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Diamond Circulate
Links: Define – Standard – Module – Teach – Other – Extend
Call Analysis:
Hands needed at the start: Neither
Hands held at the end: The center handhold of the diamond
Body flow at the start: Clockwise for right-hand diamonds, counter-clockwise for left-hand diamonds
Body flow at the end: Same as at the start
Good preceding calls:
— Centers Hinge
— Centers Cast Off 3/4
Good following calls:
— Diamond Circulate
— Centers Hinge
— Centers Cast Off 3/4
— Very Centers Trade
— (from Twin Diamonds) Very Centers Run and Centers Half Tag
— (from Twin Diamonds) Points Face In
Ending Formations for Standard starting Formation and Arrangements:
a) Right-Hand Diamonds (All four Diamond centers in one wave), “0” (girls in the wave) or “1/2” (boys in the wave): Diamond Circulate
Ends in Right-Hand Diamonds, “1/2” (boys in the wave) or “0” (girls in the wave) respectively
b) Left-Hand Diamonds (All four Diamond centers in one wave), “0” (boys in the wave) or “1/2” (girls in the wave): Diamond Circulate
Ends in Left-Hand Diamonds, “1/2” (girls in the wave) or “0” (boys in the wave) respectively
Some Extended Applications:
a) Point-to-Point Diamonds (Right or Left-Handed), girls in the centers of each Diamond: Diamond Circulate
Ends in Point-to-Point Diamonds (Right or Left-Handed), boys in the centers of each Diamond
b) Facing Diamonds, girls in a right-hand wave: Diamond Circulate
Ends in Facing Diamonds, boys in a left-hand wave
ARC Rulings (Applications Review Committee of CALLERLAB):
(November 2000)
Q: Is it acceptable to call “Everybody do your part of a Diamond Circulate from a two-faced line?
A: Yes, at Advanced or beyond only. Too many callers have gotten too carried away with the “do your part” type choreography. Just because it might be proper does not make it good as this is too confusing and has severe timing and traffic pattern problems. We should not complicate calls unnecessarily. Why not simply call half-sashay and couples hinge.