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by Craig Shucker
A-2 Workshop | A-2 dance | C-1 dance | C-2 dance | C-3A dance This was Barry's first time calling for Trailblazers and the feedback I got from dancers at all sessions was quite positive. Friday C-3A Dance Barry presented an interesting mix of calls and concepts from unusual positions: (1) from an eight chain thru -- Drift Apart (2) from right-hand twin diamonds -- Centers Start 1/4 Mix (3) from a static square -- Girls Finally Stable, Heads Start Spin The Pulley (4) from a tidal inverted line -- Spin Chain The Line Twice (5) from a tidal double pass thru column -- Tandem Single Polly Wolly (6) from outfacing lines -- Once Removed Finish Travel Thru (7) from parallel left-hand ocean waves -- 3/4 Crazy Stack The Line (8) from a right-hand tidal wave with alternating sexes starting with girls on the end -- Once Removed Own The Girls, 3/4 Wheel The Ocean By 1/4 Wheel The Ocean (9) from a magic 'O' -- Phantom Columns Breaker 1 (10) from left-handed parallelogram columns with #3 & #4 dancers in the center box -- Parallelogram Polly Wolly. Two sequences proved to be particularly challenging: (1) from sashayed outfacing parallelogram line with right-hand couple in the center box -- Parallelogram Stretch Shakedown; Parallelogram Centers Slide Thru; Parallelogram Spin The Pulley; Initially Triple Lines, Tag Back To A Wave (2) from a tidal
column
with all dancers facing in (from one end: #1 girl. #4 girl, #4 boy, #3
boy) -- Once Removed Single Polly Wolly (yields a completed double pass
thru); Team Up & Roll; Trade The Deucey; Split Phantom Lines
Switch To A Diamond; just the Center 4, Boys Start Patch The Girls; Right
& Left Grand.
Top | A-2 Workshop | A-2 dance | C-1 dance | C-2 dance | C-3A dance Saturday A-2 Workshop Barry concentrated on workshopping the Mirror Concept where all references to "right/left", "belle/beau", "clockwise/counterclockwise" are replaced by the counterpart term within the definition of the call and all underlying definitions. Although this concept is officially at the C-3 level, there are two terms commonly used at the lower levels as a synonym for this concept. Some calls use "Left" as the synonym: (1) from a couple -- Left (Partner) Hinge (2) from a couple -- Left Single Wheel (3) from facing dancers -- Left Slide Thru (4) from facing opposite-sex dancers -- Left Box The Gnat (5) from facing couples -- Left Fan The Top (6) from outfacing lines -- Left Linear Cycle (7) from various parallel lines -- Left Tag The Line (8) from outfacing lines, parallel left-hand two-faced lines or parallel right-hand waves -- Left Turn & Deal (9) from outfacing lines -- Left Wheel & Deal (10) from parallel 3-and-1 lines -- Left Cycle & Wheel (11) from an eight chain thru -- Left Pass & Roll (12) from a completed double pass thru -- Track 2 (13) from a left-hand tidal line -- As Couples Left Turn & Deal Other calls use "Reverse" as the synonym: (1) from a couple -- Reverse Wheel Around (2) from facing dancers -- Reverse Single Circle To A Wave (3) from facing couples -- Reverse Recycle (4) from facing couples -- Reverse Dixie Style To A Wave (5) from a left-handed two-faced line -- Chain Down The Line Additional calls used at the workshop caused problems for some dancers: (1) from a tidal line -- As Couples Bend The Line (2) from a tidal line -- As Couples Cast Off 3/4 (3) from a facing-diamond
-- Fan The Top
Top | A-2 Workshop | A-2 dance | C-1 dance | C-2 dance | C-3A dance Saturday A-2 dance Barry continued with the "Mirror" theme using many of the calls from the workshop and adding a few more: (1) from a right-hand ocean wave -- Left 1/2 Tag The Line and Left 3/4 Tag The Line (2) from facing couples -- Left & Right Through (Left Right & Left Thru) (3) from a sashayed eight chain thru -- Left Double Star Thru (4) from a couple -- Reverse Rollaway A few other calls gave some dancers problems: (1) from a left-hand 1/4 tag -- Chain Reaction (2) from a 3/4
tag -- Horseshoe Turn
Top | A-2 Workshop | A-2 dance | C-1 dance | C-2 dance | C-3A dance Sunday C-1 dance This was a good test for our C-1 dancers to determine their proficiency with the calls and concepts from unusual positions: (1) from outfacing lines -- As Couples Vertical 3/4 Tag The Line (2) from parallel 3-and-1 lines with the ends facing in and the centers holding right hands -- Coordinate (3) from a box with all dancers t-boned to their adjacent dancers with two diagonally opposite dancers in the box facing in and the other two facing out -- Peel The Top (4) from an "I" consisting of a right-hand ocean wave between two infacing couples -- Linear Action (5) from an "I" consisting of a right-hand ocean wave between two left-hand mini waves -- All 8 Recycle & Roll (6) from parallel inverted lines with same sex partners -- Same-Sex Distorted Waves Swing Thru (7) from parallel ocean waves -- Stretch Trail Off (8) from a tidal line -- Concentric Bend The Line (9) from standard C-1 phantom ocean waves consisting of two right-hand mini-waves and two left-hand mini-waves -- Phantom Outroll Circulate (10) from blocks with with all dancers facing out of their blocks -- In Blocks Vertical 1/2 Tag (11) from blocks with all the dancers facing into their blocks -- In Blocks Circle By 1/4 By 1/4 (12) from infacing lines -- Triple Box Cross & Turn (13) from magic columns -- Triple Box Split Recycle (14) from a completed double pass thru --Triple Box Vertical Tagback To A Wave (15) from triple
boxes consisting of two ocean waves with the outfacing end of each wave
in the center box -- Triple Box Cross Your Neighbor
Top | A-2 Workshop | A-2 dance | C-1 dance | C-2 dance | C-3A dance Sunday C-2 Dance Barry presented a good mix of calls and concepts to help our dancers on solidifying their skills. These calls caused problems for some dancers: (1) from parallel inverted lines with infacing ends --Stretch Single Cross & Wheel (2) from an hourglass with the very centers and all the points having the same hand toward the center -- Tandem-Based Triangles Work Solid, All Drop Out (3) from a double pass thru -- Start with [more descriptive wording: "Replace the first part with"] Zip Code 2, Load The Boat (4) from a formation formed from parallel
left-hand columns and having the centers Counter Rotate -- Dodge Shazam;
Centers Go As You Are, Zip Code 3, new centers Linear Cycle.
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