Teaching Resource for CHAIN DOWN THE LINE
Links: Standard – Analyze – Module – Teach – Other – Extend
CALLERLAB Program: Basic Part 1
Teaching Order: After Veer Left and before Bend the Line
Recently Taught Calls: Split Two, Courtesy Turn, Ladies Chain, Do Paso
Background: Chain Down the Line is listed in the April 1981 #3457 of Burleson’s Encyclopedia.
Definition:
Minimum number of dancers needed: Four
Starting formation for the minimum number needed: General Line with the centers holding right hands
Command example:
— Chain Down the Line
Dance action: Centers Turn 1/2 by the Right while ends adjust as necessary. Then the ends Courtesy Turn the centers to finish in Facing Couples.
Ending formation: Facing Couples
Timing: 8
Comment: At Mainstream, Chain Down the Line starts only with women as centers and men as ends because Courtesy Turn is restricted to men turning women.
Facing Couple or Ocean Wave Rule: Neither rule applies to Chain Down the Line
Link to Taminations: Ladies Chain Family