Welcome to TAMinations

TAMinations are the Square Dance animations of the Tam Twirlers Square Dance Club. Here you will find animations for calls from Mainstream through C3A. Most calls have several animations from different starting positions. TAMinations are written and maintained by Brad Christie, webmaster of the Tam Twirlers Square Dance Club.

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For Square Dancers

• Detailed instructions on how to use TAMinations.
• What to do if you have problems.

For Webmasters

• How to link to the animations from your web site.
• How to download and run TAMinations locally.
• How to put TAMinations on your web site.

Recent Changes

8/29/2010	Fix direct linking to some calls.
8/21/2010	Fix Centers Cast Off 3/4 from Left-Hand Wave
8/19/2010	Add Right-Hand Wave and Left-Hand Wave to formations for Cast Off 3/4.
7/8/2010	Add Boys Face your Partner, Grand Square
6/25/2010	Fix file name for O circulate.
6/8/2010	Add Sashayed Couples and Lines to Star Thru and Slide Thru.
6/5/2010	Add special features Barstool and Compass to SVG animations. Access by shift-clicking on a dancer.
5/6/2010	Add variations to Step and Fold
5/4/2010	Add Load the Boat from a wave between mini-waves Smooth out Spin Chain and Exchange the Gears and add variation turning the star a full turn.
4/24/2010	Show dancer path by clicking on the dancer. SVG only.
4/20/2010	SVG Path display now working.
4/17/2010	Handholds for SVG now working. Path display yet to do.
3/23/2010	Add Horseshoe Turn from 3/4 Tag Add Heads Spin the Top
3/22/2010	Add more examples to Partner Tag
3/20/2010	Added Split Circulate from Completed Double Pass Thru
3/16/2010	Add more examples to Separate.
3/5/2010	Fix text display on How to Use page, and updated for the SVG animation.
3/4/2010	Corrected Slide Thru at end of Scoot and Cross Ramble
1/25/2010	Corrected Cross Ramble and Scoot and Cross Ramble
1/21/2010	Added Left Roll to a Wave from Two-Faced Lines
1/19/2010	Corrected 1/4 Mix and 3/4 Mix from Right-Hand Columns
1/18/2010	Added Right Roll to a Wave from Two-Faced Lines
1/17/2010	Added Left Pass and Roll

TAMinations Copyright 2010 by Brad Christie.
This is free software, and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the terms of the GNU Affero license.

Call definitions Copyright by Callerlab Inc., The International Association of Square Dance Callers.

5/12/2010	Circle to a Line
4/28/2010	Crossfire Spin Chain and Exchange the Gears
4/21/2010	Cut the Diamond Peel the Top
4/14/2010	Coordinate Dixie Grand
4/7/2010	Spin Chain the Gears Trade the Wave 3/4 Tag the Line
3/31/2010	Chase Right
3/24/2010	Flip the Diamond Fan the Top
3/10/2010	Anything and Roll Linear Cycle Explode and Anything
3/3/2010	Follow Your Neighbor Diamond Circulate
2/24/2010	Peel the Top Grand Swing Thru Relay the Deucey
2/17/2010	Dixie Grand
2/10/2010	Track Two
2/3/2010	Explode the Wave Load the Boat
1/20/2010	Diamond Circulate
1/13/2010	Teacup Chain Three Quarters Tag the Line
1/6/2010	Acey Deucey Half Tag
12/16/2009	Ping Pong Circulate
12/9/2009	Single Circle to a Wave
11/18/2009	Spin Chain Thru
11/11/2009	Anything and Spread
10/21/2009	Dixie Style to a Wave Recycle
10/14/2009	Cross Run Walk and Dodge
9/23/2009	Spin the Top
9/9/2009	Scoot Back
9/2/2009	Left Swing Thru Cast Off Three Quarters from waves Slide Thru Eight Chain Thru Cross Fold Chain Down the Line
8/19/2009	Tag the Line Centers In Cast Off Three Quarters from lines
8/12/2009	Turn Thru Cloverleaf
8/5/2009	Ferris Wheel Hinge Box Circulate Column Circulate Split Circulate Half Sashay
7/22/2009	Fold
7/15/2009	Touch a Quarter Trade By
7/8/2009	Double Pass Thru First Couple Go Left.. Wheel and Deal from lines facing out Zoom
7/1/2009	Flutterwheel Reverse Flutterwheel Sweep a Quarter
6/17/2009	Allemande Left to an Allemande Thar Shoot the Star
6/10/2009	Extend Run Pass the Ocean
6/3/2009	All 8 Circulate Swing Thru Alamo Swing Thru Step to a Wave
5/20/2009	Couples Trade Partner Trade Wheel and Deal from Two-Faced Lines
5/13/2009	Square Thru Wheel Around
5/6/2009	Box the Gnat See Saw Walk Around the Corner Wrong Way Grand
4/22/2009	Allemande Thar Dive Thru Slip the Clutch
4/15/2009	Boys Promenade Girls Promenade Ladies In, Men Sashay Separate Veer Right
4/8/2009	California Twirl Extend Grand Square Star Thru
4/1/2009	Allemande Left Backtrack Bend the Line Circle Left and Circle Right Circulate (Couples, Boys, Girls) Courtesy Turn Dosado Forward and Back Four Ladies Chain Lead Right Right-Hand Star, Left-Hand Star Pass Thru Couples Promenade Right and Left Grand Right and Left Thru Right Arm Turn Rollaway Separate, Around 2 Swing Two Ladies Chain U-Turn Back Veer Left Weave the Ring