel Raye (1982)
   "Pop Goes the Movies, Part II" - Meco

 Roses for Elizabeth - Two Step phase 2
    Pat & Bill Bliss (1971) 
    Music is on a Hi Hat label and may be difficult to find
    Some cuers have adapted the dance to the German
         music "Rosen für Elisabeth" - Gunter Kallmann Choir