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By Craig Shucker
Mike presented an interesting mix of calls from unfamiliar positions and challenging applications of concepts: (1) from an eight chain thru -- Catch Motivate 3 (2) from infacing lines -- Exchange The Boxes 3/4 (3) from same-hand interlocked diamonds -- Inside Triangles Exchange The Triangles (4) from a formation formed from a completed double pass thru and having the leaders Quarter Out -- Reach Out (5) from parallel ocean waves -- Stretch Reach Out (6) from parallelogram inverted lines -- Parallelogram Drift Apart (7) from parallelogram inverted lines with the ends of each line facing in with a center right-hand box -- Parallelogram Eight By Mini Chase (8) from infacing lines -- Stable Travel Thru (9) from parallel ocean waves -- Checkerbox Circle To A Wave (10) from parallelogram ocean
waves with the outermost ends facing in -- Initially
(11) from offset right-hand two-faced lines with the leaders in the center line -- Initially Triple Lines, 1/2 Tag Motivate (12) from a formation formed from parallel right-hand single-file columns and having the leaders of each box Quarter In -- Initially Triple Box, Tally Ho (13) from outfacing lines
with the boys as belles and the girls as beaus -- Own
(14) from parallel 3&1 lines with infacing centers and with ends with their left hands in -- Own The Centers, Square The Bases by The Gamut (15) from infacing lines
-- Split Phantom Lines Trip The Set
Top | A-2 Workshop | A-2 Dance | C-1 Dance | C-2 Dance | C-3A Dance Mike provided the dancers with a review of a wide variety of calls, many from difficult starting formations: (1) from a formation formed from a static square and having everyone Quarter Left -- All 8 Peel & Trail (2) from parallel ocean waves & parallel two faced lines -- Trail Off and Peel & Trail (3) from parallel ocean waves -- Peel The Top (4) from parallel columns with boys facing and girls back-to-back -- Boys Start Half Breed Thru (5) from a double pass thru -- Checkmate The Column (6) from various parallel 3&1 lines & inverted lines -- Crossover Circulate (7) from point-to-point diamonds -- Triple Trade (8) from same-hand point-to-point diamonds -- Split Counter Rotate (9) from a tidal two-faced line -- Fan The Top (10) from infacing lines -- As Couples Wheel Thru (11) from infacing lines -- As Couples Recycle (12) from a formation formed from a right-hand tidal line and having the very center 4 Wheel & Deal -- As Couples Centers Start Left Swing Thru (13) from a formation formed from parallel two-faced lines and having the leaders As Couples Quarter Out -- Do Your Part Mini Busy (14) from parallel 3&1 lines with infacing ends and a center right-hand box -- Coordinate (15) from a formation formed
from parallel single-file columns and having everyone 1/2 Column Circulate
and in the new center columns of 3 the #1 dancers Run
Mike used some of the calls from the workshop session, but had plenty of additional interesting material: (1) from a right-hand tidal wave -- Load The Boat (2) from twin diamonds with a right-hand center wave and all infacing points -- Load the Boat (3) from parallel inverted lines with infacing ends -- Ends Start Load The Boat (4) from various tidal lines, parallel lines, and parallel columns -- Single Wheel (5) from a completed double pass thru -- Checkmate The Column (6) from same-hand twin diamonds
-- Ends Cast A Shadow, Centers Recycle (the
(7) from a formation formed from infacing lines and having the centers Pass The Ocean while the ends Touch 1/4 -- Spin The Windmill Right (8) from a static square
-- All 8 Square Chain Thru
Top | A-2 Workshop | A-2 Dance | C-1 Dance | C-2 Dance | C-3A Dance This session provided the dancers with a strong workout in positioning and application of concepts: (1) from a formation formed from a trade by and having the ends Quarter Out -- Shakedown (2) from a formation formed from outfacing lines and having the beaus Quarter Right -- Coordinate (3) from a formation formed from infacing lines and having the beaus Face Out -- All Do Your Part Follow Thru (4) from a formation formed from parallel inverted lines with infacing ends and having the centers in the left-hand mini-waves Face In -- Tally Ho (5) from a formation formed from a trade by and having the outside beaus and the center belles Quarter Right -- Tally Ho (6) from a formation formed
from parallel inverted lines with outfacing ends and
(7) from parallel ocean waves -- Stretch Trail Off (8) from a tidal wave -- Stretch Explode The Wave (9) from a formation formed
from infacing lines and having the centers Pass The
(10) from a right-hand tidal wave -- Concentric Turn Thru (11) from outfacing lines -- Concentric Shakedown (12) from outfacing lines -- Concentric Chase Right (13) from twin diamonds with
a center two-faced lines and all outfacing
(14) from a tidal wave -- Relay The Shadow, Boys Interrupt After The Cast Off 3/4 With A U-Turn Back (15) from a formation formed
from a tidal inverted line with the very ends with right hands in and having
the centers Switch To A Diamond while
(16) from a right-hand 1/4
tag -- Scoot & Plenty, Interrupt Before The Split
(17) from an "I" with the
ends in single file with right hands in and with centers in a right-hand
ocean wave -- Ends As You Are All Plenty
Top | A-2 Workshop | A-2 Dance | C-1 Dance | C-2 Dance | C-3A Dance Those dancers who attended all of the sessions agreed that this one was the most challenging. Mike expanded on some of the material he used at the C-1 session and included more applications of concepts: (1) from outfacing lines -- Rotate 1/4 and Rotate 1/2 (2) from an eight chain thru -- Rotary Rims Trade Shazam (3) from a tidal wave -- Stretched Wave Lockit (4) from parallel lines with girls as centers and parallel lines with girls as ends -- 1/2 Crazy Girls Kick Off (5) from parallel inverted lines with infacing ends -- 3/4 Crazy Split Trade Circulate (6) from infacing lines -- 3/4 Crazy Vertical Tag Back To A Wave (7) from a formation formed from infacing lines and having the ends Extend -- Reverse 3/4 Crazy Recycle (8) from a completed double pass thru -- Once Removed Turn To A Line (9) from a tidal column with
all dancers facing the center of the set -- Tandem Once Removed Touch 1/4
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