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"anything" call-that-starts-with-circulate

Only calls which have as their first part (all 8) Circulate can be modified in this way. As a practical matter, at C-2 and C-3A, this means: Coordinate, Motivate, Percolate, and Perk Up.

If the Circulate is to be replaced by some other kind of circulate, it is usual to leave out the word "Circulate". For example "Split Motivate" means Split Circulate then Finish Motivate; "Trade Percolate" means do a Trade Circulate then Finish Percolate.

If the Circulate is to be replaced by some kind of Counter Rotate, then the word "Rotate" is typically omitted. For example, "Counter Perk Up" means Counter Rotate then Finish Perk Up; "Split Counter Coordinate" means Split Counter Rotate then Finish Coordinate.

If the Circulate is to be replaced by any other call, then it is common to include the connector "er's". For example, "Walk Out to a Wave er's Motivate" means Walk Out to a Wave and then Finish Motivate. This "er's" is not strictly required, but many callers always include it, to make clear where the name of the replacement call ends, to make clear that this combining construct is intended, and to avoid what might otherwise seem like ambiguous cases.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/anythinganything.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/anything_concept.html

1/4 (or 3/4) Mix

• Those who can turn 1/4 by the right.
• New centers Cross Run.
• New centers Trade.

Note that although this is very similar to Swing and Mix, for this call the first turn is defined to be by the right. (Of course this can be changed by the addition of "Left" or "Any Hand".) There is also 3/4 Mix, which is the same except that the first turn is 3/4.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/14mix.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/1_4_mix.html

1/4 (or 3/4) the Deucey

• All Arm Turn 1/4.
• The centers Cast Off 1/4 while the infacing end moves forward without turning (1/2 circulate and slide inward) to become part of a center star and the outfacing end circulates to the other end of the line (and then that person is done).
• Turn the star 1/4.
• Those who meet Cast Off 1/4 while the other two from the star "move up" (like an Hourglass Circulate).

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/14thedeucey.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/1_4_the_eucey.html

1/4 (or 3/4) Wheel the Ocean/Sea

Note that for these variations everybody does the initial turning action, the same amount, either 1/4 or 3/4.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/14wheeltheocean.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/1_4_wheel_the_ocean.html

3x1 Checkmate/Transfer

For 3x1 Checkmate, the first three dancers circulate four spots and face in, becoming a couple of three. The last dancer in the column circulates three spots, faces in, and circulates to become an outfacing end.

For 3x1 Transfer, the first three dancers walk around the other side of the square and face in, and then "extend" to the remaining (#4) dancers who have met and done a Cast Off 3/4. Since there is only one dancer coming from the center to do the "extend" with three from the outside, only the center dancer of the outside three actually meets somebody, in the center of the forming line – the other two just walk forward to become trailing ends. Those who meet in the center meet with right or left hands according to the handedness of the original column, which is also the hand by which the #4 dancers have just done their Cast Off 3/4.

Note that both 3x1 Checkmate and 3x1 Transfer end in "3 and 1 lines", but of different types. A 3x1 Checkmate ends in lines with the three dancers who are facing in the same direction all together in a group. A 3x1 Transfer ends in line with a mini-wave in the center.

Other combinations are also possible, e.g., 1x3 Transfer (from columns of four) and 2x1 Checkmate (from columns of three), but not as commonly used. However 1x1 Transfer is commonly used starting in A-2 under the names Box/Split Transfer, and 1x1 Checkmate is commonly used in C-3A under the names Single/Box/Split Checkmate.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/nbym_c2.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/3_by_1_transfer_the_column.html

Along

• The very ends Counter Rotate 1/4 then Extend to become the lead ends of parallel lines.
• The center six Hinge, forming columns of three, Circulate, then "Grand Peel and Trail" (#1 does a Peel Off, the others Extend and Trade).

The very common combination "Swing Along" means Arm Turn 1/2 and then Along. Note that this variation can be done from facing lines.

Notes on dancing with phantoms: If you start on the very end, you simply walk around the outside and stop as a lead end. Otherwise your first priority needs to be to understand what kind of Hinge you are doing – it's possible that it will be a Partner Hinge, but in the case of a tidal wave it's simply turning 1/4 by the left if you are in a right-handed tidal wave and vice versa. Then, if you started in the very center you should expect to be doing the Peel Off (because the Circulate will make you #1 in your column of three), and if you started anywhere else you should expect to be meeting somebody and trading.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/swingalong.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/along.html

Alter and Circulate

1. Arm Turn 1/2
2. Centers Cast Off 3/4 while ends U-Turn Back
3. Very centers Trade while ends circulate around the outside
4. Counter Rotate each diamond 1/2
5. Flip the Diamond

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/alterandcirc.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/alter_and_circulate.html

Bias Circulate

• the trailers make a star with the same hand as the wave, walk halfway around to the diagonally opposite quadrant, and become leaders in a wave of the same handedness
• the leaders do an ordinary circulate (becoming the new trailers)

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/biascirc.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/bias_circulate.html

Bounce somebody

• Veer Left/Right (to make back-to-back couples)
• the designated dancers U-Turn Back in the veering direction

• The veering direction is not specified directly, as it is already determined by the handedness of the line (e.g., from a right-handed two-faced line it will be a Veer Right).
• Who should u-turn back is evaluated at the start of the action, before the veer, even though the turning doesn't happen until after the veer. This can make a difference, e.g., for "Bounce the Leads" from parallel two-faced lines.
• The direction of the u-turn back is in the "same direction" as the veer. That means if the veering is to the right (clockwise around the center of the line), those dancers who u-turn back will be turning to their own right (clockwise).

The result will be some kind of 2x2 box, with the facing directions depending on which dancers were designated.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/bounce.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/bounce_the_anyone.html

Catch n

• Square Thru n to a Wave
• Centers Trade
• Step and Fold

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/catch.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/catch.html

Catch call n

• Square Thru n to a Wave
• do the named call
• Step and Fold

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/catchanything.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/catch_anything_.html

Chain the Square

There are different ways of describing how the dancers who meet in the middle do their Courtesy Turn:

• They first step to a left-handed wave (as in Rotary Spin) and the centers of that wave (the original outside beaus) U-Turn Back to their left and then Courtesy Turn the other dancer an additional 180 degrees.
• They first (immediately after they finish the right pull by, so they are facing each other) do a 1/4 Out to become a couple (as in Grand Chain 8) and then do a Courtesy Turn 270 degrees.
• It doesn't matter which way you think of it, because nobody actually does either of these things, rigidly, step by step. Both dancers just turn as necessary to allow the action as a whole to go smoothly. The overall feel of the Courtesy Turn here should already be familiar to anybody learning this call, because it's pretty much the same as what the dancers do in the Basic call "Ladies Chain".

Many people find this call difficult to do with phantoms, especially if they are starting on the end. Here are some hints to keep in mind:

• This call always ends in right-handed two-faced lines. If you start as an end you will be part of a lead couple when you are done, if you start in the center you will be part of a trailing couple when you are done.
• Everybody who starts as a beau ends as a beau. Everybody who starts as a belle ends as a belle.
• Making note of whether you are starting as a beau or belle is doubly useful if you start on the end and the dancer who you meet is a phantom. If you are a beau, you will be turning that phantom, and turning a total of 360 degrees to end facing the same direction you started. If you are a belle, the phantom will be turning you only 180 degrees, to end facing back the way you came.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/chainthesquare.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/chain_the_square.html

Checkpoint call by call

The first group consists of the "the centers of each side". Common cases are a tidal wave, in which case this means the centers of each wave (considered together as a wave of four), and point-to-point diamonds, in which case this means the centers of each diamond (considered as a box of four). But it doesn't have to be four dancers – for example, from ordinary columns if the centers hinge to form a center wave, it is just the two dancers at the end of that wave.

The second group is everybody else (again commonly four dancers, but not always).

The dancers in the first group do the first call, and take positions on the outside of the resulting formation. The remaining dancers do the second call and end in the center.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/checkpoint.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/checkpoint.html

Chisel Thru

• Concentric Pass In
• ends Pass In while centers Pass Out
• all Pass In

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/chiselthru.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/chisel_thru.html

call and Circle fraction

If the specified call can be done by just the centers, then it is done by just the centers; otherwise it is done by all the dancers. Either way, it is then followed by the outside six moving around the outside, with the direction determined by the ends of the center formation.

As with Swing and Circle, the whole action is repeated based on the given fraction (with the default being four times). Note that the direction that the outside six are to move can change, if the given call changes the facing direction of the centers; for example "Mix and Circle 3/4".

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/anythingandcircle.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/anything_and_circle.html

Circle fraction to a Wave

• Circle Left the fraction
• Beaus Walk while Belles Dodge

Note that although the name of this call is very similar to "Single Circle to a Wave", they differ in two important ways: (1) The circling action is done by four dancers (facing couples) rather than two dancers, and (2) the default turning amount is 1/4, rather than 1/2.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/circletoawave.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/circle_to_a_wave.html

Counter

The ends separate from each other and meet an end from the other side the square, Touch 1/2, and Step and Fold, to become ends of parallel lines

The centers Cast Off 3/4 and then Counter Rotate. They most commonly start in a wave, but could also start in a mini-wave box or a line. Note that the type of Counter Rotate will vary with the starting formation, specifically:

• starting in a wave: arm turn 3/4 (now in a box) followed by an ordinary Box Counter Rotate
• starting in a box: arm turn 3/4 (now in a wave) followed by a Lockit
• starting in a line: "push cast" 3/4 (now facing couples) followed by a Pass In

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/counter.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/counter.html

Couple Up

The same idea of the leads doing a U-Turn Back can be combined with other kinds of circulates. The convention is to give the name of the type of circulate (leaving out the word "circulate") followed by "Couple Up". For example, "Trade Couple Up" means do a Trade Circulate and then the leads U-Turn Back.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/coupleup.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/couple_up.html

Crazy call

If the named call is circulate or counter rotate, neither the "box" nor "split" modifier is used, since it's understood that it is going to be done by four dancers. So from parallel waves or columns "Crazy Circulate" means Split Circulate, Centers Box Circulate, Split Circulate, Centers Box Circulate.

A fraction can be added to change the number of times the call is done. For example, "1/2 Crazy Scoot Back" means each half does a Scoot Back, then the center box does a Scoot Back. The modifier "Reverse" means to start with the centers rather than each side. For example, from an hourglass "1/2 Reverse Crazy Flip the Diamond" means that the center diamond does a Flip the Diamond and then the two resulting diamonds each do a Flip the Diamond.

If the call changes the overall formation, then who makes up "each side" or "in the center" may change. For example, in a 1/2 Crazy Follow Your Neighbor from parallel waves, after the first Follow Your Neighbor it is the dancers in the new center box (the original trailers, not the original centers) who do the second one. If there are two ways to divide the overall formation, the one that makes sense for the given call is used. If that doesn't help – the primary examples being "Counter Rotate" and "Recycle" – then do it in each box.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/crazy.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/crazy_concept.html

Criss Cross the Shadow

• The ends do the same action as for Cast a Shadow but taking opposite hands.
• The lead centers do a cloverleaf action in the same direction as usual but go to the far center spot.
• The trailing centers veer inward to take opposite hands, Hinge, then step ahead to become lead centers.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/crisscrosstheshadow.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/criss_cross_the_shadow.html

Criss Cross Your Neighbor

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/crisscrossyourneighbor.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/criss_cross_your_neighbor.html

Cross and Wheel

• Couples Hinge
• As Couples Step and Fold

"Single Cross and Wheel" is the same action done by individual dancers, starting from a box: Hinge followed by Step and Fold.

Note: These two calls are part of a larger family of calls, distinguished by whether their names includes the words "Grand", "Single", and/or "Trade".

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/crossandwheel.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/cross_and_wheel.html

Cross Back

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/crossback.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/cross_back.html

Cross Concentric call

• The centers do the call and then arrange themselves around the outside, following the same rules as for the outsides when doing Concentric.
• The outsides do the call and end in the center.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/crossconcentric.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/cross_concentric_concept.html

Cross Counter

• The ends Cross Cast Back and meet an end from the other side the square, Touch 1/2, and Step and Fold, to become ends of parallel lines
• The centers Trade the Wave, Cast Off 3/4, and then Counter Rotate 1/4.

The combination "Scoot and Cross Counter" from a 1/4 tag is common, and means to do a Scoot Back and then a Cross Counter. As with Scoot and Counter, the direction that the ends go is not affected by the handedness of the center wave, and they always meet with right hands unless the "Left" modifier is added.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/crosscounter.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/crosscounter.html

Cross Ramble

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/crossramble.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/cross_ramble.html

(Grand) Cross Trade and Wheel

• Couples Hinge
• Very Centers Trade
• As Couples Step and Fold

Grand Cross Trade and Wheel is the same except that more people trade:

• Couples Hinge
• Triple Trade
• As Couples Step and Fold

Note: These two calls are part of a larger family of calls, distinguished by whether their names include the words "Grand", "Single", and/or "Trade".

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/crossandwheel.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/cross_trade_and_wheel.html

Delight/Dilemma

• The ends 1/4 right (for Delight) or 1/4 left (for Dilemma), then circulate twice.
• The centers Swing, Slip, Slip, Cast Off 3/4.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/delight.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/delight_dilemma.html

Detour

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/detour.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/detour.html

Dodge call

• The centers do their part of a Walk and Dodge (in the center).
• The outsides do their part of the named call.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/dodge.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/dodge_anything.html

Drift Apart

• The ends Split Circulate twice.
• The outfacing centers Cross Over Circulate then Circulate.
• The infacing centers Circulate then Cross Over Circulate.

• Everybody does two circulates of some kind.
• All the ends become centers, and all the centers become ends.
• For centers in line orientation, the action is the same as two Once Removed Circulates.
• For centers in column orientation, the action is the same as two Magic Column Circulates.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/driftapart.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/drift_apart.html

Drop direction

Note that the ending spot for the original points is determined entirely by the handedness of the original centers – it does not depend on the named direction.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/drop.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/drop_in.html

Ease Off

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/easeoff.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/ease_off.html

Exchange the Boxes/Diamonds

For Exchange the Boxes, the dancers may be in either column orientation or line orientation, but in either case the "exchange point" is when a dancer becomes a trailer in the center, and in either case the crossing over is a diagonal circulate in the center box.

For Exchange the Diamonds, the "exchange point" is when a dancer reaches a very center position, and the crossing over is like an Interlocked Diamond Circulate.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/exchdiamond.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/exchange_the_diamond.html

Expand the Column

• The centers flip away (like a Run outward).
• The ends Column Circulate twice.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/expandthecolumn.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/expand_the_column.html

Fancy

• The trailers (#2 and #4) Press Out, forming a couple with the person ahead of them.
• The trailing couples 1/2 Press Ahead to form a two-faced line with each other.
• Everybody does turn and deal action toward the center (right or left) to end in a beginning double pass thru formation.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/fancy.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/fancy.html

Fascinate

• centers Any Hand 3/4 Thru while ends Circulate 1 1/2, then
• from the resulting line of 6 the outside 4 Concentric Wheel and Deal while the two dancers who are not in the line of 6 Counter Rotate 1/4 to join the very centers as a new wave of 4 in the center

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/fascinate.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/fascinate.html

Fascinating call

• centers Any Hand 3/4 Thru while ends Circulate 1 1/2, then
• from the resulting line of 6 the outside 4 Concentric call while the two dancers who are not in the line of 6 Counter Rotate 1/4 to join the very centers as a new line/wave of 4 in the center

When starting from parallel waves, the call will be one that is normally done from a wave. Common cases include Recycle, 2/3 Recycle, Linear Cycle. Step and Fold.

The most common cases (including all those mentioned above) turn the line/wave into some kind of box, and because the action is done concentrically the long axis of the box must be perpendicular to the resulting center line and the ending facing direction of these dancers does not matter. So, for example, Fascinating 1/2 Tag, Fascinating 2/3 Recycle, and Fascinating Linear Cycle all end in some kind of diamonds.

However, Fascinating can also be used with calls that turn the two-faced line or wave into something other than a box, such as another line with the same orientation (e.g., Fascinating Cross Roll), a line with the other orientation (e.g., Fascinating Lockit), or a diamond (e.g., Fascinating Switch to a Diamond). In all such cases the dancers doing the named call must end entirely outside the four dancers who end up in the center line/wave.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/fascinate.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/fascinating.html

File to a Line

• The ends spread apart to become ends of lines.
• The centers do "two column circulates" but everybody adjusts to be in parallel lines.

For the variation "Magic File to a Line" the centers do two Magic Column Circulates; the ends just slide apart as usual. (In this case the centers part is not equivalent to a box circulate.)

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/filetoaline.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/file_to_a_line.html

Flare Out to a Line

• The leaders (normal or Reverse) Turn to a Line, away from the center of the set.
• The trailers 1/2 circulate.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/flareouttoaline.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/flare_out_to_a_line.html

Follow to a Diamond

From a mini-wave box, the result is a diamond. From a typical t-boned box, the result is a wave.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/followtoadiamond.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/follow_to_a_diamond.html

Follow Your Leader

• The trailers step straight forward and take hands (as for Scoot Back or Follow Your Neighbor), Cast Off 3/4, and then step forward to become #1 and #2 in a column.
• The leaders 1/2 Split Circulate, which puts them in tandem, then Tandem Cross Fold to become #3 and #4 in a column.

Note that everybody starts out moving and turning in the same direction as for Follow Your Neighbor, and that the result is parallel columns of the same handedness as the original waves.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/followyourleader.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/follow_your_leader.html

The Gamut

• The ends circulate twice while the centers Any Hand 3/4 Thru and Trade the Wave.
• All Cut the Diamond.

This is often combined with another call spoken as a prefix. The most common case is "Swing the Gamut", but combinations like "Boys Run the Gamut" are also fairly common.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/thegamut.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/the_gamut.html

Grand Chain Eight

• From facing lines, everybody right pull by and move along (or Bend the Line), then each beau courtesy turn the facing belle until everyone is in an eight-chain formation.
• From eight-chain: everybody right pull by, the new ends do a regular courtesy turn (180 degrees) to end as #4 in columns, while the center beau turns the facing center belle until they are facing in as centers of lines.
• From beginning DPT: centers right pull by then all the beaus courtesy turn their facing belle until everyone is in facing lines.

Hints when dancing with phantoms:

• If you are standing as if you could be in facing lines, assume you are in facing lines.
• If anybody is standing as if #2 in a column, assume you are in an eight-chain formation.
• If you and all other real dancers are standing as if #4 in a column, then it could be either the eight-chain or the beginning double-pass-thru case. But in most cases which one will be obvious from the previous call.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/grandchain8.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/grand_chain_eight.html

Here Comes the Judge / Sock It to Me

These calls are most commonly applied to back-to-back lines, in which case the result is facing lines. But regardless of the type of line, everybody ends facing the opposite wall from when they started.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/herecomesthejudge.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/here_comes_the_judge.html

the Hinge/Lock/Top

Note that there are many calls whose names end with "the Top" – in some cases the action of the call ends with a Fan the Top, but in many other cases it doesn't (e.g., Relay the Top). A "the Top" at the end of a call should only be interpreted as meaning "add a Fan the Top" if the phrase doesn't have another meaning.

The short forms "Lock" and "Top" are also sometimes used with the "Catch call n" construct, e.g., "Catch Lock 3".

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/hingethelock.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/lock_the_hinge.html

Hocus Pocus

• the outsides do two O Circulates while
• the centers Trade

For 1/2 Hocus Pocus, each outside dancer does just one O Circulate, and the centers do a Hinge.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/hocuspocus.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/hocus_pocus.html

somebody Hop

• designated dancers walk while the others dodge
• Hinge

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/hop.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/anyone_hop.html

Hubs/Rims Trade Back

• The ends and centers Trade with each other.
• The designated dancers Circulate.

The word "Back" can be replaced by the name of a call, in which case the designated dancers do that call rather than a circulate.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/hubsrims.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/hubs_trade_back.html

Initially/Finally concept call

Initially and Finally are often referred to as "meta-concepts" because they can be understood as modifying a concept. So in "Initially Tandem Swing Thru", the "Initially" can be thought of as modifying the concept "Tandem", creating a different concept "Initially Tandem", which then gets applied to the call Swing Thru. But it also works to just think of it as "taking two arguments", a concept and a call. Either way, the meaning is that the first part (half by the right) should be done Tandem, then the rest (half by the left) should be done normally.

The named concept is most commonly something defined specifically as a "concept" (e.g., Tandem, Stable, or Once Removed). But there are several other kinds of call modifiers that can be selectively applied to either the first or last part of a call in the same way:

• fractions/multiples: "Initially 1/2 Spin the Top" means do a Hinge then a Fan the Top; "Finally Twice Recoil" means do a Box Recycle, then a Step and Fold, then another Step and Fold
• dancer designators: "Initially Boys Shazam" means just the boys Hinge, then everybody does a U-Turn Back; "Finally Centers Tag Your Neighbor" means everybody does a 1/2 Tag and then just the center box does a Follow Your Neighbor
• calls/constructs that are syntactically like a concept, in that they require another call on the right to complete the description of the entire action (e.g., "Clover and call", "Tally Ho But call"): "Finally Transfer and Couple Up" (from parallel columns) means do a Split Circulate (all but the last part of Couple Up) then a "Transfer and Leads U-Turn Back".

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/initially.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/initially_concept.html

Inlet

• The lead end and adjacent center do their part of a wave Recycle, to end as the outsides of a 1/4 tag.
• The others in each box do their part of a Box Recycle, to become half of the center wave of a 1/4 tag.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/inlet.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/inlet.html

Invert the Column fraction

For a full Invert the Column, everybody ends up in a column again facing the other way, with the #1 dancer in the #1 position again, and since there is nobody remaining in the original column everybody slides together to form parallel columns again. Left-handed columns become right-handed columns and vice versa.

If a fraction is given, only that fraction of the original column performs this action, with the remaining dancers moving forward but remaining in their original columm, far enough to make a compact formation.

For example, from columns of four Invert the Column 1/2 means that just the first two dancers of each column "invert"; when they line up with the remaining two dancers they form a mini-wave box of the opposite handedness, on each side. The overall result from parallel columns of four is parallel waves of the opposite handedness.

For "Invert the Column 1/4" or "Invert the Column 3/4", the resulting formation on each side is a 3x1 tandem-based triangle.

This call can also be applied to parallel columns of other sizes. For example, from columns of three "Invert the Column 1/3" means that just one dancer in each column "inverts", leaving two in the original column, and the result on each side is an ordinary tandem-based triangle.

"Cross Invert the Column" means that rather than doing the "invert" action on their own side, those dancers go to the other side of the whole formation, as if they were doing a Tandem Trail Off instead of a Tandem Peel Off.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/invertthecolumn.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/invert_the_column.html

the K

Note: The turning direction for the ends matters if the call is fractionalized (1/2) or followed by Roll.

From facing lines, the combination "Cross the K" means Cross Trail Thru followed by the K.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/thek.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash.c2/anything_the_k.html

Keep Busy

• The lead couple does a Couples Circulate With the Flow (original end walks, original center dodges).
• The trailing couples 1/2 Circulate, forming a two-faced line in the center, the centers of that line Hinge to form a diamond, Flip the Diamond, Step and Fold.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/keepbusy.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/keep_busy.html

Kick Off

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/kickoff.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/kick_off.html

Latch On fraction

• Right Roll to a Wave
• Arm Turn the given fraction

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/latchon.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/latch_on.html

Like a call

Lines call Thru

• The outsides circulate one spot (around the outside).
• The centers do the named call (in the center).

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/linesanythingthru.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/lines_anything_thru.html

Link Up

• The lead couple does an "Out Anchor 1/4" (Cast Off 1/4 but with the end dancer remaining in the same spot), Roll (so they become a tandem), and Press Ahead (so they become ends of lines).
• The trailing couples 1/2 Circulate, forming a two-faced line in the center, and then Crossfire, to become a box in the center.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/linkup.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/link_up.html

Little More

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/littlemore.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/little_more.html

Locker's Choice

• Lockit
• center wave Lockit while ends Trade
• centers Hinge while ends Step and Fold

"Choice" is just the last two parts of this. You may hear it given as a separate call, or combined with some other call instead of Lockit, e.g., "Spin the Top ers Choice".

Note that "Finish Choice" is just the very last part of this: centers Hinge while ends Step and Fold.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/lockerschoice.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/lockers_choice.html

direction Loop n

The direction is most often "Left" or "Right", but can also be "In" or "Out" relative to the center of the set. Note that n indicates the number of spots to skip past. "Loop 2" means to pass two spots, ending in the third. Moving to the immediately adjacent spot would involve passing no spots, so that would be a "Loop 0".

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/loop.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/loop.html

Mini Chase

This is almost always done from back-to-back couples, in which case you will find yourself in a right-handed box, holding right hands with the person with whom you started as a couple (same as if you had done a Chase Right with that person).

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/minichase.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/mini_chase.html

Once Removed call

This concept can be applied to formations of many different shapes. But the most common cases are 2x4 (e.g., parallel waves or columns) and 1x8 (e.g., tidal wave). In the case of a 2x4, each group will be a 2x2 box. In the case of a 1x8, each group will be a 1x4.

This concept can also be applied to a formation with fewer than eight spots, as long as they can be grouped into slices perpendicular to the long axis of that formation. For example, in a wave there are two groups each consisting of a couple; in a two-faced line there are two groups each consisting of a mini-wave.

The resulting shape of each group, after doing the named call, does not have to be the same as the starting shape; for example a box might change to a line or vice versa. However, cases where the shape does not change are often easier to do, and in many such cases it is possible for each group to basically do the call as usual, just spread out among the planes/slices that belong to their group.

In more difficult cases, a variety of methods are used to achieve the end result. In particularly difficult cases, it may be necessary for the dancers of each group to assemble together on one side of the square, do the call, and then reposition themselves back into alternating planes/slices.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/onceremoved.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/once_removed_concept.html

Open Up the Column

The first dancer in the column goes toward the center around the outside (like a Trail Off), while the second dancer walks forward and turns away from the center (like a Circulate followed by a Peel Off). Because this is happening with both columns, they will each be moving toward somebody coming from the other column; before they meet they all Face In and Extend with the dancers who had been turning 3/4 in the center.

The key to doing this with phantoms is to understand that the handedness of the "Extend" is the same as the handedness of the starting columns. This can be confusing to the #2 dancer, because he or she doesn't have have very far to "walk back" after doing the "Peel Off". In fact, the #2 dancer ends up, in terms of matrix spots, in the spot in front of where he/she started in the column, facing in as the end of a wave. But if you just remember the handedness, and walk into a spot that will put you in that kind of wave without passing the center of that wave, you will always be in the correct spot.

The combining form "Open Up and" works the same way as "Transfer and" – the dancers going around the outside just form a couple facing in, while the others move forward to form a compact formation and do the named call.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/openupthecolumn.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/open_up_the_column.html

Outlet

• Those on the outside do their part of Box Recycle.
• Each half of the center line, working with the outside pair in the direction of the end dancer, does a Box Recycle.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/outlet.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/outlet.html

Patch somebody

• Hinge
• the designated dancers U-Turn Back (in the direction they turned for the hinge)

• The hinge can be a partner hinge.
• Who should u-turn back is evaluated at the start of the action, before the hinge, even though the turning doesn't happen until after the hinge. For example, starting from a couple one dancer is a beau and the other is a belle, but after the hinge they will both be beaus; in this case for "Patch the Beaus" only the original beaus would be turning around for the second part.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/patch.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/patch_anyone.html

Peel (or Trail) to a Diamond

From a non-t-bone starting formation, you should expect to find yourself in some kind of diamond. From a mini-wave box, Peel to a Diamond ends in a facing diamond, while Trail to a Diamond ends in a regular diamond.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/peeltoadiamond.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/peel_to_a_diamond.html

Perk Up

• Circulate
• 1/2 Split Circulate
• then:
  • Those in the center Hinge, Box Circulate, Trade.
  • Those on the outside circulate twice.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/perkup.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/perk_up.html

Plan Ahead

• The centers Touch 1/4 (or if already holding right hands, Hinge), then Cross Concentric Vertical Tag (walking all the way past the center spots), then "first left next right", individually turning around halfway, to form a couple facing in.
• The ends walk past one person then continue walking around the square (like the beginning of Load the Boat), meet the next person by the right and Hinge, then Cross Concentric Vertical 1/2 Tag (into the center) and Face In.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/planahead.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/plan_ahead.html

Quick call

• #1 wait for #2 to press out, then do the call.
• #2 press out and work with an end (#1 or #4) to do the call.
• #3 circulate.
• #4 circulate unless was the end that worked with #2.

Typically, the result will be a 2x4. However, the ends might be t-boned to the centers, e.g., consider "Quick 1/2 Tag". Also depending on where the phantoms end up in the formation that results from the call, the real dancers might be offset from the centers.

Quick Stap is the original call and means "Quick Ah So". This almost always starts from a 1/4 box, and in that case always ends in ordinary parallel columns.

Hints when dancing with phantoms: The intiial action for #2 and #3 does not depend on the facing direction of anybody else; if you are #2 you know that you should press out, and if you are #3 you know you should circulate. If you are #1 you can assume that the person behind you will be pressing out to meet you – which also means that you will be starting the call as a couple. The only time you need additional information is when you are #4, because your part will depend on the facing direction of the dancer in the spot you are facing. If there is a real dancer facing you, then that dancer will be moving out beside you to do the call. If there is a real dancer next to you standing as #1 in that column, you can assume that dancer will be doing the call, and you can simply circulate. If both you and the person next to you are facing in (or you don't know which way the person next to you is facing), then you need to use whatever other information you have to decide whether the centers are in a left-handed box or a right-handed box; it will almost always be one or the other, so if there are real dancers in any of those spots that will tell you what you need to know, otherwise you will need to rely on what you can remember about how the previous call ended.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/quick.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/quick.html

Rally

• The centers Step and Fold and then Peel and Trail, while
• the ends 1/4 Right, Counter Rotate, then Right or Left (whichever is toward the center) Roll to a Wave

From a 1/4 Tag, Scoot and Rally ends in a tidal wave of the same handedness as the original center wave.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/rally.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/rally.html

Reach Out

From a mini-wave box, the result is a wave. From tandem couples, the result is a one-faced line. From a typical t-boned box, the result is a diamond.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/reachout.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/reach_out.html

Recoil

• Box Recycle
• Step and Fold

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/recoil.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/recoil.html

Relocate (the formation)

This is traditionally called with the name of the overall formation – originally "Relocate the Diamonds". However some callers will simply say "Relocate", especially in cases where the overall formation doesn't have a common or convenient name.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/relocate.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/relocate_the_setup.html

Reshape the Triangle

If the dancers in the base positions had been facing head walls, the dancers now in those positions will be facing side walls, and vice versa.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/reshape.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/reshape_the_triangle.html

Reverse Cut/Flip the Diamond

Note that the term "reverse" in these calls can be thought of as applying to the roles of the centers and points (which ones do the Diamond Circulate) and to the direction that the centers go (outward rather than inward).

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/reversecutthediamond.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/reverse_cut_the_diamond.html

Reverse Cut/Flip the Galaxy

Note that the term "reverse" in these calls can be thought of as applying to the roles of the centers and points (which ones do the Galaxy Circulate) and to the direction that the centers go (outward rather than inward).

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/reversecutthegalaxy.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/reverse_cut_the_galaxy.html

Ripple

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/ripple.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/ripple.html

Rotary call

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/rotary.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/rotary.html

Rotate fraction

Other ways of thinking about the direction of the initial turn:

• Face "promenade direction" within the box.
• As Couples Zag Zig

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/rotate_c1.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/rotate.html

Scatter Circulate

• The ends do a Split Circulate.
• The out-facing center does a Cross Over Circulate.
• The in-facing center does a crossover action in the center box.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/scattercirc.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/scatter_circulate.html

Scoot/tag Reaction

tag Reaction, where "tag" is taken from the same set used in combinations like "tag Back" and "tag Your Neighbor", means do the corresponding tagging call to the 1/2 Tag position; Scoot Back to a Wave, Chain Reaction. For example, "Flip Reaction" means Flip the Line 1/2, Scoot Back to a Wave, Chain Reaction.

Other calls that would also end in 1/4 tag if the final extend were omitted (i.e., if "centers to a Wave" were added) can also be combined with "Reaction" this way. This includes variations on Scoot Back (e.g., "Scatter Scoot Reaction", "Scoot Chain Thru Reaction") and calls like Transfer the Column.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/anythingreaction.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/anything_reaction.html

Scoot the Diamond

• Scoot Back
• the ends turn 1/4 left or right, depending on handedness of the centers
• Diamond Circulate

For "Finish Scoot the Diamond", if you are an end be careful to note the handhold in the center to decide which way to turn.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/scootthediamond.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/scoot_the_diamond.html

Shazam

• Arm Turn 1/4
• U-Turn Back

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/shazam.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/shazam.html

Single call

For most of these the meaning should be obvious – there are just fewer people doing the same action. In a few cases there are separate descriptions later on this page, as indicated by links.

original call [# of dancers]	single version [# of dancers]	also known as	typical starting formation
Bounce [4]	Single Bounce [2]		mini-wave
Checkmate the Column [8]	Single Checkmate [4]	Box Checkmate, Split Checkmate	any box of four
Ferris Wheel [8]	Single Ferris Wheel [4]		mini-wave box
Polly Wally [8]	Single Polly Wally [4]		any column of four
Rotary Spin [8]	Single Rotary Spin [4]		single eight chain
Shakedown [4]	Single Shakedown [2]		back-to-back dancers
Transfer the Column [8]	Single Transfer [4]	Box Transfer, Split Transfer	mini-wave box
Turn to a Line [4]	Single Turn to a Line [2]		generalized tandem
Wheel and Deal [4]	Single Wheel and Deal [2]	Single Wheel	couple, mini-wave

Note that there are some calls whose names begin with the word "Single" that do not fit this pattern, e.g., Single Circle to a Wave, Single Rotate. In addition, the two-word phrase "Single File" has a different meaning.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/single.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/single_concept.html

Single Cross Trade and Wheel

• Hinge
• Centers Trade
• As Couples Step and Fold

"Single Cross and Wheel" is the same but without the second part: Hinge followed by Step and Fold.

Note: These two calls are part of a larger family of calls, distinguished by whether their names include the words "Grand", "Single", and/or "Trade".

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/crossandwheel.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/single_cross_trade_and_wheel.html

Single File call

From facing tandems, to do a Single File Recycle the leaders do the part that would normally be done by the beaus – they step forward to meet each other, right-shoulder to right-shoulder, and U-Turn Back (to their right), ending up holding left hands with each other. Meanwhile, the trailers veer to their left to become the ends of the resulting wave.

Single File Recoil is Single File Recycle followed by Step and Fold.

Note: "Single File" is also applied with a similar meaning to Dixie Style to a Wave and its variations, to make clear that they are to be done by facing tandems, even though that starting formation is already allowed by those calls.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/singlefilec3.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/single_file_recycle.html

• Each dancer turns 1/4 to have their left shoulder toward the center (of the column of 4).
• Each dancer steps forward and to the left a bit (like veer left).
• Each dancer turns another 1/4 – the original end in the same direction as the first turn and the original center to face out.

This is a "shape changer", starting from a 1x4 and ending in a 2x2 box. (In this respect it acts the same way as a call like Right/Left Roll to a Wave, or from facing tandems Tandem Step to a Wave.) It is very important to understand this, since normally there will be at least two groups of four doing this at the same time – and in phantom formations potentially many more – in order to locate the resulting boxes in the correct places in relation to each other.

Some examples:

• from parallel columns (including eight chain, trade by, etc.), each column will be peforming the action, each group becoming a box, those boxes will end side to side, and the overall result will be a 2x4 with line orientation.
• from a 1x8, two 1x4 columns stacked end to end, each group will become a box and those boxes will be stacked to form a 2x4 with column orientation.
• from triple columns side by side, each column will turn into a box, and the result will be triple boxes side by side.

Single Rotate fraction

Other ways of thinking about the direction of the initial turn:

• Individually face "promenade direction" within the box.
• Zag Zig

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/rotate_c1.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/single_rotate.html

Snap the Lock

• Everyone Partner Tag.
• The new ends Partner Tag, while the new centers Step to a Wave, Lockit, and Step Thru.

Note: "Snap" means Partner Tag. The original centers do this twice, once with the ends, and then once with each other.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/snapthelock.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/snap_the_lock.html

Something New

• #1 - Column Circulate
• #2 - Column Circulate and U-Turn Back
• #3 - 1/2 Column Circulate and U-Turn Back
• #4 - (Circulate and) Veer Out

The first two dancers become the outside couple. Their action can also be described as a Couple Up.

The other dancers become the center wave. Their action can also be described as Circulate followed by Right/Left Roll to a Wave (with the direction matching the handedness of the columns).

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/somethingnew.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/something_new.html

Spin Chain the Line

• All Arm Turn 1/2
• Centers of each side Cast Off 3/4 and Spread to become ends of new lines while very centers Trade
• Four dancers remaining in the original plane slide together and Cast Off 3/4 to become centers of the new lines

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/spinchaintheline.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/spin_chain_the_line.html

Spin the Pulley

• Centers or designated couples Arm Turn 3/4.
• Triple Cross.
• Peel Off.

The "But" modifier specifies a replacement for the Peel Off; this might be another four-person call (e.g., "The Pulley But Peel to a Diamond" or an eight-person call (e.g., "Spin the Pulley But Transfer the Column").

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/spinthepulley.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/spin_the_pulley.html

Split Swap

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/splitswap.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/split_swap_around.html

Split Trade Circulate

This call is most commonly used from a box consisting of one right-handed mini-wave and one left-handed mini-wave. But it can also be done from certain other kinds of boxes, such as facing couples (in which case is it equivalent to Cross Trail Thru) and back-to-back couples (in which case it is equivalent to Partner Trade).

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/splittradecirc.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/split_trade_circulate.html

Stable call

The ideal way to dance a call Stable is to actually stay facing the same wall, while following the same path as normal. Note that this means that what would normally be a right or left shoulder pass might become instead a slide nose-to-nose or back-to-back. This can be confusing at first, but usually easy enough for simple calls.

For calls that are very complex, with lots of parts, it may not be possible to keep track of the actions doing it this way. An alternative method is "do the call, face the wall", i.e., do the call normally and then, at the end, turn to face your original direction if necessary. This, however, requires that you be able to remember that original facing direction. Also, if some dancers are using one method and others the other, they can easily confuse each other. So it is best to reserve this method for cases where it is really impractical to do it without turning.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/stable.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/stable_concept.html

Stack the Line

It is important in following this definition that dancers take note of whether they are leaders or trailers before they do anything else. (After they have done the 1/4 In it is too late, as they are all then trailers.)

Another way of keeping track of what's going on is to note that dancers who start in tandem will end up in tandem, with the same person. Your tandem (and your place in it) will remain the same – the whole tandem just occupies a different pair of spots in the box.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/stacktheline.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/stack_the_line.html

Stampede

• The outsides Cross Cast Back and Pass In (2 parts).
• The centers Trade the Wave, Hinge, and Cross (3 parts).

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/stampede.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/stampede.html

Step and call

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/stepand.php

Swap the Top

Note that this is related to Swap Around in that the beaus start by flipping to their right while the belles start by walking straight forward.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/swapthetop.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/swap_the_top.html

Swap the Wave

Since the action feels slightly different from a right-handed vs. a left-handed wave, the action is often described separately for the two cases. From a right-handed wave, it is the centers who are stepping forward to become the belles, while the ends do what feels like a Tag the Line Right and then step forward to becme the beaus. From a left-handed wave, it is the ends who are stepping forward to become the belles, while the centers walk around each other by doing a Slip, and then step forward to become the beaus.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/swapthewave.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/swap_the_wave.html

Swing Chain Thru

• Arm Turn 1/2
• Centers Cast Off 1/4
• Very Centers Trade
• Centers Cast Off 1/4

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/swingchainthru.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/swing_chain_thru.html

tag Chain Thru

• "Tag" for "Tag the Line"
• "Flip" for "Flip the Line"
• "Vertical Tag" for "Vertical Tag the Line"

• Do the tagging call to the 1/2 tag position (resulting in parallel waves)
• Scoot Chain Thru

Note that this is just like "tag Back" except that the second part is a Scoot Chain Thru rather than a Scoot Back.

Warning: There are many other calls that end with the words "Chain Thru", including many possible combinations based on finishing a Diamond Chain Thru. In general, you can't guess the meaning of these calls without learning each one. However, you can always recognize this kind of "tag Chain Thru" case by the fact that the first part of the name is a tagging prefix.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/atcchainthru.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/any_tagging_call_chain_thru.html

tag Your Neighbor

• "Tag" for "Tag the Line"
• "Flip" for "Flip the Line"
• "Vertical Tag" for "Vertical Tag the Line"

• Do the tagging call to the 1/2 tag position (resulting in a box)
• Follow Your Neighbor

Note that this is just like "tag Back" except that the second part is a Follow Your Neighbor rather than a Scoot Back.

The variation "tag Your Cross Neighbor" means to replace the Follow Your Neighbor with a Cross Your Neighbor. The variation "tag Your Criss Cross Neighbor" means replace the Follow Your Neighbor with a Criss Cross Your Neighbor. So, for example, "Flip Your Criss Cross Neighbor" means do a Flip the Line 1/2, then from the resulting box do a Criss Cross Your Neighbor.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/atcyourneighbor.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/tag_your_neighbor.html

Touch By fraction by fraction

Instead of a second fraction, another call can be named to be done by those facing dancers, e.g. "Touch By 1/4 by Slide Thru". If only fractions are given, the ending position is normally either a two-faced line or a diamond.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/touchby.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/touch_by.html

Trade the Deucey

• the centers Trade and Spread while
• the ends Cross Over Circulate

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/tradethedeucey.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/trade_the_deucey.html

Travel Thru

• Pass Thru
• As Couples 1/4 Right

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/travelthru.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/travel_thru.html

Trip the Set

• Ends Cross Fold and Roll (to become ends of new lines)
• Centers 1/4 Out and Trade with each other (to become centers of the new lines)

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/triptheset.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/trip_the_set.html

Triple Play

• First dancer in each column does a "transfer" while the rest 1/2 Circulate and Trade.
• The first dancer in each column of 3 does a "transfer" while the rest 1/2 Circulate and Hinge.
• The four in the center and the four on the outside Extend to each other.

Notes on dancing with phantoms: This is one of those calls that sounds complicated from a description of what everybody does but where the action required from each position is pretty simple. So it may be helpful, in preparing to dance with phantoms, to consider each position separately. The action for #1 is exactly the same as for Transfer the Column. The action for #4 is step forward, Trade, and then continue like #2 in Transfer the Column. The action for #2 and #3 is step forward, Trade, step forward again, Hinge, and Extend.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/tripleplay.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/triple_play.html

Truck

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/truck.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/truck.html

Turn to a Line

The turning and walking forward and turning again is basically the same action as for Turn and Deal; the difference is that here the action transforms a box into a line rather than a line into a box. As with Turn and Deal, each individual dancer ends up facing the opposite wall, so if you start as a couple you will end as a couple, and if you start in a mini-wave you will end in an opposite-handed mini-wave. If you start in a right-handed mini-wave box, you will end in a left-handed wave, and vice versa.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/turntoaline.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/turn_to_a_line.html

Unwrap the formation

• The dancer who is both closest to the center and facing in walks forward without turning to become #1 in a column.
• The dancers in the other positions fill in the remaining positions in the column according to how many spots they would need to formation circulate to be in such a position - a dancer who only needs to circulate one spot becomes #2, and so on.

In the most common cases and with real dancers, the feel of this call is as if the other dancers are "following" the first dancer. However, this is not very helpful in the case of facing diamonds or similar formations, or when dancing with phantoms. In those cases it is usually more helpful to just concentrate on spots and where you started in the formation. You may also find it helpful to become familiar with where the people in certain starting positions end up, e.g., from a pair of diamonds or an hourglass the very centers will always end up as #4 in a column.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/unwrap.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/unwrap.html

Vertical call

• for a mini-wave, the trailer goes first, followed by the leader
• for a couple, the belle goes first, followed by the beau

A common application of this concept is "Vertical Dixie Style to a Wave". Note that if the dancers are already in facing couples, the "Vertical" is not normally needed since this call already has built into it the idea of the belle going in front for that case. But adding "Vertical" allows this call (and its variations, like Dixie Diamond) to also be done from back to back couples and other kinds of boxes.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/vertical.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/vertical_anything.html

Walk Out to a Wave

• #1 and #2 Trail Off, then Ends Run
• #3 Circulate, then U-Turn Back (toward the center)
• #4 Circulate, then Press Out

From ordinary parallel columns, the result is parallel waves of the same handedness. This is also sometimes called from beginning or completed DPT – the dancers all do their part, and the result is inverted lines.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/wotaw.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/walk_out_to_a_wave.html

Wheel the Ocean/Sea

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/wheeltheocean.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/wheel_the_ocean.html

Wind the Bobbin

• First the leads (1 and 3 in each column) Peel Off and the trailers take hands to become centers.
• Then the new ends (those who peeled) circulate two positions around the outside while the centers Cast Off 3/4, Slip, Cast Off 3/4.

The result is parallel waves, with handedness opposite that of the starting columns.

Note that the first part for everybody is like the first part of Peel the Top, and the remaining action for the new centers is the same as Finish Spin Chain Thru.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/windthebobbin.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c3a/wind_the_bobbin.html

Zip Code n

Any additional steps to reach n consist of, in alternation, Pass Thru or Ends Bend. So for "Zip Code 2" the ends (starting from the Zip Code 1 position) Pass Thru, putting them back to back. For "Zip Code 3" they then Ends Bend, putting them facing somebody again.

The value of n can be 1/2 added to any odd number, in which case the last action is step to a wave.

References:

• Ceder - https://www.ceder.net/def/zipcode.php
• Taminations - https://www.tamtwirlers.org/tamflash/c2/zip_code.html