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By Craig Shucker
A-2 Workshop | A-2 Dance | C-1 Dance | C-2 Dance | C-3A Dance Unfortunately, I was ill on Friday and could not attend this session. Others who usually take notes for me when I am absent were out of town. Therefore, the only information I got was from George. He described the session as "a marvelous and creative user of the Once-Removed concept at the C-3A level". Top | A-2 Workshop | A-2 Dance | C-1 Dance | C-2 Dance | C-3A Dance George covered a lot of material which included from facing lines, As Couples do the center's part of Load the Boat; from facing lines, Load the Boat 3 and 1/2 parts; from a left-hand 1/4 tag formation, Chain Reaction; from a tidal two-faced line, As Couples Recycle; and from facing couples, Square Thru but on the third hand Square Chain Thru. George picked several calls and concepts from higher levels to workshop that would be interesting to the dancers but not overly difficult for them to learn. From the C-2 list, George taught Lateral Substitute. From the C-1 list, he taught Square Chain Thru to a Wave; the Tandem concept; the Siamese concept; and from parallel one-faced and 3-and-1 lines, Switch to a Diamond and Switch to an Hourglass. The A-2 level was also represented when
George called Ends Cast a Shadow, Centers Box Counter Rotate. Those
dancers who have been through George's classes or my workshops understood
why the ends become the new ends of lines, but many of the other dancers
needed an explanation.
Top | A-2 Workshop | A-2 Dance | C-1 Dance | C-2 Dance | C-3A Dance This session was, as advertised, primarily a dance. George did have to stop and cover the difference between Remake the Column and Grand Remake the Column. He also had to walk through Grand Scoot & Weave, because many of the dancers were trying to execute the "and Weave" portion after 2/3 of the Grand Scoot Back instead of finishing the call first. Also, George caught dancers out of position several times when from parallel ocean waves he called Explode & Right & Left Grand. Top | A-2 Workshop | A-2 Dance | C-1 Dance | C-2 Dance | C-3A Dance George primarily reviewed C-1 using unfamiliar formations or applications. Many dancers had problems executing the call Split Dixie Diamond from a starting formation formed by having two of the facing dancers in each box of four in an eight chain thru formation Quarter In. From magic columns, many dancers had no idea how to Magic Column Split Counter Rotate. From appropriate T-boned 2x4 formations, many of the dancers had trouble differentiating between "Dixie Diamond Chain Thru" and "Dixie Diamond, Diamond Chain Thru". George also called Reverse Recycle from facing couples. Although some dancers had problems with the call the first time it was called, everyone caught on quickly. Probably the most innovative call was from parallel two-faced lines, centers do the first part in Tandem, all Crossfire. Top | A-2 Workshop | A-2 Dance | C-1 Dance | C-2 Dance | C-3A Dance This session was strictly a dance. Calls that proved difficult for some dancers included Press Ahead/In/Out/Right/Left from various formations; from interlocked diamonds, Interlocked Diamond Drop In; and from twin diamonds, Exchange the Diamonds 1/2. A final note: At the August dance, a knowledgeable and well-respected member of our club approached me about my paragraph referring to the Stable Siamese Diamond Circulate. He claimed that I had reversed the ending formations. To refresh your memory, here is that paragraph:
After reviewing the paragraph, I found
that I had not reversed the two. But, I did discover that the last
sentence is completely wrong. The last sentence should read as follows:
"However, most dancers executed a Stable Interlocked Diamond Circulate,
which ends in back-to-back tandems perpendicular to and between outfacing
couples."
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