 Overview  - Checker Cheats are short cuts used by square dance callers when
pushing Square Dance Checkers
(also known as Choreos or Dolls) to write square dance sequences.
Notes:
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Checker Cheats are primarily used by callers,
hence we list the manner in which callers think about a call.
That is, a cheat may be worded in terms of higher-level
calls or a cheat may just be a description of how to manipulate
the checkers to get to the ending formation.
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Each bulleted item is a cheat. For example, on the call
Alter The Wave [C1],
there are 3 different cheats listed.
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Alter The Wave [C1] - From a Wave: Centers Slither as Ends Stable Trade
- From a Wave: Single Concentric Half Sashay
- From a Wave: Swing & Mix
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As a caller, I find that knowing checker cheats improves my sight calling.
I can more easily anticipate ending formations along with correct
sex arrangement, and I can extemporaneously formulate getouts.
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As a challenge dancer, I find that knowing checker cheats allows me to more
easily dance complicated phantom calls. I can often determine my ending
position and the ending position of others even before the call starts.
For example, a call such as Alter & Circulate
[C2] may be disorienting to dance phantom, but
if you're a center and you know that the Center's part is equivalent to
'Centers Cross Back', then you know where you're supposed to end up.
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Of course, you should not use cheats to replace either the definition or
the dance action of the call.
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