Standard Position Dancing
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(anyone (Ladies)) Chain (fract) |
2 normal facing couples |
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(anyone) Cross Fold |
Same sex lines facing out, all ½ sashayed |
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(anyone) Cross Run |
Left Ocean Wave, boys in the middle, boys are (anyone) |
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(anyone) Fold |
Right Ocean Wave, boys in the middle, girls are (anyone) or lines facing out all sashayed ends are (anyone) |
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(anyone) Run |
Right Ocean Wave, boys in the middle, boys are (anyone) |
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(anything) & 1/4 More |
Used after Ladies Chain and Right & Left Thru |
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(anything) To An Allemande Thar Allemande Left To An Allemande Thar |
Static square, face partner. Add helping words Go forward 2 |
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Allemande Left |
From various formations, but every time with the real corner. Do not play with Allemande Left, R & L Grand, on the 3 hand Promenade Home |
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1/2 Tag (The Line) |
Right-hand 2-faced line, girls in the middle; usually followed by Scoot Back |
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Separate Around (n) Come Into The Middle Around (n) To A Line |
After Heads Pass Thru from Static square |
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Backtrack |
Single File Promenade |
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Balance |
Alamo Ring |
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Bend The Line |
Lines facing out and 2-faced lines with normal couples |
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Box Circulate |
Parallel Waves, called with designated dancers (boys, girls, centers, outsides). |
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Cast Off (fract) |
Lines facing out Called only as a 3/4 version and after Centers In |
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Centers In |
CDPT |
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Chain Down The Line |
2-faced line, girls in the middle Left Ocean Wave, girls in the middle |
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Circle (Left|Right) |
Static square |
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Circle To A Line |
Lead Right Box |
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Circulate, Couples Circulate |
Waves with boys on the ends 2-faced lines with boys on ends |
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Cloverleaf |
CDPT, normal couples |
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Couples Hinge, Couples Trade |
2-faced line with boys on ends |
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Courtesy Turn |
Boys always turning girls |
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Dive Thru |
Eight Chain Thru, normal couples |
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Dixie Style (To An Ocean Wave) |
Facing lines, normal couples (always preceded by some flowing action |
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Do Paso |
Static square after Walk around your corner |
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Dosado |
Eight Chain Thru, after Heads Square Thru 4 or from a static square, face your partner |
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Double Pass Thru |
DPT with normal couples |
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Eight Chain (Thru|n) |
Eight Chain Thru as a version for 4 hands with normal couples |
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Ferris Wheel |
Right hand 2-faced lines, normal couples |
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First Right, Next Left |
After Double Pass Thru call with normal couples |
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Flutter Wheel |
Normal couples after some flow |
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Forward & Back |
Normal lines |
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Grand Square |
Static square |
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Half Sashay Rollaway (With A Half Sashay) |
Normal couples |
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Hinge Single Hinge |
Waves with boys on ends or at Plus, right hand 2 faced lines with girls in the middle (girls hinge) |
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Ladies Chain (fract) |
Static square – versions 1/2 and 3/4 Facing lines – version 1/2 |
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Ladies In, Men Sashay |
Moving Circle to the Left |
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Lead (Right|Left) |
Static Square normal couples |
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Left Swing Thru |
After dixie style to a wave and boys trade |
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Partner Hinge |
Normal couples |
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Pass The Ocean |
Normal couples |
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Pass Thru |
Normal couple |
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Pass To The Center |
Eight Chain Thru, normal couples |
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Recycle (from a Wave) |
Right Ocean Wave, girls in the middle |
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Right & Left Grand Weave The Ring |
Starts with the real partner. Anything other than a squared set with everyone facing partners is not standard |
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Right & Left Thru |
Normal couples |
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Scoot Back |
Right Ocean Waves, boys facing in |
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See Saw |
Static Square after Walk around your Corner |
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Single File Promenade |
Single File Promenade after Circle left |
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Star Thru Slide Thru |
Normal couples |
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Spin Chain Thru |
Right Waves, girls in the middle |
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Spin The Top |
Right Waves, boys in the middle |
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Split Circulate |
Waves. From heads square thru 4 and touch ¼ (Should be followed by boy run) |
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Split The (Outside Couple) |
Eight Chain Thru. Normal couples |
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Square Thru (n) |
Normal couples in version for 4 hands. Version for 3 hands is followed by Allemande Left |
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Star (fract) |
Only in singing calls in the combination: Heads Square Thru 4, Right hand star with the outsides, Heads Left hand Star in the middle. This combination is very common, even though it doesn’t meet a definition of the Star. Also from a squared set in beginner’s class such as boys star right |
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Star Promenade |
Boys in the middle going counterclockwise |
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Sweep (fract) |
only in 1/4 version normal couples |
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Swing Thru |
Right Ocean Wave, girls in the middle |
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Tag The Line (full) (dir) |
Right hand 2 faced lines boys on the end and lines facing out |
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Touch (fract) |
only in 1/4 version from normal couples |
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Trade |
Normal couples |
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Trade By |
Trade By, normal couples |
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Veer (Right|Left) |
Only following some flow like recycle. Eight Chain Thru Trade By |
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Walk & Dodge |
Waves with boys looking in |
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Wheel & Deal |
Lines facing out normal couples Right hand 2-faced lines with girls in middle |
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Wheel Around |
Normal couples |
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Zoom |
Normal couples. DPT |

