square dancers

Hoedown twirling participants

Square dancers are people who perform square dancing, a folk dance in which four couples arrange themselves in a square and execute figures called out by a caller: The square dancers do-si-doed around the floor.

The activity is associated with American rural traditions, barn dances, and country music.

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do-si-do · sashay · promenade · barn raising · petticoats · allemande · Virginia reel · bolo ties · folk tradition · fiddles · fiddle tunes · old time music · cowboy boots · rhythm · country music · couple · community event · Americana

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Opposites
dance form/style

square dancersballet dancers

Artists performing classical movement

waltzers · breakdancers · pole dancers · go-go dancers · exotic dancers

participation vs. spectatorship

square dancersspectators

Those who observe events

wallflowers · observers · bystanders

Family

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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G