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. . 23.
Star Thru |
People
Involved |
2 dancers |
START |
facing dancers (man and lady) |
END |
Couple |
Movement |
Man's right hand
is placed against the lady's left, palm to palm with fingers up, to make
an arch. As the dancers move forward the lady does a one quarter (9 0。)
left face turn under the arch, while the man does a one quarter (90。)
turn to the right moving behind the lady. They end up side by side with
the lady on the man's right. |
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. . 24.
Circle to a Line |
People
Involved |
4 dancers |
START |
facing couple |
END |
1-faced line |
Movement |
Couples circle
left one half (180。). The lead dancer in the couple who started on the
inside (man's position) releases the left handhold, but retains the
handhold of the dancer on his right to become the left end dancer of the
line. The released dancer moves forward under the raised arm arch formed
by that dancer and the adjacent dancer to become the right end dancer in
the line. |
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. . 25.
Bend the Line |
People
Involved |
4 dancers |
START |
2-faced line or 1-faced Line |
END |
facing couple |
Movement |
The center
dancers in the line drop hands with each other. With each half of the
line working as a unit, the ends move forward while the centers back up
until both halves of the line are facing. |
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. . 26.
All Around the Left Hand Lady |
People
Involved |
8 dancers |
START |
square or circle |
END |
ring (facing the partner) |
Movement |
All dancers face
their corners. Walking forward and around each other while keeping right
shoulders adjacent, dancers return to face their partner. |
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. . 27.
See Saw |
People
Involved |
2 dancers |
START |
facing dancers, square or circle |
END |
facing dancers, square or circle |
Movement |
When combined
with all around the left hand lady, each dancer walks forward and around
the partner keeping left shoulders adjacent, then steps forward to face
the corner. In all other cases, it is a left shoulder dosado. Dancers
advance and pass left shoulders. Each without turning moves to the left
passing in back of the other dancer and then moves backward passing
right shoulders returning to starting position. |
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. . 28.
Square Thru Family |
People
Involved |
4 dancers |
START |
facing couple |
END |
back to back couple |
Movement |
(a) SQUARE THRU: Facing
dancers join right hands and pull by. Turn in one quarter (90。), join
left hands and pull by. (A half square thru has been completed.) Turn in
one quarter (90。) and join right hands with facing dancer and pull by.
(A three quarter square thru has been completed.) Turn in one quarter
(90。), join left hands and pull by but do not turn. (A full square thru
has been completed.) Variations of square thru may be specified by
fractions or by the number of hands, e.g. square thru three quarters is
the same as square thru three hands, etc.
(b) LEFT SQUARE THRU: Similar
to square thru except that it is started with the left hand and hands
are alternated accordingly. When a left square thru is required, "left
square thru" must be directed. |
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. . 29.
California Twirl |
People
Involved |
2 dancers |
START |
couple (man and lady) |
END |
couple (man and lady) |
Movement |
Partners join
hands (man's right with lady's left) and raise them to form an arch. The
lady walks forward and under their joined hands making a one half (180。)
left-face turn while the man walks around the lady in a clockwise
direction one half (180。). Dancers have exchanged places and are both
facing in the opposite direction from which they started. |
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. . 30.
Dive Thru |
People
Involved |
4 dancers |
START |
facing couples (man and lady) |
END |
tandem couples |
Movement |
The couple whose
back is to the center of the square (unless a specific couple is
directed) makes an arch by raising their joined inside hands. The other
couple ducks under the arch and moves forward. The couple making the
arch moves forward and does a California twirl. If neither couple has
its back to the center of the set, then one couple must be directed to
dive thru the other couple. |
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. . 31.
Wheel Around |
People
Involved |
2 dancers |
START |
couple |
END |
couple |
Movement |
The couple,
working as a unit, turns around (180。). The left hand dancer backs up
while the right hand dancer moves forward. The pivot point is the
handhold between the two dancers. |
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. . 32.
Thar Family |
People
Involved |
8 dancers |
START |
various |
END |
thar |
Movement |
(a) ALLEMANDE THAR: An
allemande thar star is a formation and may be formed at the end of any
left arm turn by the center dancers (or those directed) forming a right
hand box star and backing up. Each outside dancer holds the left forearm
of a center dancer and walks forward.
(b) WRONG WAY THAR: A
wrong way thar may be formed at the end of any right arm turn by the
center dancers (or those directed) forming a left hand box star and
backing up. Outside dancers hold the right forearm of a center dancer
and walk forward. |
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. . 33.
Shoot the Star |
People
Involved |
8 dancers |
START |
Thar or Wrong Way Thar Formation |
END |
Thar or Wrong Way Thar Formation or
Alamo |
Movement |
The handholds
forming the center star are released as each center dancer and the
adjacent outside dancer arm turn one half (180。) or full (360。) as
directed. If half or full is not directed, the arm turn is one half. |
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. . 34.
Slip the Clutch |
People
Involved |
8 dancers |
START |
Thar or Wrong Way Thar Formation |
END |
Thar or Wrong Way Thar Formation |
Movement |
Dancers in the
center of the thar stop and, while retaining the star, release armholds
with the dancers beside them. Everyone then moves forward within the
circle in which he was traveling while in the thar. |
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. . 35.
Box the Gnat |
People
Involved |
2 dancers |
START |
facing dancers (man and lady) |
END |
facing dancers (man and lady) |
Movement |
Dancers step
forward, join and then raise their right hands. The lady steps forward
and does a left-face U turn back under the raised joined hands, as the
man walks forward and around the lady while doing a right-face U turn
back. Dancers end facing each other, each in the other's starting
position. |
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. . 36.
Ocean Wave Family |
People
Involved |
4 or 8 dancers |
START |
--- |
END |
--- |
Formation |
Ocean wave is a
formation of three or more dancers holding adjacent hands and with each
dancer facing in an opposite direction to that of the adjoining dancer(s).
MINI WAVE is an ocean wave consisting of two dancers.
(a) RIGHT HAND WAVE: An
ocean wave with an even number of dancers is a right hand wave if the
end dancers and the dancers adjacent to them have right hands joined.
(b) LEFT HAND WAVE: An
ocean wave with an even number of dancers is a left hand wave if the end
dancers and the dancers adjacent to them have left hands joined.
(c) ALAMO STYLE WAVE: Alamo
style is a formation of an even number of dancers in a circle holding
adjacent hands and with each dancer facing in an opposite direction to
that of the adjoining dancers.
(d) WAVE BALANCE: Starting
formation -mini-wave, ocean wave. Each dancer steps forward and pauses
while bringing the other foot forward and touching it to the floor
without transferring weight. Each steps back on the free foot and pauses
while touching the other foot beside it. |
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. . 37.
Alamo Ring Formation |
People
Involved |
8 dancers |
START |
Alamo Style(wave) |
END |
Alamo Ring / Alamo Style(wave) |
Movement |
(a) Allemande Left in the Alamo Style :
(b) Balance : |
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. . 38.
Pass the Ocean |
People
Involved |
4 dancers |
START |
facing couple |
END |
right-hand wave |
Movement |
Dancers pass
thru, turn in to face their partners and step into a right hand ocean
wave. |
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. . 39.
Extend |
People
Involved |
8 dancers |
START |
1/4 tag formation only |
END |
parallel waves |
Movement |
Dancers in the
wave release hands and step forward to the couple they are facing and
join hands in a right hand wave. If the wave is left handed, dancers
extend to a left hand wave. Note: Centers in the wave remain centers in
the new waves and ends in the wave end as ends in the new waves. |
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. . 40.
Swing Thru |
People
Involved |
4 dancers (if alamo, 8 dancers) |
START |
wave or alamo wave |
END |
wave or alamo wave |
Movement |
(a) SWING THRU: Those
who can, turn by the right one half (180。), then those who can, turn by
the left one half (180。). If "right" is not specified preceding the
command to swing thru, it is a right swing thru.
(b) ALAMO SWING THRU: Everyone
turns half by the right, then everyone turns half by the left. When left
swing thru is directed from an alamo formation, everyone turns half by
the left, then everyone turns half by the right.
(c) LEFT SWING THRU: Those
who can, turn by the left one half (180。), then those who can, turn by
the right one half (180。). If left swing thru is required, it must be
specifically directed "left swing thru". |
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. . 41.
Run Family |
People
Involved |
2 dancers |
START |
any two-dancer formation in which the
directed dancer has a shoulder directly adjacent to the other dancer. |
END |
various |
Movement |
GENERAL RULE:
The directed (active) dancer moves forward in a semi-circle (180。)
around an adjacent (inactive) dancer to end in the adjacent dancer's
starting position. Meanwhile, the inactive dancer, who may be facing in
any direction, adjusts by stepping (without changing facing direction)
into the vacated starting position of the active dancer. The active
dancer doing the run has reversed his original facing direction. If the
direction to run is not specified (right or left) and if the active
dancer has an inactive dancer on each side, then centers run around ends
and ends run around centers. Runs from an alamo circle are to the right
unless otherwise directed.
(a) BOYS RUN, (b) GIRLS RUN, (c) ENDS RUN, (d)
CENTERS RUN: The
directed (active) dancers run around the inactive dancers using the
general rule.
(e) CROSS RUN: Starting
formation -line, two-faced line, or wave. Each of the two directed
(active) dancers, who must both be either centers or ends, run into the
spot vacated by the farthest inactive dancer. If the inactive dancers
are centers, they sidestep to become ends; if they are ends, they
sidestep to become centers. When the active dancers are both facing the
same direction, they move forward in a semi-circle, pass each other and
then run into the vacated spot on the far side. |
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. . 42.
Trade Family |
People
Involved |
2 dancers |
START |
any wave, line or columns |
END |
various |
Movement |
GENERAL RULE:
Any two directed dancers exchange places by walking forward in a
semi-circle ending in the other dancer's starting position. Each trading
dancer has reversed his original facing direction. If the trading
dancers start while facing in the same direction, they pass right
shoulders when they meet per the right shoulder rule (see Passing Rule).
(a) BOYS TRADE, (b) GIRLS TRADE, (c) ENDS TRADE, (d)
CENTERS TRADE: Directed
dancers (boys, girls, ends or centers) exchange places, changing facing
directions using the general rule.
(e) COUPLES TRADE: Starting
formation -line or two-faced line. Working as a unit, each couple
exchanges places with the other couple in the same line. Couples, as a
unit, follow the right shoulder passing rule as defined for individual
dancers.
(f) PARTNER TRADE: Starting
formation -couple, mini wave. Two dancers exchange places with each
other. |
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. . 43.
Wheel and Deal |
People
Involved |
4 dancers |
START |
2-faced line or 1 faced line |
END |
facing couple or tandem couple |
Movement |
(a) WHEEL AND DEAL (from a line of four). The
left hand couple only takes a step forward. The couples wheel (180。)
toward the center of the line with the center dancer of each couple
acting as the pivot point about which the couples turn. The couple that
started on the right half of the line wheels in front of the other
couple. Both couples end facing the same direction with the original
left hand couple standing behind the original right hand couple.
(b) WHEEL AND DEAL (from a two-faced line): Each
couple steps straight ahead one step. Each couple then wheels (180。)
toward the center of the line with the center dancer of each couple
acting as the pivot point about which the couples turn. Couples end
facing each other. |
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. . 44.
Double Pass Thru |
People
Involved |
4 or 8 dancers |
START |
double pass thru formation (could be
singlefile) |
END |
completed double pass thru formation |
Movement |
Dancers move
forward, passing right shoulders with two other dancers to finish facing
away from the center of the set in a completed double pass thru
formation. |
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