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Ping Pong Circulate
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Choreography for Patter Teaching with Singing Call Options:
Teaching Tips:
Ping Pong Circulate
A) Set up a 0-arrangement 1/4 Tag and show them the net (wave) and the players (couples).
B) Show the circulate paths separately. Have just the boys circulate, then just the girls circulate. Do it several times.
C) For the dancers on the outside – “follow a back” this helps get the handedness right.
D) Point out that the “players” always face in toward the net.
More teaching suggestions:
— Note that in a Left-Handed 1/4 Tag, the dancers will pass left shoulders and those going out should again pass left shoulders as they turn to face in.
Quick quote: “Follow your inside or outside track.”
Teaching Standard Applications:
Heads Pass the Ocean, Ping Pong Circulate,
Very Centers Trade, Centers Recycle,
Double Pass Thru, Cloverleaf,
Centers Pass Thru,
Patter: Allemande Left, Face In at home
Singer: [ Swing Thru, Boys Trade ], Swing and Promenade
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Head Ladies Chain and Rollaway,
Sides Pass Thru and Cloverleaf,
Heads Swing Thru,
Ping Pong Circulate, Extend,
All Eight Circulate,
Patter: Girls Trade, Recycle, Allemande Left, Promenade
Singer: Recycle, Veer Left, California Twirl, Promenade
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Heads Pass the Ocean, Ping Pong Circulate,
Ping Pong Circulate (again),
Extend, Girls Trade, Recycle,
Pass Thru, Trade By,
Patter: Allemande Left
Singer: Swing and Promenade
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Heads Pass the Ocean, Ping Pong Circulate,
Centers Swing Thru Double,
Ping Pong Circulate, Extend,
Swing Thru, Boys Run,
Ferris Wheel, Centers Pass Thru,
Patter: Allemande Left, Face In at Home
Singer: Swing and Promenade
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Heads Pass the Ocean, Ping Pong Circulate,
Centers Recycle and Pass Thru,
Pass to the Center, Centers Touch 1/4,
Centers Circulate, Centers Hinge, Extend,
Scoot Back, Boys Trade, Boys Run,
Patter: Ferris Wheel, Zoom, Centers Pass Thru, Left Allemande
Singer: Half Tag, Swing and Promenade
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Heads Pass the Ocean, Ping Pong Circulate,
Extend, Swing Thru,
All Eight Circulate, Split Circulate,
Centers Trade and Run, Tag the Line,
Leaders U-Turn Back,
Patter: Allemande Left, Face In at Home
Singer: Swing and Promenade
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Heads Pass the Ocean, Ping Pong Circulate,
Centers Recycle, Double Pass Thru,
First Couple Go Left, Next Couple Go Right,
Forward and Back, Ends Circulate Twice,
Centers Box the Gnat and Pass the Ocean,
Patter: Very Centers Trade, Outsides Slide Thru, Extend, Girls Cross Run, Left Allemande
Singer: Swing and Promenade
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With Acey Deucey:
Heads Promenade Half,
Heads Pass the Ocean, Ping Pong Circulate,
Centers Recycle and Pass Thru,
Swing Thru, Acey Deucey,
Boys Run, Ferris Wheel, Centers Pass Thru,
Patter: Allemande Left, Face In at Home
Singer: Swing and Promenade
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With Spin Chain and Exchange the Gears:
Heads Pass the Ocean, Ping Pong Circulate,
Very Centers Trade, Extend,
Spin Chain and Exchange the Gears,
Patter: All Eight Circulate once and a half, Boys Run, Promenade
Singer: Swing and Promenade
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Girls Go Twice:
Heads Pass the Ocean,
Ping Pong Circulate, the Girls go twice,
Those in the wave Recycle, Double Pass Thru,
First Couple Go Left, Second Couple Go Right,
Slide Thru,
Patter: Allemande Left, Promenade
Singer: Swing and Promenade
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Boys Go Twice:
Heads Pass the Ocean
Ping Pong Circulate, the Boys go twice,
Extend, Girls Trade,
Recycle, Pass Thru,
Patter: Allemande Left, Promenade
Singer: [ Trade By, Allemande Left ], Swing, Promenade