Grand Working direction anything is a precise way to state how to do the Grand version of a 4-dancer call. In the past, the Grand version of each call often had to be memorized, since there were slight differences that no single rule would cover.
In order to define Grand Working, we must first define what we mean by a pair. A pair is a set of 2 dancers such that:
Perhaps another way of looking at a pair is that if the caller were to call a 2-dancer call (such as Partner Tag or Right Roll To A Wave) the paired dancers would (usually) be working with each other.
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But be careful: the following diagram does not show pairs as
defined for this purpose, since the grouping violates above rule #3: |
With this understanding of a pair in mind, we now look at Grand Working. For Grand Working, each dancer within the overall formation selects a 4-spot sub-formation in which to work. This 4-spot sub-formation consists of the 2 spots in the dancer's pair and the 2 spots in an adjacent pair, which is determined by the given direction.
Each dancer who is in an Outside pair works within the 2 spots in their pair and the 2 spots in the adjacent Center pair.
Each dancer who is in a Center pair works within the 4-spot sub-formation that includes the 2 spots in their pair, and the 2 spots occupied by the nearest pair of dancers that exist toward the given direction. Each of these dancers must individually determine in which 4-spot sub-formation they are to work. The determination is done relative to their own facing direction or to their own position within the overall formation.
When the overall formation is a 1 x {n}, the sub-formations consist of 1 x 4s; when the overall formation is a 2 x {n}, the sub-formations consist of 2 x 2s.
The given direction can be any of the following:
I use the following convention:
Grand Working (from a 1 x 8):
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Grand Working As Centers (Together):
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Grand Working As Centers | Ends (from a 1 x 8):
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Grand Working As Centers | Ends (from a 1 x 6):
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More examples:
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See also Triple formations Working direction CONCEPT [C3B].