[Noho] March 21st - Happy Spring!

[Bethany Seeger]

Spring is almost here!

We'll be dancing at the usual time, usual place. If you're there early 
and would like to review, please let us know when you get there - and, 
as always, feel free to ask questions.

I've included a few definitions of the calls we learned last week, plus 
a few just for review. We are very close to knowing all the calls at the 
Mainstream level. This means that you'll soon be able to dance at most 
of the area dances.

Class members - please let me know if you'll be unable to make it. Thanks!

See you tomorrow night!
Bethany

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DIXIE STYLE TO A WAVE: Starting formation – facing couples or facing 
tandems. From facing couples, the righthand dancer steps forward and to 
the left to become the lead dancer in a tandem. Then, from tandems, lead 
dancers join right hands and pull by. Moving to the other trailing 
dancer, each extends a left hand and touches to a left hand mini-wave 
and turns one quarter (90°). New center dancers join right hands and 
form a left-hand ocean wave.

CROSS FOLD: Starting formation – line, two-faced line, or wave. The 
directed (active) dancers, who must either both be centers or both be 
ends, fold toward the farthest inactive dancer by walking in a 
semi-circle to end facing toward that dancer. When the active dancers 
are both facing the same direction, they move forward in a semi-circle, 
pass right shoulders with each other and fold toward the inactive dancer.

FOLD: Starting formation – any two-dancer formation in which the 
directed dancer has a shoulder directly adjacent to the other dancer. 
Directed dancers step forward and move in a small semi-circle to end 
facing toward an adjacent dancer or position. The adjacent inactive 
dancer may be facing in any direction and does not move. If not 
specified, centers fold toward ends and vice versa.

TAG THE LINE: Starting formation – any line with an even number of 
dancers. Each dancer turns individually to face the center of the line. 
Taking a short side step to the left, dancers walk forward passing right 
shoulders with oncoming dancers until they have walked past all of the 
dancers from the other half of the line. The call may be followed by any 
one of the directions In, Out, Right or Left. When this happens, dancers 
turn in place one quarter (90°) in the direction indicated.

HALF TAG: Starting formation – any line with an even number of dancers. 
Like tag the line, except the dancers stop walking forward when the 
original center from each side of the line meets the original end from 
the other side. If started from a four-person line, the ending is a 
right-hand box circulate formation; from longer lines the ending is a 
right-hand column formation.

3/4 TAG THE LINE: Starting formation – any line with four dancers. Like 
tag the line, except dancers stop in a 3/4 tag formation, with lead 
dancers facing out and trailers in a wave or mini-wave between the 
out-facing dancers.

PASS TO THE CENTER: Starting formation – eight chain thru, parallel 
waves. All pass thru. The dancers now on the outside partner trade. End 
in double pass thru formation.