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C1 definitions from the Ceder Chest of C1 and C2.
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In Challenge dancing, Recycle from a Wave is a 3-part call.
From a Wave:
Outside Triangles Circulate as the Very Centers Trade.
Do the any Tagging call to the 1/2 Tag position; Scoot Back. Ends in a Mini-Wave Box.
Do the anything call; Very Centers Trade; Center 4 Cast Off 3/4.
From any formation in which the anything call ends in a Trade By, Completed Double Pass Thru, or R-H 3/4 Tag.
Do the anything call; Outsides Cross Cast Back as Centers Complete The Tag (Pass Thru or Step Thru as necessary so that the Centers are back-to-back); all Trade; Centers Trade.
Ends in Facing Lines.
From various formations.
All or Center 4 do the anything call; Centers Cast Off 3/4 as Outsides 1/4 toward the given direction & Circulate twice. Ends in various formations.
Ends Cross Fold while holding onto adjacent dancers.
A Wave ends in a Mini-Wave Box.
Wave dancers Recycle, taking a wider arc than normal, to end as Couples on the outside as the Outside dancers move into the Center & do a Box Recycle to end in the Center Wave.
A 1/4 Tag setup ends in a 1/4 Tag.
Ends in a Wave (of opposite handedness). Alter The Wave is a 4-part call.
Block FORMATION Who works with whom in a Block. |
From Facing Couples, a Mini-Wave Box, or a Box consisting of one R-H Mini-Wave and one In-facing Couple.
Those who are a Couple do your part of a (Facing) Recycle as those in a Mini-Wave do a Leaders Trail Off as Trailers 1/2 Box Circulate and U-Turn Back by turning toward the Center of the 4-dancer formation.
Ends in a Wave.
A Butterfly consists of dancers occupying the following spots in a 4 x 4 Matrix:
Butterfly FORMATION
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A Butterfly is considered to be distorted Columns, as if the outside dancers slid apart from normal Columns.
From a 2 x 2.
From an applicable generalized 1/4 Tag.
Very Centers and the directly facing Outside dancers do a Pass Thru as the End of the Center Line Counter Rotate 1/4 (on the Outside); Centers of each side Hinge; Center 4 Star 1/4 as Outsides Trade; Those who meet Cast Off 3/4 as Others move up (Phantom Hourglass Circulate).
Ends in Parallel Lines|Waves.
Belles Right-face U-Turn Back & all Box Circulate; Follow Your Neighbor.
Ends in a L-H Wave.
First Two Checkmate The Column as Last Two Extend (using Circulates) to a Box, Cast Off 3/4, Slither, and As Couples Extend.
Ends in Parallel Two-Faced Lines.
The inside 4 dancers do the given call working within the Center of the set as the outside 4 dancers do the given call working with each other, around the outside of the set.
From applicable formations.
Walk forward in an arc, for a total of fraction of a circle, around the flagpole center of the set, keeping the same distance from the center of the set.
Ends in Back-to-Back Couples.
From Parallel Waves or a Thar.
As one movement, 1/2 Circulate and Slide (nose-to-nose).
A Thar ends in an opposite-handed Thar; Parallel Waves end in a Thar.
Alternative definition: As one movement, Slip The Clutch & Spread.
From an Eight Chain Thru (or Parallel R-H Waves).
Right Pull By; outsides Courtesy Turn and Roll as Centers L-H Star 1/2 to end in Parallel R-H Waves.
Right Pull By; Outsides Courtesy Turn as Centers L-H Star 1/2 to face the Outside Couple.
Ends in an Eight Chain Thru.
As one movement, Extend the Tag and those ending in a Mini-Wave Slide nose-to-nose.
Ends in an opposite-handed formation.
Centers Cross Run as Ends Run.
A Two-Faced Line ends in a Wave and vice-versa.
Leaders 1/2 Box Circulate & U-Turn Back (Roll twice) as Trailers Cross Extend & Arm Turn 3/4.
A Mini-Wave Box ends in an opposite-handed Two-Faced Line.
From a Galaxy.
Usually ends in a generalized Thar
Ends in a R-H Diamond.
Dixie Diamond is a 2-part call.
From Facing Couples or a Single Double Pass Thru.
Dixie Style To A Wave & Slither.
Ends in a L-H Two-Faced Line.
Do the anything call leaving off the first part.
From a Wave.
As one movement, Centers Run and all Any Shoulder Tag The Line to the given fractional Tag formation. If no fraction is given, complete a full Tag The Line.
1/2 Scoot Back.
A Galaxy FORMATION consists of a Box inside of a Diamond. This is the opposite of an Hourglass FORMATION which consists of a Diamond inside of a Box.
Galaxy Circulate [C1]:
From a Galaxy. The Circulate path of a
Galaxy consists of 8 spots. Move up to the next position in the Galaxy (Box
dancers move forward into the next outside Diamond position,
as Diamond dancers move forward into the next Center position). Your new
facing direction is determined by the dancer currently occupying the spot to
which you will move. You must either face the same direction as that dancer
(i.e., you are following his or her back), or 180° in the opposite
direction (facing Galaxy Circulate). This means that sometimes your facing
direction will change 90° and sometimes your facing direction will not
change at all. From a normal R-H or L-H Galaxy, the traffic pattern of Galaxy Circulate
results in all dancers moving in either a clockwise or
There are two different uses of the Ignore CONCEPT.
In both cases the ignored dancers do not move.
An Interlocked Diamond FORMATION consists of the same footprints as normal Twin Diamonds or Point-to-Point Diamonds. The only difference is that each Centermost dancer is working with the 3 dancers in the far Diamond.
From applicable 2-(or more) dancer formations.
All (or designated dancers) do a diagonal Pass Thru, to end in the other dancer's starting position and face opposite to the other dancer's original facing direction.
From a Generalized 1/4 Tag or other applicable formations.
Centers Hinge & Box Circulate 1 & 1/2 as Outsides Hinge & Trade; those who meet (Center 4) Cast Off 3/4 as the Others move up (as in Chain Reaction).
Ends in Parallel Waves, Parallel 3 & 1 Lines, or a Parallelogram (if outside dancers end on the same spot).
From a 3/4 Tag or other applicable formations.
Outsides 1/4 Right & Counter Rotate 1/4 as Centers Step & Fold.
A R-H 3/4 Tag ends in Parallel R-H Waves, a L-H 3/4 Tag ends in Parallel R-H Two-Faced Lines.
A Magic Column typically consists of Parallel Columns in which the Center dancers are holding the opposite hands from the Outside dancers (i.e., the Outsides are holding R-H as the Centers are holding L-H, or vice-versa).
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Magic Column Circulate [C1]: From applicable Generalized Columns. In-Facing Ends and Out-Facing Centers Crossover Circulate as Others Circulate. An alternative way of thinking of this is that you do a Crossover Circulate if and only if your next Circulate would take you from an End to a Center or vice-versa. Otherwise do a normal Circulate. From normal Magic Columns, the traffic pattern has the Out-Facing Center dancer moving first (in front of the In-Facing End dancer who must wait). This is important in case the caller calls a Magic Column 1/2 Circulate, since sometimes this will cause you to pass Right-shoulders and sometimes Left-shoulders.
From Generalized Columns of 4 (usually a 1/4 Box or Magic Columns) or other applicable formations.
Any Out-Facing Centers who are facing an Outside dancer do a Pass Thru with that dancer as any In-Facing Centers diagonally Pull By (with each other) using outside hands.
An "O" consists of dancers occupying the following spots in a 4 x 4 matrix:
"O" FORMATION
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An "O" is considered to be Distorted Columns, as if the Centers slid apart from normal Columns.
Ends in Facing Lines. Pass The Axle is a 4-part call.
From Parallel Waves, applicable Parallel Lines, Eight Chain Thru, 2 x 4 T-Bones, or other applicable formations.
Usually ends in Back-to-Back Lines or T-Bones (with everyone facing out).
The idea for the Phantom CONCEPT is to overlap two sets of Parallel Columns | Lines | Waves at 90° to each other, filling in the blank spots with "ghost dancers."
Do the given call working with imaginary dancers (i.e., Phantoms). Assume that the Phantoms are in whatever position, have whatever facing direction, and are of whatever sex is necessary in order to execute the given call. The call is then danced with both the dancers and the Phantoms participating. Keep track of the Phantoms that you are working with and reserve space for them at the completion of the call.
From a Generalized 3/4 Tag (usually a R-H 3/4 Tag) or other applicable formations.
Usually ends in a 1/4 Tag.
The Prefer CONCEPT does not have a clear-cut definition and in most cases is call-dependent.
In general, the 'Preferred' dancers do the first part of the call, the given part of the call, or the most obvious or active part of the call. The caller will usually say 'Prefer the anyone: anything' or 'anyone is Preferred: anything.' The caller may also indicate which part of the given call the Preferred dancers are to do.
Arm Turn 1/2; Center 6 Cast Off 3/4 as Very Ends Counter Rotate 1/4; resulting Center Wave Hinge & Spread (to become Ends of Parallel Waves) as Others do the Centers part of Cast A Shadow (Leaders Cloverleaf as Trailers Extend; Hinge; Extend).
Ends in Parallel Waves.
Arm Turn 1/2; Centers Arm Turn 3/4 as Ends 1/2 Circulate; Centers turn the Star 1/4 as Others Trade; those who meet Cast Off 3/4 as Others move up (Phantom Hourglass Circulate).
Ends in Parallel Waves.
Do the given call, X, substituting a given part, Y, of that call with another given call, Z.
Typically the caller will say something like
From a Wave or Inverted Line.
As one movement, Step Thru and 1/4 Out.
Ends in Back-to-Back Couples.
Rotary Spin [C1]: From an Eight Chain Thru (or Parallel R-H Waves). Right Pull By; Outsides Courtesy Turn & Roll as Centers Step To A L-H Wave and Cast Off 3/4. Ends in Parallel R-H Waves.
Rotary anything [C2]: From an Eight Chain Thru (or Parallel R-H Waves). Right Pull By; Outsides Courtesy Turn & Roll as Centers Step To A L-H Wave and do the anything call. Ending formation (dependent upon the anything call) can be Parallel Lines, Diamonds, Hourglass, etc.
Rotates (Rotate, Reverse Rotate, Single Rotate, and Reverse Single Rotate) are listed on different challenge lists according to the starting formation.
The center point of your setup is the very center point of the square (commonly called the "flagpole center") except in the following cases:
Rotate | As Couples 1/4 To Promenade |
Reverse Rotate | As Couples 1/4 To Reverse Promenade |
Single Rotate | Individually 1/4 To Promenade |
Reverse Single Rotate | Individually 1/4 To Reverse Promenade |
From a Squared Set, active dancers work around the outside of the set. The inactive dancers should move into the center of the set.
From Parallel Waves or applicable T-Bone 2 x 4s.
Leaders (all 8) Circulate as Trailers Scoot Back.
Parallel Waves end in Parallel Waves.
Back-to-Back Couples ends in Facing Couples.
From a T-Bone setup.
Those facing (or those in a R-H Mini-Wave) Right Pull By & individually turn 1/4 to face the inactive dancers; all Finish the given call.
From Facing Couples (or a R-H Wave).
Right Pull By & 1/4 In; Step To A L-H Wave; (Left) Spin The Top; (Left) Turn Thru.
Ends in Back-to-Back Couples.
Ends in an Eight Chain Thru.
Side-by-side adjacent dancers (those in a Mini-Wave or a Couple) Trade & Slide apart (allowing for two dancer-sized positions of space between them) while far apart dancers slide together & Trade.
Squeeze is a 2-part call.
Those designated do the first part of the anything call; all do the remainder of the anything call.
Centers Step Ahead as Ends Run into the adjacent Center position.
Ends in either a Box (2 x 2) or a "Z" (4 spots within a 2 x 3 Matrix).
Centers Step Ahead (1/2 Press Ahead) as Ends Fold.
A Wave ends in a Mini-Wave Box, an Inverted Line ends in Tandem Couples.
From applicable 8-dancer formations.
Do the given 4-dancer call with the resulting Centers ending in the far Center positions. The given call must be a call that can be done with four dancers.
To get to the proper ending position, it is always possible to do the call in each group of 4, and then those who end as the centermost 4 dancers do a 'Substitute' with each other, moving away from the dancers with whom they have done the call. To dance this smoothly, the substitution is accomplished at some time during the call. This optimal time (usually toward call completion) varies and is dependent upon the call.
Centers (Step To A Wave if not already in a Wave) Swing-Slip; Outside 6 move clockwise (if the End of the Center Wave is facing clockwise) or counter-clockwise (if the End of the Center Wave is facing counter-clockwise) one position within the Outside Six and adjust as necessary to end in a 1/4 Tag.
Swing The Fractions is a 5-part call.
From any Line of 4.
Centers Run as Ends Cross Run.
Ends in a Line.
From applicable Parallel Lines (usually Parallel Waves).
Centers Run as Ends do your part Interlocked Diamond Circulate.
When doing calls from T-Bone formations, do your part of the given call. Assume that dancers T-Boned to you are facing in whatever direction is necessary for you to do your part of the call. Usually, you will not interact much with those who are T-Boned to you, and the call may feel quite different than when done from a normal setup.
1/2 Circulate; those in the resulting Center Line|Wave Hinge & 1/2 Box Circulate as the Others Trade; those who meet Cast Off 3/4 as the Others move up (Phantom Hourglass Circulate).
Ends in Parallel Lines|Waves (or a Parallelogram if dancers end on the same spot).
A Tandem unit consists of one dancer immediately behind another. Both dancers must be facing the same direction. The two dancers work together as if they were a single dancer to do the given call. Tandem is similar to As Couples [A1], but instead of being side-by-side, the dancers are front-to-back.
Triangle FORMATION [C1]: A Triangle is a 3-dancer formation consisting of 2 Base dancers and an Apex dancer.
In a Tandem-Based Triangle the Base dancers form a Generalized Tandem; in a Wave-Based Triangle, the Base dancers form a Generalized Couple.
Triple Box is the name of a formation consisting of three adjacent 2 x 2 setups, some of which contain phantom positions. When doing Triple Box calls, work with the phantoms and real dancers in your 2 x 2. Keep track of the phantoms and allow space for them upon completion of the call.
A Triple Column | Line | Wave is the name of a formation consisting of three adjacent 1 x 4 formations (Columns, Lines, or Waves) some of which contain phantom positions. Work with the dancers and phantoms within your 4-spot formation. Keep track of the phantoms and allow space for them upon the completion of the call. There should be a total of 12 dancer | phantom positions before and after each call.
From a Line with the Centers facing the same direction, or from other applicable formations.
Centers Step Ahead and Trade as Ends 1/4 In, Step Ahead and do the anything call.
From a Line with the Centers facing the same direction.
Centers Step Ahead and Trade as Ends 1/4 In, Step Ahead and Star Thru.
Twist The Line is a sex-dependent call since it involves a Star Thru.
From a non-T-Bone 2 x 2.
Vertical [C2]; Extend to the given fractional Tag formation. Fraction can be 1/4, 1/2, or 3/4. If no fraction is given, complete a full Tag The Line.
Notes:Pass Thru or Step Thru; Ends 1/4 To Handhold as Centers, using the opposite hand from the shoulder just passed, do a Touch 1/4.
Ends in a Wave.
From applicable formations with one or more Out-Facing Couples not directly looking at any other dancers.
From Facing Couples.
Ends in Back-to-Back Couples.
From Facing Couples.
This call must be preceded by a call in which the dancers have some sort of turning flow (i.e., all dancers are moving in a Clockwise or Counter Clockwise direction). Any call that can be followed by Sweep 1/4 can also be followed by With The Flow.
The dancers closest to the flow direction Walk (Circulate) as the others Dodge.
Ends in a Mini-Wave Box.
From an applicable 2 x 2.
Leaders, as one movement, 1/4 Out and Run as Trailers Box Circulate and 1/4 In.
A non-T-Bone ends in Facing Couples.