A place to start: For contra callers, “New England” -style squares can be a good place to start. Typically, they have an AABB structure and can be prompted as you would a contra dance. Put together an AABB intro, break and ending and there you go, Bob’s your uncle, prompting nearly as you would a contra dance.  Then, there’s the rest…see Tony’s text

Discombobulation for a contra caller:  In a contra dance, dancers up down down the contra sets are not usually more than a step or two away from the correct position; the entire floor looks nearly the same.   In squares, dancers in different squares are not necessarily in sync, as dancers can be several steps away from “correct, “ and different squares may be a few to several steps off from each other.  This can be a bit discombobulating for the contra caller when looking out at the whole floor. (One trick — learnt from Kathy Anderson1 — is something like “..and promenade home.. when you get home, you swing your own” to get all the squares back together and eliminate the early birds standing in place waiting for the call — or starting again without you!)