Mainstream
Cast Off
Links: Define – Standard – Module – Teach – Other – Extend
Call Analysis:
Hands needed at the start: Varies by position
Hands held at the end: Same as at the start
Body flow at the start: Clockwise or Counter-clockwise
Body flow at the end: Same as at the start
Good preceding calls:
For Cast Off from Lines:
— Centers In
— Pass Thru
For Cast Off from Two-Faced Lines:
— Centers Trade
— Ends Cross Run
For Cast Off from Mini-Waves
— Centers Trade
— Swing Thru
— Split Circulate
— All Eight Circulate
— Column Circulate
— Pass the Ocean
Good following calls:
For ending in Lines:
— Forward and Back
— Pass Thru
— Right and Left Thru
For ending in Waves:
— Centers Trade
— Split Circulate
— All Eight Circulate
Ending Formations for Standard starting Formation and Arrangements:
a) Lines Facing Out, Normal Couples: Cast Off 3/4
Ends in Lines Facing In, Normal Couples
b) Lines Facing Out, Same Gender Couples: Cast Off 3/4
Ends in Lines Facing In, Same Gender Couples (a BBGG line becomes a GGBB line)
c) Right or Left-Hand Column, “0” or “1/2” (BGBG or GBGB): Cast Off 3/4
Ends in a Right or Left-Hand Tidal Wave, “0” or “1/2” (BGBG or GBGB)
d) Right or Left-Handed Parallel Waves, “0”, “1/2”, “1”, “2” (not BBGG or GGBB): Cast Off 3/4
Ends in Parallel Waves (Right or Left-Handed Parallel Waves),
— “0” (Boys on the ends) ends “2” (Boys Facing Out),
— “1/2” (Girls on the ends) ends in a “1” (Girls Facing Out),
— “1” (Girls Facing Out) ends in a “0” (Girls in the Center),
— “2” (Boys Facing Out) ends in a “1/2” (Boys in the Center)
Some Extended Applications:
a) Right or Left-Handed Two-Faced Lines, “0” (Normal Couples): Cast Off 3/4
Ends in Facing Lines, Normal Couples
ARC Rulings (Applications Review Committee of CALLERLAB): None