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24. CIRCLE TO A LINE: Staring formation - facing couples. couples circle left one half (180 degrees). 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.
25. BEND THE LINE: Starting formation - any line with an even number of dancers. dancers in each half of the line must be facing the same direction. The center dancer in the line drop hands with each other. with each half of the line working as a unit, the ends move forward while the centers back up until both halves of the line are facing.
26. ALL AROUND THE LEFT HAND LADY: Starting formation - square or circle. All dancers face the corners. Walking forward and around each other while keeping right shoulders adjacent, dancers return to face their partner.
27. SEE SAW Starting formation - facing dancers, square or circle. 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.
28. SQUARE THRU FAMILY (1-5 hands): Starting formation - facing couples. (a) SQUARE THRU: facing dancers join right hands and pull by. turn one quarter (90 degrees), join left hands and pull by. (a half square thru has been completed.) Turn in one quarter (90 degrees) and join right hands with facing dancer and pull by. (a three quarter square thru has been completed.) Turn in one quarter (90 degrees), 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 a 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.
29. CALIFORNIA TWIRL Starting formation - coupled (man and lady). 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 degrees) left-face turn while the man walks around the lady in a clockwise direction one half (189 degrees). Dancers have exchanged places and are both facing in the opposite direction from which they started.
30. DIVE THRU: Starting formation - facing couples (man and lady). 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.
31. WHEEL AROUND: Starting formation - couple. the couple, working as a unit, turns around (180 degrees). The left hand dancer backs up while the right hand dancer moves forward. The pivot point is the handhold between the two dancers.
32. THAR FAMILY: (a) ALLEMANDE THAR: An allemande thar star is a formation and may be formed at the end of any left arm turn by the center dancers (or those directed) forming a right hand box star and backing up. Each outside dancer holds the left forearm of the center dancer and walks forward. (b) WRONG WAY THAR: A wrong way thar may be formed at the end of any right arm turn by the center dancers (or those directed) forming a left hand box star and backing up. Outside dancers hold the right forearm of a center dancer and walk forward.
33. SHOOT THE STAR: (regular, full around): Starting formation - thar or wrong way thar. The handholds forming the center star are released as each center dancer and the adjacent outside dancer arm turn one half (180 degrees) or full (360 degrees) as directed. If half or full is not directed, the arm turn is on half.
34. SLIP THE CLUTCH: Starting formation: - thar or wrong way thar. Dancers in the center of the thar stop and, while retaining the star, release armholds with the dancers beside them. everyone then moves forward within the circle in which he was traveling while in the thar.
35. BOX THE GNAT: Starting formation - facing dancers (man and lady). Dancers step forward, join and then raise their right hands. The lady steps forward and does a left-face U turn back under the raised joined hands, as the man walks forward and around the lady while doing a right-face U turn back. Dancers end facing each other, each in the other's starting position.
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