Come move your feet through Square and Round Dancing
Texas Reelers
Modern Square Dancing is a mental and physical challenge. It is dancing, it is thinking, it is teamwork.
You can’t do it by one’s or two’s. Moving in rhythm to the music keeps you physically fit.
Experienced dancer or just come and be a part of the fun!
January 16, 2026
Modern western square dancing with contemporary music.
See you in a Square
Happy New Year 2026
Remember to Thank your Callers and Cuers
for all of the fun and laughter they bring!!!
Let's Get Started with some Modern Square Dance Lessons
Having problems with 1 or 2 calls?
Cobweb Class
Square Dancing Lessons
Need a Refresher
First Night Is FREE
1st Night Beginner Modern Square Dance Lessons
March 2025
12 enthusiastic new Students
23 TR angels
Do you remember your first night?
Deorah Carroll-Jones
What’s the point or purpose of a “workshop,” like the Cobweb Class? The one that starts Monday, Jan 5, 2026 at 6:30pm? Haven’t we just spent nearly 4 months in class learning to dance?? Yes and no. One of our wonderful club members, Pat Doyle, put it this way: “Class is where you learn the calls. Workshops and angeling are where you learn to be a DANCER.”
There is absolutely NO substitute for floor time. You can read all the books and definitions, which help solidify what you’ve been shown, but square dancing isn’t a spectator sport. It’s participatory. This is why Jon and I try to keep you ON THE FLOOR in different ways. It’s why we drove 88 hours just for class and workshops in 2025.
There are many little details to becoming a competent and comfortable square dancer that can (and do) make a big difference in your comfort and confidence on the dance floor. Here are just a few of the hints, tips and advice that we will be addressing during the Cobweb Class:
√ How to double-check yourself quickly for correct facing direction
√ What to do if your square breaks down
√ How do singing calls work/progress?
√ Hand holds and why they are different for different calls
√ Being aware of shuffle vs walking
√ Helping each other without pushing, yanking or clutching
√ Practice and review of all calls previously shown
ALL Reelers should be attending workshops … for yourselves as well as to assist our new dancers. Everyone can use a little “skill dusting” from time to time. We will be looking forward to it! BTW – Jon and I ALWAYS open our workshops (Cobweb Class & Summer Fest) to ANY dancers from ANY club as long as they have completed a beginner dancer/new class. First of all, we all win if dancers are better schooled. Secondly, we love getting to know folks from other clubs on a deeper level, which happens during teaching time. Thirdly, building a better connection with other clubs strengthens the entire activity. And that’s what we’re all about – building the Texas Reelers as well as Square Dancing as a whole. See you on Mondays!
Deborah Carroll-Jones