From Twin Diamonds.
A Magic Diamond is a Distorted Diamond in which the Centers of one Diamond work
with the points of the other Diamond.
| | Work with these dancers in a distorted Diamond. |
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Note that in the last diagram above you now have a Magic Wave [C3B] with
the dancers who were in your Magic Diamond.
Notes on traffic patterns:
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The basic rule is try to get to your ending position
with a minimum number of collisions (trying for zero collisions would be a good
goal).
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On Magic Cut The Diamond or
Magic Flip The Diamond, the points can often work as if In Tandem.
In our opinion, callers should say Magic Diamond Cut | Flip The Diamond rather than
Cut | Flip The Magic Diamond. In the first case, the dancers
initially hear the word Magic and can immediately start locating their
Magic Diamond. Also, in our opinion, Cut|Flip The Magic Diamond is
NOT the same as Magic Cut|Flip The Diamond, since
on a Cut|Flip The formation those with handholds
do a formation Circulate as the others simply slide together and
Trade (Cut) or Phantom Run (Flip). Hence, for a Cut|Flip The Magic Diamond
only the Centers are working Magic.
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Magic Inpoint|Outpoint|Inside|Outside Triangle Identification:
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| Magic
Inpoint Triangle | | Magic
Outpoint Triangle | | Magic
Inside Triangle | | Magic
Outside Triangle |
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| | Dancers are listed in order of their Circulate path within the above diagram: |
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Magic Inpoint Triangle:
(
 ,  ,  )
and ( ,  ,  )
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Magic Outpoint Triangle:
(
 , , )
and ( , , )
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Magic Inside Triangle:
(, , )
and (, , )
[This is the hardest one to see.] -
Magic Outside Triangle:
(, , )
and (, , )
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Magic Interlocked Diamond Concept [C4]:
| | Work with these dancers in a distorted Diamond. |
Magic Interlocked Diamonds are rarely used since they are
difficult to visualize and often involve hideous traffic patterns.
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See also Magic Line | Wave Concept [C3B].
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All 
Choreography for Magic Diamond Concept
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