Dance Review - Oct 2005
By Craig Shucker
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Featuring: George Monaghan |-bio

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Friday C-3A Dance

Some of George's more interesting material included: 

(1) from parallel two-faced lines -- Initially Tandem, Mix

(2) from parallel ocean waves -- Initially Tandem Spin The Top

(3) from facing couples -- Beaus 1/2, All Recoil

(4) from parallel left-hand two-faced lines -- Own The Leads Mini Chase by Reverse Split Swap

(5) from staggered columns with the #1 dancers in the columns on the main diagonal
-- Split Phantom Columns Wheel The Ocean

(6) from a formation formed from an "H" with the boys in a center left-hand wave and the girls on the outsides of the end columns with left hands toward the center and having the lead girls and the boys in column Face In:
-- (a) Triple Line or Triple Column Slide Thru
-- (b) Funny Slide Thru 2


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Saturday A-2 Workshop

George workshopped Switch The line (a C-1 call with different starting formations but the same definition as Switch The Wave), the All 8 Concept, and the Replace Modifier:

(1) from outfacing lines and from parallel two-faced lines -- Switch The Line

(2) from a thar -- All 8 Switch To A Diamond

(3) from a thar -- All 8 Mix

(4) from a thar -- All 8 Explode The Wave

(5) from crossed single 8 chain thrus -- All 8 Pass & Roll

(6) from a static square -- All 8 Pass The Ocean

(7) from a static square -- All 8 2/3 Pass The Ocean

(8) from a static square -- All 8 Heads Pass The Ocean, Sides Pass The Sea

(9) from crossed waves one right-handed and one left-handed -- All 8 Swing Thru

(10) from crossed waves one righthanded and one left-handed -- All 8 Flip The Diamond

(11) from a formation formed from outfacing lines and having the Ends 1/4 Out -- Ends Are Preferred, Clover & Chase Right

(12) from a formation formed from outfacing lines and having the Ends 1/4 Out -- Ends Are Preferred, Clover & Right Roll To A Wave

(13) from infacing lines -- Replace the first part with Pass The Ocean, Motivate

(14) from infacing lines -- Replace the first part with Touch 1/4, Coordinate

(15) from parallel two-faced lines -- Replace the first part with Crossfire, Coordinate

(16) from parallel two-faced lines -- Replace the first part with Beaus Run, Relay The Deucey

(17) from parallel ocean waves -- Replace the first part with Scoot Back, Motivate

Other calls used included: 

(1) from a left-hand tidal line -- As Couples Left 1/2 Tag

(2) from a right-hand ocean wave with boys on the end -- Recycle, Boys Twice


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Saturday A-2 Dance

George used some of the calls from the workshop session, but also included additional interesting material: 

(1) from a tidal wave -- 1/4 In

(2) from inverted lines with outfacing ends -- Recycle

(3) from standard outfacing lines -- Beaus Walk, Belles Dodge

(4) from facing same sex couples -- As the Boys Pass The Ocean, Girls Pass The Sea

(5) from parallel two-faced lines -- Motivate But Turn The Star 1/4

(6) from a completed double pass thru -- Zoom & Roll

(7) from parallel ocean waves -- Spin Chain The Gears But Turn The Star 1/2

(8) from a tidal two-faced line -- As Couples Recycle

(9) from samehand point-to-point diamonds -- 6 By 2 Acey Deucey


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Sunday C-1 dance

While this was primarily a dance session, George took some time to teach Polish The Diamond, a new experimental call he wrote: From formations consisting of a center ocean wave and with none of the other four dancers facing directly toward or away from the flagpole center -- Centers 1/3 Recycle, others Counter Rotate. Some of the other interesting calls George used included:

(1) from a tidal wave -- Concentric Reverse Explode

(2) from a 1/4 tag -- Cross Extend

(3) from parallel ocean waves -- Replace the first part with Inroll Circulate, Relay The Deucey

(4) from a left-hand tidal two-faced line with the boys as the centers of each line of 4 -- Replace the first part with Boys Run, Relay The Shadow

(5) from a formation formed from a completed double pass thru and having the outsides Single Wheel -- Siamese Pass & Roll Your Neighbor & Spread

(6) sequence: from a formation formed from two totally offset right-hand boxes with the outermost dancers facing out with all of the girls on the main diagonal and having all the boys 1/4 Out 
-- (a) Do Your Part, Girls Magic Trail Off, Boys Right Roll To A Wave
-- (b) Girls As Couples Extend, Boys Do Your Part of a Turn & Deal


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Sunday C-2 Dance

This was also primarily a dance session.  Some of the more challenging calls included: 

(1) from a formation formed from parallel ocean waves and having the
centers Counter Rotate -- Counter Motivate

(2) from righthand twin diamonds -- Little More

(3) from same-hand interlocked diamonds -- Outpoint Interlocked Triangle Chain Thru

(4) from a tidal wave -- Replace the first part with Concentric Trade The Wave, Swing Along


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