Editing Square dance (section)

==Clubs and attire==
[[File:Schleswig-Holstein, Itzehoe, Museumsfest 2014 NIK 7581.JPG|thumb|American-style square dancers performing outdoors in [[Schleswig-Holstein]], [[Germany]] in 2014]]
Square dance events can be run in different ways. In North America, traditional square dances are organized by bands, callers, or small groups of dancers.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Baker|first=Clark|date=2002|title=Explaining Traditional Squares and Contras to MWSD folks|url=https://fortytwo.ws/~cbaker/how-contra-dances-work.html|access-date=2020-10-12|website=fortytwo.ws}}</ref> Modern western square dances are arranged by [[square dance club]]s. The clubs offer classes, socials, and dance evenings and arrange larger dances that are usually open to non-club members. In Britain, square dance clubs are affiliated with the British Association of American Square Dance Clubs, which also organizes the teaching of modern western square dance to Callerlab definitions. Most square dance events in Britain are run according to the Callerlab syllabus by a caller who is either a member of Callerlab or of the Square Dance Callers Club of Great Britain, and the level of dancing is indicated on the publicity material, as in "Mainstream" or "Mainstream with Pre-Announced Plus". Céilidh and barn dance events are also often advertised as being square dance events.

Square dance attire varies by the type of dance and by region. Traditional square dance groups often have no particular dress code.<ref name=":3" /> In the United States, larger modern western square dance events sometimes request a strict western-style dress code, which originated in the late 1950s and early 1960s and is known as [[Modern western square dance#Dress code|''traditional square dance attire'']], although it was not traditional before that time. Some clubs require a less strict dress code, known as ''proper'', or no dress code, called ''casual''. Although many modern western square dancers in Britain wear traditional square dance attire, events often have a relaxed dress code. Where traditional square dancing exists as a community social dance, sometimes in the form of a barn dance or a cèilidh, people often dress up, though their clothing is not square-dance-specific.

In the United States, lines between the forms of square dancing have become blurred. Traditional-revival groups typically adopt very casual dress, and traditional-revival choreographers have begun to use basic movements that were invented for modern western square dance forms. A few modern western callers incorporate older dances from various traditions, such as New England or Appalachian, into their programs.