Wheel and Deal – Analysis

CALLERLAB Program: Basic Part 2
Wheel and Deal

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Call Analysis:

Hands needed at the start: Couple handhold
Hands held at the end: Couple handhold

Body flow at the start: generally clockwise or counter-clockwise
Body flow at the end: Same as at the start

Good preceding calls:

For Wheel and Deal from a line of four:
— Pass Thru
— Square Thru 3 or 4 (to end in lines facing out)

For Wheel and Deal from a Two-Faced Line:
— Couples (or named dancers) Circulate
— Veer Left (or Veer Right)

Good following calls:

For end in Double Pass Thru formation
— Centers Pass Thru
— Centers Swing Thru

For end in Facing Couples
— Star Thru
— Right and Left Thru
— Square Thru
— Swing Thru

Ending Formations for Standard Starting Formations and Arrangements:

a) Lines Facing Out, Normal Couples: Wheel and Deal
Ends in Double Pass Thru formation, Normal Couples

b) Right-Hand Parallel Two-Faced Lines, “0” (Normal Couples): Wheel and Deal
Ends in Eight Chain Thru formation, Normal Couples

c) Tidal Two-Faced Line (Right or Left Handed), Normal Couples: Wheel and Deal
Ends in Facing Lines, Normal Couples

Some Extended Applications:

a) Lines Facing Out, Same Gender Couples: Wheel and Deal
Ends in Double Pass Thru formation, Same Gender Couples

ARC Rulings (Applications Review Committee of CALLERLAB): (none)