A Square Dancer is a person who knows his
left from his right, but occasionally forgets it.
A Square Dancer is someone who has learned to do as he is
told (by the caller), but doesn't always do it.
He is fanatical in his search for a good time, traveling
miles in all kinds of weather, going places he would never go otherwise, spending all
night on his feet which were killing him at work, and smiling happily all the time.
A Square Dancer speaks a language all his own. He
calls his partner his taw, his honey, his date, darling or pretty little thing, and he
promenades, sashays, weaves, circulates, dances, circles around the ring, circle or set.
He learns his dancing thru and thru: right and left thru,
pass thru, turn thru, step thru, barge thru - and he must be agile enough to do such
unlikely things as box the gnat, shoot the star, slip the clutch, pickup up a girl or
shuck the corn.
If this description fits you, don't worry. Although it
is practically incurable, this disease is not at all harmful, and most square dancers have
a strong desire to infect other members of the community.
