Mainstream Calls by Lesson – This link is found on our website: greatplainsquares.org under the Class Information menu. This lesson plan outlines the calls planed for each of our 15 lessons. Click on one of the Lesson headings to see the Call Details for a specific lesson.  This Call Details page includes:
Lesson #
Name of the call
Call definition
North Shore Squares (NSS) video link. On these video links, the NSS demonstrate the call while the dancer actions are described.
Taminations link. Taminations provides a graphical demonstration of the dancer’s movements to perform the call. Please see below the overview of Taminations for a full outline of information provided by this valuable resource.

The North Shore Squares is an active square dance club in the Chicago suburbs that has put together a fine array of instructional videos that will walk you through each and every individual call. The Lesson Call Details pages have links to this amazing resource.

Thank you, North Shore Squares!

Taminations is animated software that provides animations for square dance calls. You can access Taminations from any browser or you can download the Taminations app to your PC, tablet or phone.

Taminations provides multiple benefits for those wanting to better learn and understand square dance calls. The links from the Call Details pages will take you directly to a specific call in Taminations and allow you to play the animation of the dancer’s movements. It also provides a definition of the call and shows you the various starting dancer positions for the call and how the dancers should move.

Check it out! A square dance club in Ottawa gives a very through review of how to use Taminations.

Saddlebrook Squares is a square dance club in Tucson, Arizona that has put together a great array of videos of Mainstream square dance calls. Click here to see the index of their videos