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AN EASY GIMMICK

By H. O. Hoadley - 2/27/96

Surprise and amuse your dancers by calling "Right and left allemande" every once in a while. That isn't tricking the dancers, because they start off in the same way they would if you called Right & Left Thru or Right & Left Grand, and then they have another second or two to figure out how to find their corners after doing the pull-by.

Most dancers, even in class, who have done RLT and RLG often enough to make their response automatic should sail through the movement the first time they hear it, and surprise themselves by doing it right before they had time to tell themselves that they didn't know how. Here are some ways to use the idea:

From Zero Box: Slide thru - right & left thru; Right & left allemande.; Right & left allemande; Pass by one, swing partner.
From Squared Set: Sides right & left thru; Heads slide thru, right & left allemande.; Heads right & left thru, side ladies chain; Heads box the gnat, pull by, and; Go around one to a line, go forward & back; Pass thru, wheel & deal; Pass thru, right & left allemande.; Four ladies chain, heads square thru four; Circle to a line, go forward & back; Pass thru, wheel & deal; Right & left allemande.; Heads pass thru & cloverleaf; Double pass thru; Centers in, cast off 3/4; Center couples circle left 3/4; Everybody right & left allemande.

And once they've been introduced to these, surprise them again with:

From Zero Lines: Pass thru, bend the line; Right & left promenade.

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