General Ideas
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^ v v "Have the couple work as a couple" SHing
Have folks "triangle up" in a symmetric circle ("triangled" set)
You need two get-ins, like this...
> <
< >
> < (like pair off)
or like this...
> > <
> > < (like Lead Right)
Circle L/R
Ladies In Men Sashay (3x)
4 Ladies Roll away (3x)
Ladies Chain 2/3 or 1/3
AL to Allemande Thar
AL Alamo Style SwThr R arm Turn a Full Turn Left SwThr AL
RLG 6 hands
RLG 3 hands DoPaso (? this works doesn't it?)
From...
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^ Swing Thru or (R hand) Spin The Top
If you call just 2 couples your task is easier.
The little rule I made was when you hear a command it is a situation of
"If you can" and no phantom spot. Example...
Start from this
3 3
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1 1
H-SqThr
4> <3 3>
4> <1 1>
PasTh, O-Trd (same as TrdBy)
<3 4> <1
<1 4> <3
PsOcn, O-SHing
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GSwTh
From same start ([SS] of 3 couples)
H-StrTh 4> 1> <1 4> 3> <3 RLT PsTTC 4> <1 <3 4> <3 <1Call any material that can be done from 2 couples from the set-up above you can achieve lines of 3 facing with A-Trd- &Roll Warning! you can get in some strange dancer arrangements. Like 2 boys and 1 girl in one line. Don't panic a star thru will give a setup with are least 2
Note : I started with couples 1,3 and 4 You can start with 4,1 and 2 Here is a routine example
3 3
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H-SqThr TrdBy T1/4 O-FaceL SwThr Twice EBTrd, O-UTurn StrTh PsTTC CtrIn Ca3/4 StrTh F-VeerL BendL AL
(advanced)
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4x2 acey deucey
[From Jim Wass]----------------------------------------------------------
The following assume #3 position is vacant...
S-LeadR TrdBy TrdBy TrdBy "those who can" Cir2L, O-WhlAr CirL AL RLG (always 6 hands)
#1 "go down the middle" SepA1 "Lines of 3" FwdBk T1/4 Col.C (etc.)
3LChn (Ladies leave their partner pass one guy and courtesy turn with the next)
The following make use of the phantom couple...
H-LeadR A-VeerL Cpl.C BendL RLT PasTh BendLine (etc.)
S-StrTh DPT Clovr (etc.)
SFGrSqr
I will call lots of stuff in which the phantoms are significant and then
not. I direct the dancers with qualifiers like "those who can" (no phantom)
and "everybody" (dance with the phantom if you have to). I use directional
stuff "the boy facing out turn back" "everybody holding a right hand" do
something.
I call several contra triples. (Those of you familiar with some of the older dances may remember a square dance figure in which one couple leads to the right for a "duck and dive" - a sequence of dive thrus - one of my contras uses that figure.)
(advanced) ALTAT A-"1/3 Thru" (centers turn R 1/3, everybody L 1/2) Left 1/4 Thru to Alamo Style... [From Al Brozek]--------------------------------------------------------Have couples stand in a 'U' formation, that is, couples in 4th, 3rd, and 2nd square positions. I told them that they would NOT be working with a ghost couple. A 'rule' that I made up was that when they were facing out where a couple was supposed to be, they should CalTw automatically. With this setup, when I would call something like S-SqTh4. Gent 4 and lady 2 would end up facing couple 3 ready to do some 2-couple figures. Gent 2 and lady 4 would end facing out where couple 1 would have been--if there had been a couple 1--and they would then automatically CalTw and wait. When I finished my 2 couple figures, I'd have one of these couples move across the square to the 2 people who were in #1 position (gent 2, lady 4) and do more 2 couple stuff.
H-LeadR SwThr "those"-B-Run- BendL, O-Trd- &Roll JoinH CirL AL 4> <3 3> 4> <1 1> TrdBy <3 4> <1 <1 4> <3 F-DivTh <3 <1 <4 <1 <3 <4 Clovr You always want something that looks like this: v v > < > < Heads CALLER You just want different people to be in different positions for variety. JoinH CirL ... "#1 you're Heads, others fall in" gives... #1 v v > < #2 > < #3 ...or... JoinH CirL ... "#3 you're Heads, others fall in" gives... #3 v v > < #1 > < #2 and so on. You could do the same thing with the sides if you used some landmark in the room.