Riverside Squares Mainstream Class
CALLS FROM WEEK 2
The definitions of the calls are taken from this web site: www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~noriks/ENGLISH/514000BSe.html If you have a computer, you may enjoy the animated clear demonstrations of each call.
Each week a couple of new calls will be added. Referring to these weekly sheets may help to clarify the calls for you.
CALIFORNIA TWIRL
Partners join hands (man's right with lady's left) and raise them to form an arch. The lady walks forward and under their joined hands making a one half (180。) left-face turn
while the man walks around the lady in a clockwise direction one half (180。). Dancers have exchanged places and are both facing in the opposite direction from which they started.
HALF SASHAY
(a) HALF SASHAY: Partners exchange places without changing facing directions. Dancer on the right sidesteps to the left, while the other dancer on the left steps back, sidesteps to the right, then steps forward to rejoin partner.
(b) ROLLAWAY: The directed dancer, or if not specified the dancer on the right, rolls across a full turn (360。) in front of the dancer on the left, as he sidesteps to the right -to exchange places. From a circle, unless otherwise directed, the ladies roll left across in front of the men.
(c) LADIES IN, MEN SASHAY: Starting formation -circle or line with alternating men and ladies. With all dancers facing in, the ladies step forward and pause, while the men move to the left behind and past one lady. Ladies step back and rejoin hands with the men. If the circle is moving to the right, the men sashay to the right.
PASS THRU
Dancers move forward, passing right shoulders with each other. Each ends in the other's starting position but neither dancer changes facing direction.
STAR THRU
Man's right hand is placed against the lady's left, palm to palm with fingers up, to make an arch. As the dancers move forward the lady does a one quarter (9 0。) left face turn under the arch, while the man does a one quarter (90。) turn to the right moving behind the lady. They end up side by side with the lady on the man's right.
GRAND SQUARE
A call that has the sides doing one part while at the same time the heads are doing another. Heads move forward into the square (4 steps), turning one quarter (90。) on the fourth step to face partners and back away to the sides of the square (4 steps). Turn one quarter (90。) to face the original opposites. Back away to the corners of the square (4 steps) and turn one quarter (90。) to face original partners and walk forward to home (4 steps). Do not turn. (Total to here: 16 steps.) From this point the action is reversed. Heads back away from their partners (4 steps), turning one quarter (90。) on the fourth step and walk forward to the opposites (4 steps). Turn one quarter and walk forward into the center toward partners (4 steps). Turn one quarter (90。) to face opposites and back up to home (total: 32 steps). While the head couples are doing the first 16 steps, the sides start by facing their partners to back away and do the second 16 steps. Completing this, the sides do the first 16 steps, while the heads are doing the last 16. The principle of walking three steps and then turning (or reversing) on the fourth step is followed throughout. This call may be broken into fractional parts by the caller directing the number of steps required. The call may also start with the heads, or other designated dancers, directed to face.
CIRCLE TO A LINE: Couples circle left one half (180。). The lead dancer in the couple who started on the inside (man's position) releases the left handhold, but retains the handhold of the dancer on his right to become the left end dancer of the line. The released dancer moves forward under the raised arm arch formed by that dancer and the adjacent dancer to become the right end dancer in the line.
BEND THE LINE
The center dancers in the line drop hands with each other. With each half of the line working as a unit, the ends move forward while the centers back up until both halves of the line are facing.