Mainstream Calls When there is a dance, fly-in, or convention coming up, it is a good idea to look through the calls of the level you will be dancing jus to see if there are any that don’t ring a bell. Some calls are not used as often as others and a different caller may rely on a call we seldom hear. The following is a list of the mainstream calls along with some images that show how over the years our club have learned and show their talents around the world, and provide some advice on how to appropriately, or not, execute a call! Dancer Naming: Partner/Corner Head/Sides Couples #1,#2,#3,#4 Boys/Girls Center/Ends Circle Left / Circle Right Forward and Back Dosado / Dosado to a Wave Swing Promenade Single File Promenade Couples (Full, ½, ¾) Allemande Left Arm Turns Right and Left Grand Family Right and Left Grand Weave the Ring Wrong Way Grand Left-Hand Star / Right-Hand Star Star Promenade Pass Thru Split Two Half Sashay Family Half Sashay Rollaway Ladies in, Men Sashay Turn Back Family U-Turn Back Backtrack Separate Around 1 or 2 to a line and come into the middle Courtesy Turn Ladies Chain Family Two Ladies Chain (Reg and ¾) Four Ladies Chain (Reg and ¾) Chain down the Line Do Paso Lead Right Right and Left Thru Grand Square Star Thru Circle to a Line Bend the Line All Around the Corner See Saw Square Thru (1,2,3,4) Left Square Thru (1,2,3,4) California Twirl Dive Thru Wheel Around Thar Family Allemande Thar Allemande Left to an Allemande Thar Wrong Way Thar Shoot the Star Shoot the Star Full Around Slip the Clutch Box the Gnat Ocean Wave Family Step to a Wave Balance Alamo Ring Formation Allemande Left in the Alamo Style Balance Pass the Ocean Extend (from ¼ Tag only) Swing Thru / Left Swing Thru Run / Cross Run Trade Family (named dancers) Trade Couples Trade Partners Trade Wheel & Deal Double Pass Thru First Couple Go Left/Right, Next Couple Go Left/Right Zoom Flutterwheel / Reverse Flutterwheel Sweep a Quarter Veer Left / Veer Right Trade Bt Touch ¼ Circulate Family (named dancers) Circulate All 8 Circulate Couple Circulate Single File Circulate Split / Box Circulate Ferris Wheel Cloverleaf Turn Thru Eight Chain Thru, Eight Chain 1,2,3,etc. Pass to the Center Spin the Top Centers In Cast Off ¾ Walk & Dodge Slide Thru Fold / Cross Fold Dixie Style to an Ocean Wave Tag the Line (In/Out/Left/Right) Half Tag Scoot Back Single Hinge / Couple Hinge Recycle (from a wave only) Ed and Vinnie show an elegant and well flourished Dosado It does not matter where you are; in Paris or in Atlanta it is all about the wave Dan, the man, shows the Prague ladies what a circulating boy he can be Mary says she doesn’t remember nun of these calls. Just like Vinnie and his partner do in this picture, always remember to smile as you promenade