We learned a variation of Square Thru 4 when we had all 4 boys (and then all 4 girls) Square Thru 4 rather than just using facing Boy-Girl couples to Square Thru 4 in a standard formation as is most commonly done.

In the standard Square Thru 4 , the Boys are always turning Right to face the person beside them and the Girls are always turning Left to face the person beside them.

However, there is NO mention of Right or Left in the definition; it simply states that you "Turn In" to face the person beside you.

So it's no more difficiult than the standard Square Thru 4 -- as long as you remember to face the person BESIDE you each time you turn, so that you can pull-by with them.

Now when we use all 4 boys (and 4 girls) to Square Thru 4 , then 2 of you are turning in the stardard direction while the other 2 have to struggle with not doing what you always do.

We tried (but weren't successfull -- yet) at having Boy-Girl couples Square Thru 4 when they are half-sashayed (ie, the Boy is in the Girl's position and vice versa). But we'll keep working on it until it becomes automatic to you.

Why do we do such things to you -- just when you started to become comfortable with the standard Square Thru 4 ?
- First of all, there's "Variety" in not always doing the same thing.
- We also don't want you to get lullled into thinking Right or Left, because it's not in the definition and some other caller will call this and you won't be ready for it.
- There are some really nice "Get-Outs" using half-sashayed couples

A "Get-Out" is used to wrap up a series of moves and get you home. eg, when we finally get to do an Allemande Left and Promenade your partner home. By using half-sashayed couples we can go directly into a Right and Left Grand with the partner as a nice way to Get-Out and get home with your partner without needing an Allemande Left.