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"O" CONCEPT

Our C1 Teacher has given us a problem regarding the legality of:

'O' Tandem Swing Thru and Tandem 'O' Swing Thru
'O' Stretch Swing Thru and Stretch 'O' Swing Thru
'O' Stretch Split Counter Rotate and Stretch 'O' Split Counter Rotate.

Only problem is, none of us know what the difference is between: 'O' Tandem and Tandem 'O'. We couldn't find anything in your book.

Only thing I can think of is that in one case you have an 'O' with people acting in tandem, and in the other case, you have two 'O's where half of the people are phantoms. (I'm not saying this very well...)

Can you provide any guidance? Thanks!

"O" TANDEM means that in your "O", you work Tandem. For example, on an "O" TANDEM SWING THRU, you could "take out the distortion", do a Tandem Swing Thru, then "re-establish the distortion".

A TANDEM "O" would be a formation consisting of 16-spots. I've never seen anyone call this, since there usually aren't 16 dancers in a square. Hence, an additional modifier such as PHANTOM must be added. For example, PHANTOM TANDEM "O". Such nonsense would usually be considered C4.

As for the 3 questions:

'O' Tandem Swing Thru and Tandem 'O' Swing Thru
'O' Stretch Swing Thru and Stretch 'O' Swing Thru
'O' Stretch Split Counter Rotate and Stretch 'O' Split Counter Rotate.

The leftmost phrase on each line is correct.

I have a pet-peeve problem with the last one, however, as 'Stretch' implies 'Split'. So, if I were calling this instance, I'd say "O" STRETCH COUNTER ROTATE 1/4.

Ceder Chest Definition of "O" Formation