Basic Movements ~Part 1 No.22 – 30
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22. Right and Left Thru | |
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| People Involved | 4 dancers | |
| START | facing couple | |
| END | facing couple | |
| Movement | Dancers step forward, join right hands with the dancer directly ahead and pull by. Each couple then does a courtesy turn to face the other couple. | |
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23. Grand Square | |
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| People Involved | 8 dancers | |
| START | square | |
| END | square | |
| Movement | A call that has the sides doing one part while at the same time the heads are doing another. Heads move forward into the square (4 steps), turning one quarter (90｡) on the fourth step to face partners and back away to the sides of the square (4 steps). Turn one quarter (90｡) to face the original opposites. Back away to the corners of the square (4 steps) and turn one quarter (90｡) to face original partners and walk forward to home (4 steps). Do not turn. (Total to here: 16 steps.) From this point the action is reversed. Heads back away from their partners (4 steps), turning one quarter (90｡) on the fourth step and walk forward to the opposites (4 steps). Turn one quarter and walk forward into the center toward partners (4 steps). Turn one quarter (90｡) to face opposites and back up to home (total: 32 steps). While the head couples are doing the first 16 steps, the sides start by facing their partners to back away and do the second 16 steps. Completing this, the sides do the first 16 steps, while the heads are doing the last 16. The principle of walking three steps and then turning (or reversing) on the fourth step is followed throughout. This call may be broken into fractional parts by the caller directing the number of steps required. The call may also start with the heads, or other designated dancers, directed to face. | |
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. . 24. Star Thru | |
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| People Involved | 2 dancers | |
| START | facing dancers (man and lady) | |
| END | Couple | |
| Movement | Man’s right hand is placed against the lady’s left, palm to palm with fingers up, to make an arch. As the dancers move forward the lady does a one quarter (9 0｡) left face turn under the arch, while the man does a one quarter (90｡) turn to the right moving behind the lady. They end up side by side with the lady on the man’s right. | |
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25. California Twirl | |
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| People Involved | 2 dancers | |
| START | couple (man and lady) | |
| END | couple (man and lady) | |
| Movement | Partners join hands (man’s right with lady’s left) and raise them to form an arch. The lady walks forward and under their joined hands making a one half (180｡) left-face turn while the man walks around the lady in a clockwise direction one half (180｡). Dancers have exchanged places and are both facing in the opposite direction from which they started. | |
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. . 26. Walk Around the Corner | |
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| People Involved | 8 dancers | |
| START | square or circle | |
| END | ring (facing the partner) | |
| Movement | All dancers face their corners. Walking forward and around each other while keeping right shoulders adjacent, dancers return to face their partner. | |
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. . 27. See Saw | |
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| People Involved | 2 dancers | |
| START | facing dancers, square or circle | |
| END | facing dancers, square or circle | |
| Movement | When combined with all around the left hand lady, each dancer walks forward and around the partner keeping left shoulders adjacent, then steps forward to face the corner. In all other cases, it is a left shoulder dosado. Dancers advance and pass left shoulders. Each without turning moves to the left passing in back of the other dancer and then moves backward passing right shoulders returning to starting position. | |
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. . 28. Square Thru Family | |
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| People Involved | 4 dancers | |
| START | facing couple | |
| END | back to back couple | |
| Movement | (a) SQUARE THRU: Facing dancers join right hands and pull by. Turn in one quarter (90｡), join left hands and pull by. (A half square thru has been completed.) Turn in one quarter (90｡) and join right hands with facing dancer and pull by. (A three quarter square thru has been completed.) Turn in one quarter (90｡), join left hands and pull by but do not turn. (A full square thru has been completed.) Variations of square thru may be specified by fractions or by the number of hands, e.g. square thru three quarters is the same as square thru three hands, etc. (b) LEFT SQUARE THRU: Similar to square thru except that it is started with the left hand and hands are alternated accordingly. When a left square thru is required, “left square thru” must be directed. |
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29. Circle to a Line | |
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| People Involved | 4 dancers | |
| START | facing couple | |
| END | 1-faced line | |
| Movement | Couples circle left one half (180｡). The lead dancer in the couple who started on the inside (man’s position) releases the left handhold, but retains the handhold of the dancer on his right to become the left end dancer of the line. The released dancer moves forward under the raised arm arch formed by that dancer and the adjacent dancer to become the right end dancer in the line. | |
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30. Dive Thru | |
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| People Involved | 4 dancers | |
| START | facing couples (man and lady) | |
| END | tandem couples | |
| Movement | The couple whose back is to the center of the square (unless a specific couple is directed) makes an arch by raising their joined inside hands. The other couple ducks under the arch and moves forward. The couple making the arch moves forward and does a California twirl. If neither couple has its back to the center of the set, then one couple must be directed to dive thru the other couple. | |