Grand Square Quadrille – Osgood

Formation: Four couples in a square formation
Music: “Grand Square Quadrille” on LS E-34 or EZ 730

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Prompts:
Intro or
57-64   – – – -; Sides Face Grand Square;
  1-16   – – – -; – – – -; – – – -; – – Reverse;
17-32   – – – -; – – – -; – – – -; Heads Right & Left Thru;
33-40   – – – -; Turn her around & Right and Left Back;
41-48   – – – -; Side two Right and Left Thru;
49-56   – – – -; Turn her around & Right and Left Back;
57-64   – – – -; Heads to the right Right and Left Thru;

    1-8   – – – -; Turn her around & Right and Left Back;
  9-16   – – – -; Sides to the right Right and Left Thru;
17-24   – – – -; Turn her around & Right and Left Back;
25-32   – – – -; Sides Face Grand Square;
33-48   – – – -; – – – -; – – – -; – – Reverse;
49-64   – – – -; – – – -; – – – -; – Head Ladies Chain;

    1-8   – – – -; Turn her around & Chain back;
  9-16   – – – -; – – Side 2 Ladies Chain;
17-24   – – – -; Turn her around & Chain back;
25-32   – – – -; Head Ladies Chain Right;
33-40   – – – -; Turn her around & Chain Back;
41-48   – – – -; Side two Ladies Chain Right;
49-56   – – – -; Turn her around & Chain Back;
57-64   – – – -; Sides Face Grand Square;

  1-16   – – – -; – – – -; – – – -; – – Reverse;
17-32   – – – -; – – – -; – – – -; Heads Half Promenade;
33-40   Across the inside with your maid; – – Right and Left Home;
41-48   – – – -; Side couples Half Promenade;
49-56   – – – -; – – Right and Left Home;
57-64   – – – -; Heads to the right Half Promenade;

    1-8   – – – -; – – Right and Left Home;
  9-16   – – – -; Sides to the right Half Promenade;
17-24   – – – -; – – Right and Left Home;
25-32   – – – -; Sides Face Grand Square;
33-48   – – – -; – – – -; – – – -; – – Reverse;
49-64   – – – -; – – – -; – – – -; – – – -;

Description:

Most of the prompts are self explanatory.

When the prompt is “to the right” active couples face the couple to their right and work with them.

Half Promenade is always an inside or two-couple action.
The men pass left shoulders and both couples turn to face each other at the end.

Choreography by: Bob Osgood, California
Source: Dancing For Busy People, page 138; also in Community Dance Program Handbook
Usage: All of the calls in this dance are in the Community Dance Program; however, this is a challenging dance requiring competence with Grand Square, Right and Left Thru, and Ladies Chain.

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