Run – Analysis

CALLERLAB Program: Basic Part 2
Run

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Call Analysis

Hands needed at the start: Neither
Hands held at the end: If Centers Run then one hand should be joined at the end to make the new formation.

Body flow at the start: Clockwise if running to the right, counterclockwise if running to the left.
Body flow at the end: Same as at the start

Good preceding calls:
— Swing Thru
— Centers Trade

Good following calls: (Depends on the active dancers and the ending formation.)
— From Waves, Centers Run: Bend the Line
— Circulate

Ending Formations for Standard Starting Formations and Arrangements:

a) Parallel Right-Hand Waves, Boys in the center: Boys (or Centers) Run
Ends in Parallel Right-Hand Two-Faced Lines, Normal Couples

b) Parallel Left-Hand Waves, Girls in the center: Girls (or Centers) Run
Ends in Parallel Left-Hand Two-Faced Lines, Normal Couples

c) Parallel Right-Hand Two-Faced Lines, Girls in the center: Boys (or Ends) Run
Ends in Parallel Right-Hand Waves, Boys in the center

d) Parallel Right-Hand Two-Faced Lines, Girls in the center: Girls (or Centers) Run
Ends in Parallel Left-Hand Waves, Girls on the ends

e) Column, mixed gender together: Boys Run
If BGBG Column front to back, ends in Eight Chain Thru, Normal Couples
If GBGB Column front to back, ends in Trade By, Normal Couples
If BBGG Column front to back, ends in Double Pass Thru, Normal Couples
If GGBB Column front to back, ends in Completed Double Pass Thru, Normal Couples

e) Alamo Style, Boys facing out: Boys Run Right (or Left)
Ends in a BGBG Circle (all facing in)

Some Extended Applications:

a) Lines Facing Out, Normal Couples: Boys Run
Ends in Parallel Right-Hand Waves, Boys facing in

b) Lines Facing Out, Normal Couples: Girls Run Left
Ends in Parallel Left-Hand Waves, Girls facing in

ARC Rulings (Applications Review Committee of CALLERLAB):

Run
(July 2008)
Q: The formation is Alamo Ring. The arrangement is boys adjacent and girls adjacent, all with right hands joined. The call given was Boys Run. The caller intended for the Boys to Trade. Does this application comply with the CALLERLAB written Basic definition?

A: NO. The committee voted this application is NOT proper. Reason: This application does not meet the written definition as there is no inactive dancer to run around. The call should simply be “Boys Trade.”