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pre (anyone) Cross Fold rn (anyone) Cross Run rn (anyone) Fold rn (anyone) Run rn (anything) & 1/4 More rn (anything) To An Allemande Thar rn (Right & Left Thru) Full Turn Around rn (Right|Left) Arm Turn rn (Shoot The Star) Full Turn rn 1/2 Tag (The Line) rn A Alamo Style rn All Around The Corner rn Allemande Left rn Allemande Left To An Allemande Thar rn Around (n) Come Into The Middle rn Around (n) To A Line rn B Back Out (Promenade Bend The Line) rn Backaway rn Backtrack rn Balance rn Bend The Line rn Both Go (Right|Left) rn Bow To (Partner/Corner) rn Box Circulate rn Box The Gnat rn C California Twirl rn Cast (Right|Left) (fract) rn Cast Off (fract) rn Centers In rn Centers Out rn Chain Down The Line rn Circle (Left|Right) rn Circle Home rn Circle To A Line rn Circulate rn Cloverleaf rn Couples Circulate rn Couples Hinge rn Couples Trade rn Courtesy Turn rn D Dive Thru rn Divide rn Dixie Style (To An Ocean Wave) rn Do Paso rn Dosado rn Double Pass Thru rn E Eight Chain (Thru|n) rn Extend (from a 1/4 Tag) rn F Face (dir) rn Face Your Partner (or Corner) rn Ferris Wheel rn First Right, Next Left rn Flutter Wheel rn Forward & Back rn G Grand Square rn H Half Sashay rn Hinge rn I J K L Ladies Chain, Two (fract) rn Ladies Chain, Four (fract) rn Ladies Center, Men Sashay rn Lead (Right|Left) rn Left Swing Thru rn

M N O P Partner Hinge rn Pass By (n) rn Pass The Ocean rn Pass Thru rn Pass To The Center rn Promenade (Home | fract) rn Pull By rn Q R Recycle (from a Wave) rn Reverse Flutter Wheel rn Right & Left Grand rn Right & Left Thru rn Roll Promenade rn Roll Back (n) (from Promenade) rn Rollaway (With A Half Sashay) rn S Scoot Back rn See Saw rn Separate rn Shoot The Star rn Single File Promenade (Home) rn Single Hinge rn Slide Thru rn Slip The Clutch rn Spin Chain Thru rn Spin The Top rn Split Circulate rn Split The (Outside Couple) rn Square Formation and Identification rn Square Thru (n) rn Star (fract) rn Star Promenade rn Star Thru rn Step Ahead rn Step Thru rn Step To A Wave rn Sweep (fract) rn Swing (Your Partner|Corner) rn Swing Thru rn T Tag The Line (full) (dir) rn Touch (fract) rn Touch 1/4 rn Trade rn Trade By rn Turn Thru rn U U-Turn Back rn V Veer (Right|Left) rn W Walk & Dodge rn Walk By (n) rn Weave The Ring rn Wheel & Deal rn Wheel Around rn Wrong Way Grand rn Wrong Way Promenade (fract) rn Wrong Way Promenade Home rn X Y Z Zoom rn