Interlocked Squares

Students are expected to study the definitions of the calls before the class session in which they will be taught, and then review them as needed thereafter. These calls are listed, week by week, in a syllabus.

• Sample Class Syllabus - HTML (for online viewing)
• Sample Class Syllabus - PDF (for printing)

We recommend the definitions published by Vic Ceder, which are available both online and in the form of printed books:

• index to full online definition pages
• shorter text-only definitions all on one web page
• Ceder Chest books (ordering info)

Additional resources that you may find helpful:

• Dancing and Studying Hints from Vic Ceder
  If you haven't read these hints before, please read them now! (And if you haven't read them recently, you will find it useful to review them.)
• Basic Challenge Dancing Skills from Top Cats
  An outline of the skills you need to dance Challenge successfully.
• Alphabetical C-1 List
  Calls, concepts, formations, and modifying terms in one list.
• CALLERLAB C-1 List
  The list in the format published by CALLERLAB.
• CALLERLAB C-1 Definitions
  Not as informative as the Ceder definitions, but "official".
• Taminations - animations showing the calls from various formations
  To view the animation for a call online, click on the C-1 tab at the top of the main Taminations page.
  Apps for iPhone, Android, and other devices also available for free download.
• Older definitions/glossaries that some students might find helpful.
  Note: The calls included in these documents may not match the current C-1 list, and some of the definitions may be worded differently or be less complete than current definitions.
  • The Big Five
    Scanned copy of definition book by John Sybalsky and Bill Davis, widely used in the years before the Ceder definitions became available.
  • Ben Rubright's "Pocket Reference"
    Fairly old set of abbreviated definitions.
  • Bill Klein's "Study Cards"
    More recent set of short definitions formatted to be cut and used as flash cards.
• MATERIAL RELATING TO SPECIFIC CALLS
  • Blocks/Butterfly/O:
    • 4x4 Matrix Diagrams
    • Press Ahead and Matrix Spots
  • "But" modifier:
    • "But" modifier study hints
  • Chain Reaction:
    • Chain Reaction study hints
    • Collisions
  • Counter Rotate:
    • Counter Rotate Tutorial
  • Finish/Start:
    • Calls With Parts (B/M/P)
    • First-Part Identification Exercise
  • Flip the Line, Flip Back
    • Tagging Calls study hints
  • Plenty:
    • Plenty study hints
  • Press Ahead:
    • Press Ahead and Matrix Spots
  • Step and Fold:
    • Step and Fold study hints
  • T-Bones:
    • T-Bones and the Idea of a Square Grid
  • Tally Ho:
    • Tally Ho study hints
    • 1/2 Circulate study hints
    • Collisions
    • List of 39 Possible Starting Positions
  • Tandem:
    • Tandem - Examples to Think About
  • Triangles:
    • Triangles study hints
  • Triple Boxes:
    • 2x6 Matrix Diagrams
  • Vertical Tag, Vertical Tag Back
    • Tagging Calls study hints
• See also the list of articles about Challenge dancing on the Resources page.

Because this is a fast-moving class, not all Advanced dancers will be ready for it. To be better prepared for -- and to do better while attending -- this class we recommend:

• Attending relatively challenging A-2 dances, such as the Friday dances held monthly by PACE.
• Regularly attending Stanford Quads (APD Plus with star tips) on Sunday evenings.
• Continually studying definitions (either online or by ordering the book), both of calls/concepts already covered and of those coming up soon.

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