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Square Dance Calls authored by Hugh Armstrong

11 records

  1. Belles Lead Back
  2. Close The Line
  3. Counterfire
  4. Dial The Square
  5. Open The Line
  6. Roll The Line
  7. Roll The Line And A Quarter More
  8. Roll The Wave
  9. Strip The Fan
  10. Turn The Lines About
  11. Turn The Lines About

This may not be a complete list of all calls authored by Hugh Armstrong.
 Belles Lead Back 

Definition:
 

From couples back to back: The belles do half a Zoom (Cast Back and walk straight ahead about two steps) as the beaux Flip into the vacated spot. The mirror image or "left-hand" version of this would be called Beaux Lead Back. Finishes in box formation.

Hugh Armstrong 1976

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Close The Line 

Definition:
 

This is what we now call Tag the Line In.

Hugh Armstrong 1969

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Counterfire 

Definition:
 

From parallel waves or 2-faced lines: Centers Hinge, new wave dancers Fan the Top and Hinge; original ends Counter Rotate. From a 1/4 box: Centers Hinge, new wave dancers Fan the Top and Single Hinge; original outsides face reverse promenade and Promenade 1/4 (Reverse Single Rotate 1/4).

Hugh Armstrong

This definition is from SCVSDA Note Service by Bill Davis.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Dial The Square 

Definition:
 

From a static square: Actives Crosstrail Thru (to face out) while Inactives do a Partner Tag to become ends of lines facing out. Then all do a Partner Hinge. Finishes in parallel waves.

Hugh Armstrong 1975

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Open The Line 

Definition:
 

This is what we now call Tag the Line Out.

Hugh Armstrong 1969

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Roll The Line 

Definition:
 

From lines facing out: Lines Divide (all turn individually to face the nearest end of own line), then the lead dancers Clover In (as in Round Off) to become centers of a line and the trailers step forward to the ends of the line and U-turn back, turning in toward the center. Finishes with facing lines.

Hugh Armstrong 1969

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Roll The Line And A Quarter More 

Definition:
 

Do a Roll the Line, then each dancer individually does a Roll in the direction of established body motion. Finishes in completed double pass thru formation.

Hugh Armstrong

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Roll The Wave 

Definition:
 

From parallel waves: Do a Lines Divide, then lead dancers Clover (Peel) In or Out (continuing to turn in the same direction they turned to do the Lines Divide). Trailing dancers do a U-turn back in the direction they turned to do a Lines Divide. Finishes in lines facing in. NOTE: Those who Peel Out become ends and those who Peel In become centers.

Hugh Armstrong

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Strip The Fan 

Definition:
 

From Trade By formation: Those facing out do a Partner Hinge, then arm turn half. Those facing in step up and Fan the Top. In the Tidal Wave, each group of four does a Fan the Top. Finishes in parallel waves.

Hugh Armstrong 1975

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Turn The Lines About 

Definition:
 

From facing lines: Ends Pass Thru, Quarter In, step forward and Turn Thru. Centers Turn Thru and Roll, then Box Circulate twice and Walk and Doge to finish as centers. Finishes in lines facing out.

Hugh Armstrong 1974

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Turn The Lines About 

Definition:
 

From facing lines: Ends Pass Thru, move on to the next and Turn Thru to become ends. Meanwhile centers aarm turn 3/4 with opposite, then box Circulate two positions and Walk and Dodge to become centers. Finishes with two lines facing out.

Hugh Armstrong 1974

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
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