square dance

1. noun, esp. N Amer., a type of dance which starts with four couples facing one another in a square, with steps and movements shouted out by a caller (COD); 2. attributive; see also square dance, v.

1.
“Oh lord, we always had square dances at the dances.”

“They’d play waltzes. They played square dances. They played two-steps…”

“I used to play in square dances on the Island.”

“He played the guitar and called the square dances.”

“Yeah, but there were square dances, eh.”
“Yeah, well, in the hall. Like the church groups had sponsored dances.”

“Oh, it was all square dancing most of it, yeah. Well a little bit of waltzing but mostly square dances.”

“Len used to call square dances, and Tom would call them once in awhile, and there was a time when I could call three sets of square dances and dance it all too.”

“They said ‘We need somebody to call a square dance!’ My father danced, and mother danced a lot, and square danced and so on. I can remember him calling square dances once in awhile, and so when he wasn’t around, we were having the square dance, Len would say, ‘Well, Joe can call square dances. His father called for years before him. There’s no reason why he can’t call ’em’. And the first thing you know, you’re nominated whether you like it or not.”

2.
“Most of the time you had three square dances, three square dance sets.”