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PASS THE OCEAN

Starting formation - facing couples only. Dancers pass thru, turn in to face their partners and step into a right-hand ocean wave.

EXTEND

Starting formation - 1/4 tag formation only. Dancers in the wave release hands and step forward to the couple they are facing and join hands in a right-hand wave. If the wave is left-handed, dancers extend to a left- hand wave. Note: Centers in the wave remain centers in the new waves and ends in the wave end as ends in the new waves.

WHEEL AND DEAL FAMILY

Starting formation - line(s) of four facing in the same direction or a two-faced line.

(a) WHEEL AND DEAL (from a line of four). The left hand couple only takes a step forward. The couples wheel (180 degrees) toward the center of the line with the center dancer of each couple acting as the pivot point about which the couples turn. The couple that started on the right half of the line wheels in front of the other couple. Both couples end facing the same direction with the original left hand couple standing behind the original right hand couple.

(b) WHEEL AND DEAL (from a two-faced line): Each couple steps straight ahead one step. Each couple then wheels (180 degrees) toward the center of the line with the center dancer of each couple acting as the pivot point about which the couples turn. Couples end facing each other.

DOUBLE PASS THRU

Starting formation - double pass thru. Dancers move forward, passing right shoulders with two other dancers to finish facing away from the center of the set in a completed double pass thru formation.

FIRST COUPLE GO LEFT/RIGHT, NEXT COUPLE GO LEFT/RIGHT

Starting formation - completed double pass thru. Each couple works as a unit and walks forward in an arc in the indicated direction. The center couple walks forward before taking the second direction given. If the couples are asked to go in opposite directions (e.g. FIRST COUPLE GO LEFT, NEXT COUPLE GO RIGHT), they should move in a tight circle in their specified direction for half a circle. At this point they will be facing another couple and the ending formation will be facing lines. The other couple in their line will be the couple that started either immediately ahead or behind them facing the same wall in the starting double pass thru. If both couples are asked to go in the same direction (e.g. FIRST COUPLE GO LEFT, NEXT COUPLE GO LEFT) the ending formation is a promenade or reverse promenade, and the next call is usually PROMENADE.

FERRIS WHEEL

Starting formation - two parallel two-faced lines. The couples facing out Wheel and Deal to become the outside couples in a double pass thru formation. Meanwhile, the couples facing in step straight ahead to momentarily form a two-faced line in the center. Without stopping, they Wheel and Deal in that line to end as the center couples in a double pass thru formation.

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