The problem with teaching Shakedown as 1/4 Right, Box Counter Rotate 1/4 and Roll is that you must be extremely careful whenever you teach an alternative definition that expands the number of possibilities for the call. For example, the fore-mentioned alternative definition allows Shakedown to be fractionalized into thirds, and also allows Shakedown to be called from inappropriate starting formations such as Facing Couples. Sometimes dancers who learn a call by an incorrect definition actually go on to teach others or go on to become callers. These `callers' then start calling things such as 2/3 Shakedown from Facing Couples!!!

If you *must* teach an alternative definition of Shakedown, please warn your students to the fact that it IS an alternative definition. It's usually better to teach the correct definition, as incorrectly taught definitions have a way of sneaking up on you and causing trouble. You might be doing a disservice to your dancers by teaching alternative definitions.

Another thing to consider with this particular alternative definition is that from the dancer's standpoint it is actually more complicated than the `offical' definition. The dancers have to remember three distinct parts in order to do the call. When learning Shakedown this way, the dancers will in all likelihood initially dance it very choppily.

A perhaps slightly better alternative definition for Shakedown might be something like: Move one position clockwise (right) in your box while turning 270 degrees to the right. At least this definition can't be fractionalized into those hideous thirds.

This topic is a pet-peeve, of mine, and I've written an article entitled The Shakedown Rebuttal.

Ceder Chest Definition of Shakedown