A layoff (in British and American English) or retrenchment in (South African English) is the temporary suspension or permanent termination of employment of an employee or (more commonly) a group of employees (collective layoff) for business reasons, such as when certain positions are no longer necessary or when a business slow-down occurs.
1 Square Dance Patters If you have ever been to a traditional square dance, besides the dancers being the hit of the show; another important participant is the caller who yells out instructions to the dancers. 2  The information found on this page gives examples of phrases that the caller uses at a square dance.
Two of the couples are referred to as the head couples, with the other two the side couples.. Each dance is started and finished in the original square formation. During a square dance, a square dance caller uses a microphone to guide the dancers through a sequence of steps in time to the music. The caller calls out various moves, steps, spins, turns, and partner changes.