Plus
Explode the Wave
Links: Define – Standard – Analyze – Modules – Other – Extend
Choreography for Patter Teaching with Singing Call Options:
Teaching Tips:
Explode the Wave
A) 3 part call – Step Ahead, Face In, Pull By
B) Lean forward and peek at that person – that’s who you’ll face and pull by.
C) Face In is toward the center of your wave, not necessarily the center of the set (e.g., from a tidal wave)
D) Setup from #1 or #2 waves so that the pull-by is with the same sex.
More teaching suggestions:
— If only the standard applications are called, the dancers are likely to forget that the definition says to “turn a quarter in”. Instead they internalize boys turning right and girls turning left.
Quick quote: “Step through, turn in, pull by.”
Teaching Standard Applications:
From Parallel Right Waves:
Heads Pass the Ocean, Extend,
Explode the Wave,
Partner Trade, Forward and Back,
Square Thru Four, Trade By,
Patter: Allemande Left, Home
Singer: Swing and Promenade
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
From Tidal Wave:
Heads Pass the Ocean, Extend,
Explode the Wave, Partner Trade,
Touch 1/4, Column Circulate,
Single Hinge, Each 4 Explode the Wave,
Patter: Allemande Left, Promenade (or back up to home)
Singer: Swing and Promenade
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
From Parallel Left Waves:
Head Lady Lead Dixie Style to a Wave,
Extend (left), Explode the Wave,
Half Tag, Split Circulate, Girls Trade,
Patter: Boys Run, Promenade
Singer: Boys Circulate, [ Scoot Back ], Swing and Promenade
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
From Center Wave:
Heads Pass the Ocean and Explode the Wave,
Heads Cloverleaf, Double Pass Thru,
Centers In, Cast Off 3/4,
Forward and Back, Slide Thru, Centers Pass Thru,
Patter: Allemande Left, Promenade
Singer: Swing and Promenade
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
With other Plus calls already learned:
Heads Pass the Ocean, Extend,
Explode the Wave, Wheel and Deal,
Double Pass Thru, Peel Off,
Forward and Back, Box the Gnat and Slide Thru,
Double Pass Thru,
Patter: Leaders Partner Trade, Step to a Wave, Girls Trade, Explode the Wave, Allemande Left
Singer: First Couple Left, Second Couple Follow them, Promenade
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Heads Square Thru Four,
Touch 1/4, Follow Your Neighbor,
Explode the Wave,
Partner Trade, Forward and Back,
Slide Thru,
Patter: Allemande Left, Home
Singer: Swing and Promenade
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Heads Square Thru Four,
Touch 1/4, Follow Your Neighbor and Spread,
Explode the Wave,
Bend the Line,
Load the Boat,
Patter: Allemande Left, Home
Singer: Swing, Promenade
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Heads Square Thru but on 3 Slide Thru, Double Pass Thru,
Track Two,
Explode the Wave,
Tag the Line, Leaders U-Turn Back,
Patter: Allemande Left, Home
Singer: Swing and Promenade