This from Paul Drake [email protected] regarding the "calling a set at a Cotilion." Sounds like a square dance to me. Harris A cotillion was an evening of dance, and a set was one of the dance event of the cotilion (sometimes spelled cotillion). A caller was that person who with a voice roughly in time and in rhythm with the music (either instrumental or voice or both) called the movements of the dance - "turn your partner to the left", "both now turn to the right", etc., etc, - and that caller gave those instructions to the dancers till the end of that set. Sometimes a set had more than one dance, following which there was a short break, and after a number of sets an intermission was called. They were very much enjoyed by all Southernors and surely by all Virginians and Carolinians. While I know very little of the origins of the different movements, I am told that much of the movement had its roots in Scotland and Ireland. Hope this helps. Paul