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Eight Chain Thru
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Choreography for Patter Teaching with Singing Call Options:
Teaching Tips:
Eight Chain Thru / Eight Chain 1, 2, 3, Etc.
A.) Tell them they get to count! “I want to hear you dance!”
B.) Action is a series of alternating hand pull bys, or if facing out Courtesy Turn.
C.) Talk them through it slowly the first time, counting as you go.
D.) Stay in rows. Don’t form a circle.
E.) All eight dancers are doing the action, hence Eight Chain.
F.) You are next to the one you started with throughout the entire action.
G.) If a pull by is needed for the last hand you must dance through the last hand as in square thru, ending back to back.
More teaching suggestions:
— Even numbers end in Eight Chain Thru formation
— Odd numbers end in Trade By formation
Quick quote: “Rights and Lefts with Courtesy Turn on Outside”
Teaching Standard Applications:
Eight Chain Thru:
Heads Flutterwheel and Sweep a Quarter,
Centers [ Dosado and ] Pass Thru,
Eight Chain Thru (20 beats),
Patter: Bow to corner, back out at home
Singer: Swing and Promenade
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Eight Chain Two:
Heads Square Thru Two,
Eight Chain Two,
Swing Thru Twice,
Split Circulate Twice,
Boys Run, Bend the Line, Pass Thru,
Patter: Allemande Left, face in at home
Singer: Swing and Promenade
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Eight Chain Four:
Heads Promenade Half, Sides Square Thru Two,
[Dosado,]
Eight Chain Four (10 beats),
Patter: Swing Thru, Boys Run, Ferris Wheel, Centers Star Thru, Home
Singer: Swing Corner and Promenade
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Heads Pass Thru and Cloverleaf,
Double Pass Thru, Leaders Partner Trade,
[ Dosado, ]
Eight Chain Four (10 beats),
Patter: Pass Thru, Outsides Cloverleaf, Others back away at home
Singer: Swing and Promenade
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Eight Chain Six:
Heads Promenade Half,
Sides Square Thru Four,
All Right and Left Thru,
Eight Chain Six (15 beats),
Patter: Touch 1/4, Girls Run, Box the Gnat, Pass Thru, Allemande Left, face in, Home
Singer: Swing Corner and Promenade
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Eight Chain Three:
Heads Star Thru and California Twirl, Circle to a Line,
Pass Thru, Wheel and Deal,
Centers Pass Thru, Eight Chain Three,
Left Allemande,
Patter: Pass one, Promenade the next
Singer: Come Back to Swing and Promenade
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Eight Chain Five:
Heads Pass the Ocean, Extend,
Girls Trade, Swing Thru,
Girls Circulate, Boys Circulate,
Box the Gnat, Eight Chain Five,
Left Allemande,
Patter: Pass one, Promenade the next
Singer: Come Back and Promenade
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