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Week 21

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Moves this week - Mar 6

Double Pass Thru

1st Couple Go Left/Right
2nd Couple Go Left/Right

Zoom

Double Pass Thru
Dancers move forward, passing right shoulders with two other dancers to finish facing away from the center of the set. The final formation is known as a "Completed Double Pass Thru" formation (ie, two couples are back to back in the center of the square and and each are looking at the backs of a couple in front of them). In a sense, all couples are looking out of the square with one couple behind the other.

1st/2nd Couple Go Left/Right
The move 1st/2nd Couple Go Left/Right is another of the Wheeling moves mentioned a few weeks earlier. In this case you can replace the word "GO" with "Wheel", ie, 1st Couple Go Left is the same as saying "1st Couple Wheel to the Left."

The move 1st/2nd Couple Go Left/Right is done from a completed double pass thru formation,

In this case, the pivot point is the dancer on the Left if "Left" is called (or Right if "Right" is called).

Zoom
The move Zoom is like a Chinese fire drill; a car comes to a stop at a traffic light and all occupants exit the car and re-enter the car through different doors. In this case, Zoom is a little more structured: those in the front "seat" exit sideways and take the postion of those in the back seat, while those in the back "climb" over the seats to get into the front :-) You get the picture.

Zoom is done from formations where one couple is following another couple. This introduces the concept of LEADERS and TRAILERS where we have one person in front of another.

In Zoom, the Leaders turn away from the center and walk in a full circle into the spot where the Trailers were standing. While this

Typical Use

Heads
  • Star Thru
  • Zoom
  • (heads are now behind the sides)
  • Double Pass Thru
  • (sides are facing out) Leaders
  • Partner Trade
  • (sides are leaders)
  • Allemande Left
  • Heads
  • Promenade 1/2
  • Lead Right
  • Dive Thru
  • (heads are now behind the sides)
  • Double Pass Thru
  • (sides are facing out)
  • 1st Couple Go Left
  • 2nd Couple Go Right
  • (lines facing in)
  • Star Thru
  • Pass Thru
  • Allemande Left
  • Heads
  • Lead Right
  • Veer Left
  • Bend the Line
  • (lines facing in)
  • Pass Thru
  • (lines facing out)
  • Wheel and Deal
  • (one couple behind the other)
  • Double Pass Thru
  • 1st Couple Go Left
  • 2nd Couple Go Left
  • Promenade home
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