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By Craig Shucker
John presented a good dance with interesting applications of concepts: (1) from parallel lefthand two-faced lines with girls as leading centers and trailing ends -- Cross Concentric Tandem Single Wheel & The Girls Individually Roll (2) from infacing lines -- Catch Locker's Choice 3 Coordinate (3) from parallel left-hand ocean waves -- Alter The Wave But Counter Rotate The Diamond 3/4 And Replace Flip The Diamond With Drop Right (4) from outfacing lines -- Trip The Setter's Percolate (5) from parallel ocean waves -- Fascinating Lock The Hinge (6) from a tidal one-faced line -- Finish Grand Single Cross Trade & Wheel (7) from parallel right-hand single-file columns -- Stable Turn To A Line (8) from parallel two-faced lines -- Ends Work Stable, All Drift Apart (9) from a formation formed from infacing
lines consisting of sashayed
(10) from a formation formed from outfacing lines consisting of sashayed couples and having the boys 1/4 Right -- Own The Boys Wind The Bobbin by Perk Up (11) from a triple column formation
formed from a completed double pass thru and having all the dancers slide
1/2 position to the left -- Triple Columns Single Turn To
John presented our dancers with a challenging program. First, he reviewed Acey Deucey from
various formations: Trade By, Completed
Later from a formation formed from parallel right-hand two-faced lines and having the leads Bend The Line, John workshopped "Do Your Part of Mini Busy". John also taught the (C-1) Stretch Concept where dancers execute the two- or four-dancer call but the new centers end past the flagpole center down the long axis: (1) from parallel ocean waves -- Stretch Explode The Wave, Stretch Recycle, Stretch Single Wheel, Stretch Peel Off (2) from parallel two-faced lines -- Stretch Wheel & Deal, Stretch Turn & Deal, Stretch Crossfire (3) from outfacing lines -- Stretch Single Wheel (4) from a tidal wave -- Stretch Linear Cycle, Switch The Wave (5) from a left-hand tidal wave -- Stretch Chain Down The Line (6) from point-to-point diamonds -- Stretch Cut The Diamond (7) from infacing lines -- Stretch (Facing) Recycle Additional calls used during the session included: (1) from a double pass thru -- Cross Cloverleaf (2) from a couple -- 1/2 Rollaway (3) from parallel ocean waves -- Ends Peel Off (4) from parallel ocean waves -- Peel
The Top
Top | A-2 Workshop | A-2 Dance | C-1 Dance | C-2 Dance | C-3A Dance This dance session provided more interesting material for our dancers: (1) from a couples facing diamond with right-hand centers -- As Couples 1/4 Thru & As Couples Slither (2) from parallel inverted lines -- Crossover Circulate (3) from a right-hand tidal wave -- Load The Boat (4) from a formation formed from outfacing
lines and having the centers Face In --
(5) from a 1/4 tag with boys as the outside beaus and as ends of the center wave -- Chain Reaction But Boys When You Meet Swing & Mix (6) from a left-hand 1/4 tag -- Scoot & Weave Twice (7) from a tidal wave -- 1/2 Rollaway 3 Times (8) from standard outfacing lines -- Chase Right But Boys When You Meet Slip, Swing, Slip & Extend (9) from a 1/4 Tag -- Scoot Chain Thru Twice But Interrupt After Each One With Triple Trade (10) from parallel right-hand ocean waves -- Motivate But Replace The First Cast Off 3/4 With Left 1/4 Thru (11) from a tidal two-faced lines, parallel
two-faced lines, or outfacing
At this dance session John reviewed the Finish Modifier where dancers execute all but the first part of the call: (1) from parallel ocean waves -- Finish Relay The Top, Finish Spin Chain The Gears, Finish Percolate, Finish Recycle, Finish Alter The Wave (2) from outfacing lines -- Finish Load The Boat, Finish Square Chain Thru, Finish Square Chain The Top, Finish Percolate (3) from a tidal wave -- Finish Tally Ho (4) from a trade by -- Finish Percolate (5) from parallel 3-and-1 lines with outfacing ends and with centers with right hands toward the center -- Finish Coordinate (6) from a formation formed from a completed double pass thru and having the center belles Run Left -- Finish Rotary Spin Other calls included: (1) from a tidal wave -- Stretch Ah So (2) from infacing lines -- Start As Couples Pass The Ocean (3) from a formation formed from parallel singlefile columns and having everyone Press Ahead -- Triple Box Trail The Top (similar to Peel The Top) (4) sequence: from a right-hand tidal
line
This dance session was quite interesting and challenging: (1) from an eight chain thru with boys in the center -- All Reverse Truck (2) from a formation formed from a standard
completed double pass thru and having
(3) from a Siamese ocean wave with couples as the ends -- Siamese Cross Roll To A Wave & Siamese Roll & Spread (4) from a formation formed from infacing lines and having the belles 1/4 Right -- 1/2 Crazy Trail To A Diamond (5) from a trade by -- Finish Chain The Square (6) from triple right-hand waves with the outermost dancers facing out -- Triple Waves Swap The Wave (7) from a parallelogram trade by with the outermost dancers as beaus -- Triple Box Turn To A Line (8) from parallel ocean waves with boys
as the leaders -- Do Your Part, Girls Perk Up, Boys Scoot & Weave
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