Wheel Around – Analysis

Basic Part 2
Wheel Around / Reverse Wheel Around

Links: Define Standard Module Teach Other Extend

Call Analysis:

Hands needed at the start: Neither (except pre-existing couple handhold)
Hands held at the end: Same as at start

Body flow at the start: Counterclockwise for Wheel Around, Clockwise for Reverse Wheel Around
Body flow at the end: Same as at the start

Good preceding calls:
— Promenade, Keep Walking, Heads (or Sides) Wheel Around
— Wrong Way Promenade, Keep Walking; Sides Reverse Wheel Around

— Pass Thru
— Centers Right and Left Thru and Wheel Around
— From Lines Facing Out: Wheel and Deal, Centers Wheel Around

— From Parallel Left-Hand Two-Faced Lines: Ferris Wheel, Centers Wheel Around
— From Parallel Right-Hand Two-Faced Lines: Ferris Wheel, Centers Reverse Wheel Around

Good following calls for Wheel Around:
— Forward and Back
— Ladies Chain
— Right and Left Thru
— Square Thru

Good following calls for Reverse Wheel Around:
— Forward and Back
— Lead Right
— Veer Right
— Left Square Thru

Ending Formations for Standard Starting Formations and Arrangements:

a) Promenade, Normal Couples: Heads Wheel Around and make lines
Ends in Normal Facing Lines

b) Double Pass Thru, Normal Couples: Centers Wheel Around (or Centers Reverse Wheel Around)
Ends in Eight Chain Thru formation with Normal Couples

c) Lines Facing Out, Normal Couples: Wheel Around (or Reverse Wheel Around)
Ends in Normal Facing Lines

Some Extended Applications:

a) Parallel Left-Hand Two-Faced Lines, Normal Couples: Wheel Around
Ends in Parallel Right-Hand Two-Faced Lines, Normal Couples

b) Wrong Way Promenade, Normal Couples: Heads Reverse Wheel Around and make lines
Ends in Normal Facing Lines

b) Lines Facing Out, Same Gender Couples: Wheel Around (or Reverse Wheel Around)
Ends in Lines Facing In, Same Gender Couples

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