Figures

Large Circle

• Circle Up
• Circle South (Clockwise, Left)
• Circle North (Line of Dance, Right)
• Inside-Out Circle (Rip and Snort
• Thread the Needle
• Wind the Ball of Yarn
• Basket Circle (Hands clasped inside or outside)
• Right & Left Grande
• Tunnel/London Bridge
• Kings and Queens Highway (& variations)
  • Cross W in front of M
  • Arches
  • Dips and Dives

Partners

Note: Lead Stands on the Left

• Wring the Dishrag
• California Turn
• Do-si-doe
• Courtesy Turn
• Allemande Swing (hold forearms)
• Elbow Swing
• Pretzel
• Octopus

Partner Hand Holds

• W Hold
• V Hold
• Varsouvienne Position/ Shoulder Skater Position
• Promenade Position/Front Skater
• Rear Skater Position (R hand held behind W, L hand held in front of M)
• Courtesy Turn Position

Small Circle

Notes:

1. There are two couples in each small circle, arranged as part of a large circle.
2. The inside couple is "odd couple", the outside couple is "even".
3. Odd couple rotates after each figure to the next couple, counter clockwise.
4. Circle left one rotation each time a new couple enters the small circle.

• 4 Leaf Clover
• Dive For the Oyster (Dig for the Clam, Shoot Through the Hold in the Old Tin Can)
• Right Hands Across/Left Hands Across; Star
• Chase the Rabbit (or Squirrel or Girl), Chase the Possum (or Coon or Boy), Swing the Barn Door
• Georgia Rang-a-Tang (swing corner R, pass through R shoulders, swing partner L, pass through L shoulders)

Lines

• Turning 1/4 or 1/2
• Trading Rows
• Columns
• V
• Diagonals
• Wave/Zig Zag (holding hands)
• Pinwheel
• X

Progressions

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