Tech Squares Class

Definitions for Week 10

ALL 8 SPIN THE TOP: Typical starting formation - dancers facing their partners. All dancers right arm turn 1/2 (stepping to a mini-wave if necessary), and the center 4 star 3/4 while the others move up in a 90° arc around the outside. Ends in a thar.

EXPLODE THE WAVE: Typical starting formation - wave. Dancers step thru, face in, and right pull by. Ends in couples back to back.

EXPLODE AND (ANYTHING): Typical starting formation - wave. Dancers step thru, face in, and do the anything call.

LINEAR CYCLE: Typical starting formation - wave. Dancers hinge, and leaders (original centers) fold behind the others. All double pass thru (left if the waves were left-handed), and peel off in the direction of the shoulder pass. Ends in facing couples.

PEEL OFF: Typical starting formation - tandem couples or mini-wave box. Dancers 1/2 zoom and the original trailers U-turn back away from the center of the box. Each tandem ends as a couple with the original trailer as the center.

RELAY THE DEUCEY: Typical starting formation - parallel waves.

  1. Arm turn 1/2.
  2. Center 4 arm turn 3/4 while the ends 1/2 circulate.
  3. Center wave of 6 arm turn 1/2.
  4. Center wave of 4 arm turn 1/2 while the other 4 circulate to the next outside position.
  5. Center wave of 6 arm turn 1/2.
  6. Center wave of 4 arm turn 3/4 while the other 4 move up (to the ends of waves).
Ends in waves.