THE MAINSTREAM MOVEMENTS

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60. WALK AND DODGE Starting formation - box circulate or facing couples. From box circulate formation, each dancer facing into the box walks forward to take the place of the dancer who was directly in front of him. Meanwhile each dancer facing out of the box steps sideways (dodges) into the position vacated by the "walker" who was formerly beside him. dancers end side by side, both facing out. If walk and dodge is called from facing couples, the caller must designate who is to walk and who is to dodge (e.g., "men walk, ladies dodge"). Ends in a box circulate formation.
61. SLIDE THRU Starting formation - facing dancers. Dancers pass Thru. A man always turns right one quarter (90 degrees); a lady always turns left one quarter (90 degrees). Dancers end side by side with each other.
62. FOLD FAMILY Starting formation - any two dancer formation in which the directed dancer has a shoulder directly adjacent to the other dancer. GENERAL RULE: Directed dancers step forward and move in a small semi-circle to end facing toward an adjacent dancer or position. the adjacent inactive dancer may be facing in any direction and does not move. If not specified, centers fold toward ends and vice versa.
63. DIXIE STYLE TO AN OCEAN WAVE: Starting formation - facing couples or facing tandems. From facing couples, the right hand dancer steps forward and to the left to become the lead dancer in a tandem. Lead dancers join right hands and pull by. Moving to the other trailing dancer, each extend a left hand and touches to a left hand mini-wave and turns one
64. TAG FAMILY: Starting formation - Any line with an even number of dancers. FULL: Each dancer turns to face the center of the line. Taking a short side step to the left, each dancer walks forward passing right shoulders with oncoming dancers until he has walked past all of the dancers from the other half of the line. The call may be followed by any of the directions In, Out, Right, or Left. When this happens, dancers turn in place one quarter (90 degrees) in the direction indicated.
65. HALF TAG: Like tag the line, except the dancers stop walking forward when the original center from each side of the line meets the original end from the other side. If started from a four person line, the ending is a right hand box circulate formation; from longer lines the ending is a right hand column formation.
66. SCOOT BACK: Starting formation - box circulate or quarter tag. From box circulate, dancers facing in step straight forward to join adjacent forearms, turn half (180 degrees) and step forward to end in the position vacated by the dancer who was facing out. Meanwhile, each dancer facing out runs into the positon vacated by the dancer who is doing the forearm turn. When done from right hand boxes, the dancers facing in turn by the right and the dancers facing out run right. When done from left hand boxes, the dancers facing in turn by the left and the dancers facing out run left. Finishes in a box circulate formation.
67. HINGE FAMILY: A hinge is a half of a trade. Any two adjacent couples or dancers who can trade can also hinge. (a) COUPLES HINGE: Starting formation - line or two-faced line. Working as a unit, each couple does half of a couples trade to end in a two-faced line at right angles to the original line. (b) SINGLE HINGE: starting formation - mini wave. Dancers do half of a trade with each other to end in a mini wave at right angles to the original mini wave.
68. RECYCLE: Starting formation - ocean wave only. The ends of the wave cross fold as the center of the wave fold in behind the ends and follow them around, then face in to end as two facing couples.
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