Mostly violent agreement with Chris with a few tweaks, expansions, and corrections: On Sun, Feb 21, 2016, Chris Page via Callers wrote: This varies a lot depending on what kind of club it is. It's not really two dances, not the way MWSD people think about it. A "tip" (a single dance) is broken up into two chunks with two different pieces of music. The first part (patter) is typically a more steady piece of music, with an emphasis on choregraphy. That lasts anywhere from six to twelve minutes, usually about eight. The second part is a "singing call" that is based on a piece of popular or traditional music (my repertoire includes "All About That Bass", "Ain't Misbehavin'", "Do Wah Diddy", and "A Friend Like Me" from Aladdin). The command words for the square dance are mixed in with the words from the original song, but the music is almost always redone for square dancing and will sound at least a bit weird. A singing call lasts about four minutes and is generally progressive (moving the "ladies" around the square -- and yes, MWSD is more gendered than contra). Between the two parts of a tip, a square usually rotates a quarter clockwise ("Stir The Bucket"); often these days the caller uses a tricky bit of choreography to reotate the dancers. I actually use two different pieces of patter music here (because they wanted a longer-than-usual tip at 15 minutes), but otherwise this shows a newbie caller doing an okay job of introducing square dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFBy1EGmnic Some clubs have music during the break, usually a line dance or a round dance (or just incidental music): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_dance Very yes. R&L Thru, Ladies Chain, and Star Left are your friends here. Really really not used to it -- even the ones who can manage line dancing and/or couple dancing. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html