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47. FLUTTERWHEEL FAMILY: starting formation - facing couples.
(a) FLUTTERWHEEL: The right hand dancers go in to the center and turn by the right forearm. As they move adjacent to the opposite dancer, they reach out with the free (left) hand and, taking the right hand of the opposite dancer, each continues on around to the original right hand dancer's starting position, releasing arms in the center and turning as a couple to face the center.
(b) REVERSE FLUTTERWHEEL: Generally the same as flutterwheel except that the two left-hand dancers start with a left forearm turn and pick up the opposite dancers to return to their (the left hand dancer's) starting position.
48. SWEEP A QUARTER: Starting formation - facing couples in a circling movement (right or left). Dancers continue the
circling movement one quarter (90 degrees) in the direction of their body flow.
49. VEER FAMILY: (a) LEFT (b) RIGHT - Starting formation - facing dancers, facing couples, mini waves or two-faced lines. Two facing couples working as a unit, or two facing dancers move to the left (or right, as directed) and forward to end in a two-faced line or mini wave respectively. from a mini wave or a two-faced line, the veering direction must be toward the center of the mini wave or line. Each dancer, or couple working as unit, moves forward and inward to end back to back with other dancers or couple respectively.
50. TRADE BY: Starting formation - trade by or any formation in which two couples are facing each other and the other couples are facing out. The couples facing each other pass thru, the couples facing out do a partner trade to face in.
51. TOUCH 1/4: Starting formation - facing dancers. dancers touch and without stopping turn one quarter (90 degrees) by the right.
52. CIRCULATE FAMILY: starting formation - waves, columns, lines and two-faced lines. GENERAL RULE: directed (active) dancers move forward along the circulate path to the next position. the circulate paths for various formations are indicated by the dotted lines in the diagrams.
(a) BOYS CIRCULATE, (b) GIRLS CIRCULATE, (c) ALL EIGHT CIRCULATE, (d) ENDS CIRCULATE, (e) CENTERS CIRCULATE: Directed dancers circulate using the general rule. (f) COUPLES CIRCULATE: Starting formation - lines or two-faced lines. Each couple, working as a unit, moves forward along the circulate path to the next position, using the general rule. (g) BOX CIRCULATE: Starting formation - box circulate. Each dancer moves forward along the circulate path to the next position, using the general rule. (h) SINGLE FILE CIRCULATE (COLUMN): Starting formation - columns. each dancer moves forward along the circulate path to the next position, using the general rule. (i) SPLIT CIRCULATE: Starting formation - lines, waves or columns. The formations divide into separate boxes and dancers circulate within their own foursome, using the general rule.
Note: Diagrams are not provided in this web page.
53. FERRIS WHEEL: starting formation - two parallel two-faced lines. The couples facing out wheel and deal to become the outside couples in a double pass thru formation. Meanwhile, the couples facing in step straight ahead to momentarily form a two-faced line in the center. Without stopping, they wheel and deal in that line to end as the center couples in a double pass thru formation.
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