How you can use it in the ceremony

After gathering outside the hall, the new dancers are marched into and around the hall to some appropriate music.

The new dancers will gather into a square (or group) and one reading at time will be read, with four readers standing outside but facing one the four sides of the square/group.

Dancers will face each reader in turn. The last reading will be by the caller.

Alternately, the dancers could be escorted to each corner of the hall for the 4 readings and then the the top of the hall for the caller's reading.

Afterwards there will be some welcoming speeches and handouts to the dancers. ... and of course, the customary fun dance that we put the new dancers through.

How we used it in a ceremony

The initial club was a multi-level club (B/MS, Plus, A1/A2) with the levels meeting on different nights. However, members from all levels joined us on the celebration night.

We'll used the above framework but the readings will come from different levels in the club ...
- one reading by the B/MS coordinators
- one reading by a Plus representative
- one reading by an A1/A2 representative
- the fourth reading ("Community") by the club president.
- the final reading will be done by the caller.

Fun Dance

Like the previous year, the fun dance will likely consist of a 4-foot square marked with tape on the floor with the dancers standing inside. Then, obviously, it's Sides Face, Grand Square :-) After that we'll tell the dancers that they now have to stay outside the marked square (can't step inside it) and then call simple routines: Sides Right and Left Thru, Head Square Thru 4 ... Couples Circulate and a Ferris Wheel thrown in for fun. ...Pssst: I'm open to receiving more ideas here.

Here's another Fun Dance done by the ArrowHead Square dance club in Ontario that I found in 2026
..Pssst: I'm open to receiving more ideas here.