Tech Squares Fun and Useful Stuff

Hacks, Tips, and Rounds

Here are a few noteworthy hacks, tips, and round dances written by Tech Squares members and presented at dances. There are others; if anyone has copies, please send them in.

Riddle Sequence

I'll give you hints; you figure out the calls. (David Resnick)

M-I-T T-E-C-H

The first (and only) singing call written especially for Tech Squares. (Ted Lizotte)

The Masochism Tango

A round dance to the popular Tom Lehrer song. (Doris T-Bow)

Resources hosted by Tech Squares

Tech Squares also hosts the following square dance resources. Contact us if you have a resource you'd like help hosting.

Sd - A Caller's Helper

Sd is a program that helps square dance callers write material.

Barry Leiba's Call of the Month column

Lots of articles to make you think hard about your favorite calls!

The tex-squares macro package for LaTeX

Lay out square dance diagrams with the typesetting package (La)TeX.

Recommended Web Sites

A number of square dance clubs have been started by Tech Squares members.

Noho Squares

“Square dancing for the fun of it!” A plus level club in Northampton, MA.

Boston Uncommons

“Boston's Gay and Lesbian Square Dance Club.” Mainstream through A2 in Dorchester, MA.

Seven Hills Promenaders

“Offering classes and workshops designed to bring more dancers up to the DBD skill level.” A challenging plus level club in Worcester, MA.

Our members also enjoy the following web sites.

Dosado.com

Everything about square dancing. A master index; it also contains links to other clubs.

Callerlab

Definitions.

Vic & Debbie Ceder's website

A very popular and highly-regarded website.

All8.com

A useful website for those interested in calling.

Lynette Bellini's website

A useful site for Challenge dancing.

Noriko Takahashi's website

Contains animations of calls.

TAMinations

Java-based call animations which cover the levels from Mainstream to C3A. Also includes a number of square games, so you can see (for example) how the C1 call "In your Blocks, Square Thru" works when dancing hex (right- or control-click on a dancer to enable hexagon squares).

Bill Ackerman's C4 Calls, Concepts, and Notions

A useful book for high challenge dancers by a long-time Tech Squares member. Part 1 covers calls, part 2 covers concepts, and part 3 covers "notions" (everything else!). Although Bill is responsible for introducing hundreds of new dancers to square dancing, this is definitely not for the faint-hearted!