Definitions of Square Dance Calls and Concepts
 
Definitions of Square Dance Calls and Concepts
 
 

From Twin Diamonds or Point-to-Point Diamonds.

Do a total of 4 Diamond Circulates, one of which is Interlocked. The Interlocked Diamond Circulate is done after you become the Very Centers. Exchange The Diamond can be fractionalized into fourths.

Notes:

Exchange The Diamond:

 
before
Exchange The Diamond
 
     
the upper Diamond
after 1/4
 the upper Diamond
after 1/2
 the upper Diamond
after 3/4
  (done)

Diagrammed below are the ending positions of all 8 dancers for the fractional Exchange The Diamond shown above.

before
Exchange The Diamond
 
   
after
1/4 Exchange The Diamond
 after
1/2 Exchange The Diamond
 after
3/4 Exchange The Diamond

Dancing hint: Dancers leading the exchange should raise a hand to identify themselves so that the other dancers in their Diamond can follow them.

Exchange The Box [C3A]: From a 2 x 4. Do a total of four Split Circulates, except that when you become the In-facing Center do your next Circulate to your diagonal opposite position (crossing over into the other Box). Exchange The Box can be fractionalized into fourths.

Exchange The Triangle [C3A] (Dave Hodson 1979): From Twin Triangles. Do a total of three Triangle Circulates except that when 1) you become the Apex dancer (for Apex-to-Apex Triangles), or 2) you become the In-facing Base dancer (for Base-to-Base Triangles); do your next Circulate to the other Triangle. (From Apex-to-Apex Triangles, the Circulate is an Interlocked Triangle Circulate; from Base-to-Base Triangles, the Circulate is to the diagonal opposite position.) Exchange The Triangle can be fractionalized into thirds.

General Notes for all Exchanges:

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