Definitions of Square Dance Calls and Concepts -- File To A Line [C2]

File To A Line [C2]
(George Spelvin 1974)

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From Generalized Columns. EN: 10

Ends slide apart (to allow for two dancer-sized positions of space between them) as Centers do two Phantom Column Circulates; all adjust to end such that the resulting Lines are close together. EN: 20


before File To A Line		after Ends slide apart as Centers Phantom Column Circulate twice EN: 30		after adjusting to end in adjacent Lines EN: 80 (done)

Notes:

Some callers say File To A Wave when the call ends in Parallel Waves, and File To A Line otherwise. Other callers always say File To A Line, no matter what the ending formation will be. EN: 50

Variation: From a Butterfly, the caller can say Centers (Start) File To A Line in which case the Centers do two Phantom Column Circulates and all adjust to end in adjacent Lines. EN: 60

Magic File To A Line [C2V]:

Ends Spread apart as Centers do two Phantom Column Magic Column Circulates; all adjust to end in adjacent Lines. EN: 711


before Centers Magic File To A Line		after Centers Phantom Column Magic Column Circulate twice EN: 70		after adjusting to end in adjacent Lines EN: 80 (done)

For those of you who are checker-pushers, File To A Line is choreographically equivalent to Centers Box Circulate as Ends Stable Divide. EN: 90

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