Calls Flashcards
Ah So
From a wave or line:
With each half of the wave/line working as a unit,
1a) The ends Cross Fold.
1b) The centers follow along so as to keep each mini-wave or couple intact.
Note: If the ends start out facing the same way, they pass right shoulders as they go.
Alter the Wave
From a wave:
1) All Swing.
2a) The centers Cast Off 3/4
2b) The ends U-Turn Back.
3) All Counter Rotate the diamond 1/2 (formerly called “turning the star 1/2”).
4) Flip the Diamond.
Ends in a wave.
Note: One can also “Counter Rotate the Diamond” by other amounts than 1/2. For example, Alter the Wave, but Counter Rotate the Diamond 3/4.
Cast Back
From any formation with definite leads, who must not be facing directly toward or away from the flagpole center:
Starting in a tandem, the lead dancer always does the call; elsewhere, the caller must designate a dancer. The designated dancer Peel Off and step forward to stand beside the other dancer. The other
dancer does not move.
This call cannot be fractionalized.
Cross Cast Back
From a couple facing out of a 2x2 formation:
Starting in tandem couples, the lead dancers always do the call; elsewhere, the dancers must be designated.
The designated dancers Trail Off and step forward to stand beside the other dancers. The others do not move.
This call cannot be fractionalized.
Chain Reaction
At C-1, the restrictions from the Advanced Program on the formations from which you may call Chain Reaction are removed. In effect, this adds quarter lines and a two-faced line or a wave between parallel mini-waves to the list of starting formations.
Checkover
From columns:
1a) The #1 and #2 dancers Checkmate
1b) The #3 and #4 dancers Circulate, Cast Off 3/4, Slither, and As Couples Extend.
Ends in parallel two-faced lines.
Circle By
From facing couples:
This call requires that two fractions, m and n, be called as part of its name, e.g., “Circle By 1/4 and 1/2”.
1) All four join hands and Circle Left m.
2) Then Touch and Cast Off n.
Note: Note: If n is “Nothing”, you just step to the wave.
Note: The second fraction (n), may be replaced by another call, as in “Circle By 1/2 and Recycle”. In that case, the Cast Off is replaced by the call specified. In this example, the dancers would Circle Left 1/2, Touch, then Recycle, ending in facing couples.
Counter Rotate
From any formation with no dancers facing directly toward or away from the flagpole center:
1) Each dancer moves forward the designated number of quarters (1/4 unless otherwise specified) around the flagpole center of the formation, staying the same distance from that center as though he were on a wheel turning about that center. With each quarter he Counter Rotates, the dancer faces a new wall (i.e., he turns 90°).
The original outsides always finish as outsides, and the original centers always finish as centers.
For example, “Points Counter Rotate 1/4”:
Cross and Turn
From facing couples:
1a) Beaus Right Pull By with each other
1b) Belles U-Turn Back.
Ends in couples back to back.
Reverse Cross and Turn
From facing couples:
1a) Belles Left Pull By with each other
1b) Beaus U-Turn Back.
Ends in couples back to back.
Cross By
From a Thar, Wrong-way Thar, or Parallel Waves:
Do 1/2 a Circulate, Sashaying as you go, and joining opposite hands from initial handhold.
Ends in a Wrong-way Thar, Thar, or Ocean Wave between vertical Mini-waves.
Cross Chain Thru
From eight chain thru:
1) All Right Pull By.
2a) The ends Courtesy Turn
2b) The centers Left Hand Star 1/2 to end in another eight chain thru formation.
Note: The star ends as though the centers had done a Cross Trail Thru.
Note: By definition, “Cross Chain Thru and Roll” is the same as Cross Chain and Roll.
Cross Chain And Roll
From Eight Chain Thru:
1) All Right Pull By.
2a) Outsides Courtesy Turn and Roll
2b) Centers Left Hand Star 1/2, to end in parallel waves.
Cross Extend
From a Single 1/4 Tag or Box Circulate:
Extend but move on a slight diagonal so as to end in a formation whose handedness is the opposite from that of the starting formation.
Cross Extend from a Right-Hand Single 1/4 Tag will end in a Left-Hand Box Circulate. Cross Extend from a Right-Hand Box Circulate will end in a Left-Hand Single 3/4 Tag.
Notes: Cross Extend is a 4-dancer call. The common 8-dancer starting formations are 1/4 Tag and Ocean Waves.
From a 1/4 Tag, since those in the center wave are most aware of its handedness, it is important for them to meet the outside dancers with the correct hand.
From Ocean Waves there is a tendency for the original leaders to cross or half sashay with each other. This would be incorrect because the two Box Circulate formations should not interact. The original leaders simply move straight ahead and adjust to form a couple in the resulting 3/4 Tag formation.
Cross Roll to a Wave/Line
From a line or wave:
1a) The centers Cross Run
1b) The ends Run.
Note: The centers pass outside of the ends as they Cross Run.
(Anything) Chain Thru
All do the “anything” call, then the very centers Trade and the center 4 Cast Off 3/4. If the “anything” call is a Triangle or Diamond Circulate, the word “Circulate” is conventionally omitted (e.g., Inpoint Triangle Chain Thru, Interlocked Diamond Chain Thru).
Dixie Diamond
From facing couples or facing tandems:
1) All Dixie Style to a Wave.
2a) The centers Hinge.
2b) The ends U-Turn Back (turning toward each other).
Ends in a right-hand diamond.
Dixie Sashay
From facing couples or tandems:
1) As a single smooth motion, Dixie Style to A Wave and Slither, to form a two-faced line.
Note: This call cannot be fractionalized.
Flip the Line (1/4, 1/2, 3/4, Full)
From waves only:
1) Centers Run
2) All any-shoulder Tag the Line the given fraction (1/4, 1/2, 3/4, Full).
Any shoulder means: From right-hand waves, use a right shoulder pass; from left-hand waves use a left shoulder pass.
Follow Thru
From a box circulate, T-bone, or single quarter tag:
All 1/2 Scoot Back.
Ends in a wave, two-faced line or diamond.
Chase your Neighbor
From couples back to back:
1) Start a Chase Right, blending into a Follow Your Neighbor
1a) The original beaus begin the Chase Right, meet each other, and Cast Off 3/4.
1b) The original belles begin the Zoom action, but after passing each other, they “Fold and Roll” to finish as the ends of a wave.
Cross Your Neighbor
From a Box Circulate:
the Trailers Cross Extend and Arm Turn 3/4 while the Leaders do your part of Follow Your Neighbor.
From a Single 1/4 Tag:
all dancers do the Trailers part (Cross Extend and Arm Turn 3/4).
Cross Your Neighbor cannot be fractionalized.
Jaywalk
From dancers facing directly or on an angle:
Like a Pass Thru, except the dancers do not have to be facing directly. Each dancer finishes on the other dancer’s starting spot, facing opposite the way that dancer was facing.
Linear Action
From quarter or three-quarter tag, wave between parallel mini-waves, quarter or three-quarter line, or two-faced line between parallel mini-waves:
1) All Hinge.
2a) The centers Box Circulate 1 1/2
2b) The outsides Trade.
3) Those who meet Cast Off 3/4, as others move up (as in Hourglass Circulate) to form parallel waves or lines.
Make Magic
From general columns:
Any center and outside dancers who are facing each other do a Pass Thru, as any center who is facing in, does a pull by with the diagonally opposite dancer, using outside hands. If all four centers are facing in, they Cross Trail Thru.
Pass the Axel
From eight chain thru:
1) All Pass Thru.
2a) The centers Pass Thru.
2b) The ends Cross Cast Back.
3) All Swing.
4) The new centers Trade.
The Axel
From trade-by or completed double pass thru:
1a) The centers Pass Thru, if they can.
1b) The ends Cross Cast Back.
2) All Swing.
3) The new centers Trade.
Percolate
From appropriate parallel waves or lines, or eight chain thru:
1) Circulate.
2) 1/2 (Half) Circulate.
3a) The center 4 (those in the wave) Hinge and Cross.
3b) The ends Turn Thru or Left Turn Thru as appropriate.
Note: From most places (e.g., waves) this ends in lines back to back. It can be done from anywhere the Circulate, 1/2 (Half) Circulate gives a definite center wave.
Press Ahead
From any appropriate formation:
Those designated move one dancer position forward.
Example: #1 Press Ahead:
Note: This is not the same as Extend.
All 8 Recycle
From quarter tag, or wave between parallel mini-waves:
1a) The centers do a Recycle, working wider than normal, and moving outside the others.
1b) The outsides move forward and do a facing couples Recycle or Split Recycle, as appropriate.
Ends in quarter tag.
2/3 Recycle
From a wave only:
Do the first two parts of Recycle, i.e., Centers Fold (and all adjust to a box circulate formation), then Box Counter Rotate 1/4.
Split/Box Recycle
From box circulate formation:
1) Without letting go hands with the leads, the trailers Extend and U-Turn Back, to end with their original outside hands joined. The leads follow along, becoming the ends of the resulting wave.
From 2x2 formations where half the box is a couple and the other is a right-hand mini-wave:
1) Those in the couple do a facing-couples Recycle.
2) Those in the mini-wave do a Split Recycle.
Ends in a righthand wave.
