CALLERLAB Program: Basic Part 2
Run – Cross
Links: Define – Standard – Analyze – Module – Other – Extend
Choreography for Patter Teaching with Singing Call Options:
Teaching Tips:
F.) On Cross Run the designated dancer must run around the furthest dancer, not the near dancer, crossing by the center of the formation.
More teaching suggestions:
— It helps to focus the active dancers on their direction of motion: From a right-hand wave, “Centers look left and Cross Run to the far end”.
Quick quote: “Runners cross the center in a big loop to far end (or center)”
Teaching Standard Applications:
Boys Cross Run to Swing:
Heads Promenade Halfway
Down the middle Star Thru and Pass Thru
Left Dosado to a Left-hand Wave
Boys Trade, Boys Cross Run
Patter: Girls Trade, Girls Cross Run, Allemande Left
Singer: Swing and Promenade
Girls Cross Run to Swing:
Heads Promenade Halfway
Down the middle Star Thru and Pass Thru
Left Dosado to a Left-hand Wave
Left Swing Thru, Girls Cross Run
Patter: Swing Thru, Girls Cross Run, Allemande Left, Home
Singer Swing and Promenade
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Boys Cross Run, Left Swing Thru:
Heads Square Thru Four,
Box the Gnat,
Dosado and Make a Wave (girls on end),
Boys Cross Run, Left Swing Thru,
Patter: Allemande Left, Home
Singer: Girls Run, California Twirl and Promenade
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Girls Cross Run, Left Swing Thru:
Head Ladies Chain,
Sides Lead Right, Dive Thru,
Centres Square Thru Three,
Dosado to a Wave, Girls Cross Run,
– – – – , Left Swing Thru,
Patter: Boys Circulate, Girls Run Left, Promenade
Singer: Girls Run Left and Promenade
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Cross Run (Girls then Boys):
Heads Square Thru Four,
{ Dosado to a Wave } or { Step to a Wave },
Girls Cross Run, Boys Cross Run,
Girls Trade, Swing Thru,
Patter: Box the Gnat, Change hands, Allemande Left, Home
Singer: Swing and Promenade
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Heads Square Thru Four,
{ Dosado to a Wave } or { Step to a Wave },
Girls Cross Run, Left Swing Thru,
Left Swing Thru again,
Boys Cross Run,
Patter: Girls Trade, Girls Cross Run, Left Allemande, Home
Singer: Swing and Promenade
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Heads Lead Right, Dosado to a Wave,
Girls Cross Run, Boys Trade,
With the Left Trade, Chain Down the Line,
Star Thru, Square Thru Three,
Patter: Allemande Left, Grand Right and Left
Singer: Swing and Promenade