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By Craig Shucker
Rob French & CJ Smith led off the year as the featured callers. This session was quite challenging with a heavy concentration on concepts: (1) from a facing diamond with left-hand centers -- Left 1/4 Mix (2) from a double pass thru -- Touch By 1/4 by Circle To A Wave (3) from a formation formed from parallel right-hand two-faced lines and having the ends Quarter Out -- Team Up (4) from an eight chain thru -- Magic Walk Out To A Wave (5) from a static square -- Heads Spin The Pulley But Quick Wheel & Deal (6) from same-hand 3 by 1 triangles with the columns of 3 in the center -- Exchange The 3 By 1 Triangles (7) from a 3/4 tag -- Finish Scoot The Diamond (8) from parallel right-hand two-faced lines -- Own The Centers, Tag The Line by Crossover Circulate (9) from totally offset outfacing tandem couples with the outermost beaus on the main diagonal -- Split Phantom Columns Track 2 (10) from parallel ocean waves -- Split Phantom Columns Triple Play (11) from totally offset same-hand boxes with all the trailers on the main diagonal -- Split Phantom Columns Triple Play (12) from a double pass thru -- Initially As Couples, Pass The Ocean (13) from a double pass thru -- Initially As Couples, Touch By 1/4 by 1/4 (14) from a double pass thru -- Initially Tandem, Recoil (15) from parallel ocean waves -- Initially Tandem, 2/3 Recycle (16) from a double pass thru -- Initially Tandem, Hinge The Lock (17) from infacing lines -- Initially Cross Concentric, Swing Thru (18) from parallel ocean waves -- Initially Checkerboard, Mix (19) from a double pass thru butterfly -- Initially Split Phantom Columns, Percolate (20) from right-hand single-file columns -- Finally Twice, Beau Hop (21) from a tidal two-faced line -- Finally As Couples, Mix (22) from infacing lines -- Finally As Couples, Pass The Ocean (23) from a static square -- Finally Tandem, Heads Spin The Pulley (24) from a tidal wave -- Finally Concentric, Lock The Hinge (25) from infacing lines -- Finally Split Phantom Columns, Square The Bases (26) from infacing lines -- Finally Split Phantom Columns, Chisel Thru (27) from parallel left-hand two-faced
lines -- Finally Split Phantom Lines, 3/4 Wheel The Ocean
Rob & CJ workshopped calls with parts concentrating on "Finish" (omitting the first part of the call) and fractionalization: (1) from outfacing lines -- Finish Right & Left Thru, Half Breed Thru, or Square Chain Thru (2) from parallel ocean waves -- Finish Swing Thru, Spin The Top, Motivate, Mix, Spin Chain The Gears, or Relay The Deucey (3) from parallel right-hand ocean waves -- Finish Remake (4) from parallel single-file columns -- Finish Coordinate (5) from various lines and columns -- Finish Slide Thru (6) from facing or back-to-back couples -- Finish Pass The Ocean (7) from twin diamonds -- Finish Diamond Chain Thru (8) from parallel ocean waves -- 1/2 Swing, 1/2 Slip, or 1/2 Scoot Back (9) from right-hand parallel ocean waves -- 1/2 Remake, Left Swing Thru 1 & 1/4, or 1/4 Thru 1 & 1/2 (10) from infacing lines -- 3/4 Right & Left Thru or Rollaway 1 & 1/2 (11) from an eight chain thru -- 8 Chain 2 & 1/2 or 3 & 1/2 (12) from an eight chain thru -- Pass
& Roll 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, or 7/8
Rob & CJ used some calls from the afternoon session but also added other interesting calls: (1) from a thar -- All 8 Slip, Slide & Slither (2) from an alamo ring -- All 8 1/4 Thru followed by All 8 1/4 Top (3) from a static square -- All 8 Square Thru (4) from a static square -- All 8 Zig Zag (5) from a trade by -- 1/2 Trade by (6) from infacing lines -- Half Sashay 1 & 1/2 (7) from a 3/4 tag -- Horseshoe Turn (8) from facing couples -- Left Fan The Top (9) from a left-hand two-faced line
-- As Couples Turn & Deal
This session was a good test for our to C-1 dancers to determine their proficiency with a wide range of calls and concepts: (1) from parallel ocean waves -- Cross Roll To A Line (2) from parallel ocean waves -- Concentric Zing (3) from a double pass thru -- Tandem Cross & Turn (4) from a trade by -- Left Tally Ho (5) from crossed two-faced lines -- All 8 1/2 Mix (6) from a thar -- All 8 Switch To A Diamond (7) from crossed waves, one right-hand and one left-hand -- All 8 Switch The Wave (8) from an eight chain thru -- Left Rotary Spin (9) from an eight chain thru -- Concentric Veer Left/Right (10) from an eight chain thru -- Weave (11) from a static square -- Heads Stretch Split Square Chain Thru (12) from point-to-point diamonds -- All 8 Counter Rotate (13) from a triple box formation formed from outfacing lines and having everyone Triple Box Partner Trade -- Triple Box Flutter Wheel (14) from a triple box formation formed from infacing lines and having everyone Triple Box Swap Around and Triple Box Quarter In -- Triple Box Reverse The Flutter Rob also came up with some innovative
terms for dancers in a Butterfly: thorax dancers (centers) and flappers
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This session proved quite challenging. Some of the noteworthy calls included the following: (1) from a static square -- All 8 Single Cross Trade & Wheel (2) from parallel single-file columns -- Counter Coordinate (3) from twin diamonds with a center right-hand ocean wave and outfacing points -- Points Start Tally Ho (4) from same-hand interlocked diamonds -- Interlocked Inpoint/Outpoint Triangles Circulate (5) from a tidal wave with the boys on the ends of each wave of 4 -- Same Sex Disconnected Cross Roll To A Wave (6) from parallel right-hand two-faced lines -- Once Removed 1/4 Thru (7) from parallel single-file columns -- Once Removed (Split) Recycle (8) from a parallelogram eight chain
thru with the outermost dancers as belles -- Parallelogram Rotary Spin
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