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By Craig Shucker
At this dance session, Rob & CJ presented an interesting mix of calls from unfamiliar positions and challenging applications of concepts: (1) from outfacing line parallelograms with the right-hand couples in the center box -- All Right Loop 0 (2) from a facing hourglass -- Unwrap The Hourglass (3) from parallel ocean waves -- Explode The Top, Turn The Star An Extra 1/4 (4) from a formation formed from parallel left-hand ocean waves and having everyone 1/2 Press Ahead and Quarter Right -- Triple Columns Right Roll To A Wave (5) from a tidal column with all dancers facing in -- Tandem Single Recycle (6) from parallel two-faced lines -- Once Removed Recoil (7) from a formation formed from outfacing lines and having all the belles Face In -- Checkerbox Pass The Sea (8) from a 1/4 line -- Front Jay Catch Lock 3 (9) from outfacing lines -- Initally Funny, Pass The Ocean (10) from parallel ocean waves -- Initially Tandem, Recycle (11) from a tidal wave -- Initially Twice, Recycle (12) from a Siamese right-hand box with boys as tandem leads -- Own The Girls, Tag Bag To A Wave by Invert The Column 1/2 (13) from a formation formed from parallel right-hand two-faced lines and having the centers Counter Rotate -- Own The Centers, Expand The Column By Swing Thru (14) from parallel right-hand ocean waves -- Own The Leads, Swing Thru by Scatter Circulate (15) from parallel right-hand ocean waves -- Own The Leads, Switch The Wave by Scatter Circulate (16) from a completed double pass thru -- Own The Leads, Left Roll To A Wave by Track 2 (17) from a formation formed from outfacing lines and having everyone Split Phantom Line Swap Around -- Split Phantom Column Mini Chase (18) from parallel ocean waves -- Split Phantom Column Transfer The Column (19) sequence: from parallel
right-hand ocean waves -- Split Phantom Wave Exchange The Boxes 1/4;
Split Phantom Columns Latch On; Split Phantom Waves 2/3 Recycle
At the Saturday A-2 workshop session, Rob & CJ concentrated on calls that are normally called from facing dancers but can be called from other positions and on working with fractionalization of calls: (1) from a right-hand tidal wave -- Pass The Ocean/Sea (2) from a right-hand tidal wave -- Load The Boat (3) from a right-hand tidal wave -- Cross Trail Thru (4) from parallel right-hand ocean waves -- Pass & Roll (5) from parallel right-hand ocean waves -- Pass To The Center (6) from parallel right-hand single-file columns with same sexes as partner -- Slide Thru (7) from facing lines -- Half Sashay 1 & 1/2 (8) from facing lines -- Rollaway 1 & 1/2 (9) from facing lines -- Do The Last Part As Couples, Right & Left Thru (10) from parallel single-file columns -- Do The First Part Twice, Coordinate (11) from parallel ocean waves -- Do The First Part Twice, Motivate (12) from parallel ocean waves -- Do The First Part Split, Motivate (13) from parallel ocean waves -- Only The Ends Do The First Part, Motivate (14) from parallel ocean waves -- Only The Centers Do The First Part, Scoot & Weave (15) from an eight chain thru -- Do The First Part As Couples, Pass The Ocean/Sea (16) from an eight chain thru -- Do The Third Part As Couples, Pass The Ocean/Sea (17) from an eight chain thru -- Don't Do The First Part, Pass The Ocean/Sea (18) from right-hand point-to-point diamonds -- Do The Last Part As Couples, 1/4 Thru Other calls used during this session included: (19) from parallel ocean waves -- Peel Off (20) from parallel ocean waves -- Trail Off (21) from facing couples -- Left Fan The Top (22) from a left-hand 1/4 tag -- Ping Pong Circulate (23) from a left-hand 1/4 tag -- Chain Reaction (24) from a formation formed
from a right-hand 3/4 tag and having the outside beaus Run -- Chain Reaction
Top | A-2 Workshop | A-2 Dance | C-1 Dance | C-2 Dance | C-3A Dance Rob & CJ used some of the calls and ideas from the workshop session, but also included a few more interesting calls: (1) from parallel right-hand ocean waves -- Cross Trail Thru (2) from parallel ocean waves -- Spin Chain & Exchange The Gears But Turn The Star 1/4 (3) from parallel ocean waves -- Spin Chain & Exchange The Gears But Don't Turn The Star (4) from parallel ocean waves -- 1/2 Inroll/Outroll Circulate (5) from parallel left-hand ocean waves -- Centers Pass & Roll (6) from twin diamonds -- Acey Deucey (7) from same-hand point-to-point diamonds -- 6 By 2 Acey Deucey (8) from a thar -- All 8 Switch The Wave (9) from a thar -- All 8
Switch To A Diamond
This session was primarily a fast-paced dance session with a wide mix of calls and concepts. Some of the more challenging calls included: (1) from twin diamonds -- Regroup (2) from a formation formed from right-hand single-file columns and having everyone Press Ahead and Quarter Right -- Triple Box Flutter Wheel (3) from facing lines -- Square Thru But On The 3rd Hand Concentric Recycle (4) from a same-hand interlocked diamonds -- Interlocked Inpoint/Outpoint Triangles Circulate (5) from a same-hand galaxy -- Interlocked Wave-/Tandem-Based Triangles Circulate (6) from outfacing lines, parallel two-faced lines, or parallel single-file columns -- Concentric Hinge (7) from a 1/4 tag -- Swing
And Circle 1/2, Interrupt After Each 1/4 With Scoot & Plenty But Don't
Turn The Stars (Do The Split Circulates)
This session was similar in format to the C-1 one. Some of the more challenging calls included: (1) from a completed double pass thru O -- O Track 2 (2) from a completed double pass thru butterfly -- Butterfly Track 2 (3) from parallel single-file columns -- Funny Magic Column Circulate (4) from a formation formed from a completed double pass thru and having the beaus/belles Face Out -- Funny Split Counter Rotate (5) from an eight chain thru -- Pass The Axle, Interrupt Before The Final Part With A Split Trade Circulate 1 & 1/2 (6) from an H with the centers in a two-faced line and all the other dancers facing in -- 3 by 1 Triangle Funny Circulate 2 (7) sequence: from a single-file column butterfly -- Butterfly 3 By 1 Transfer; Butterfly Concentric Walk & Dodge Rob and CJ also used quite a few calls using Triple Lines, Offset Lines and Parallelograms. The only ones I was able to recall were: (8) from offset outfacing lines -- Offset Lines Wheel & Spread (9) from a parallelogram
double pass thru -- Parallelogram Grand Chain 8
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