Teaching Resource for SCOOT AND DODGE
Updated: August 2026
Links: Standard – Analyze – Module – Teach – Other – Extend
CALLERLAB Program: Plus
Teaching Order: After Spin Chain Thru
Recently taught calls: Turn Thru, Pass to the Center
Background: Scoot and Dodge was created in 1970 by Harry Ed Dunkle from Brookville, Pennsylvania. It was in the CALLERLAB Advanced List for 1977. It was listed as A-2 about 1980. It was moved to A-1 in 1989. It was moved to Plus in 2026.
Definition:
Starting formation: Right-Hand Box, Left-Hand Box, or Facing Couples only
Command Examples:
— Scoot and Dodge
— Right and Left Thru, Girls Scoot Back, Boys Dodge (from Facing Normal Couples)
— Boys Scoot, Girls Dodge
Dance action: Some dancers do their part of Scoot Back (“Scoot”) to take the position of the dancer beside them, and other dancers, without changing facing direction, move sideways (“Dodge”) into the adjacent spot.
From a Right-Hand or Left-Hand Box, The Trailers “Scoot” and Leaders “Dodge”.
From Facing Couples, callers must designate which dancers “Scoot” and which dancers “Dodge”.
Ending formations: Back-to-Back Couples, Right-Hand Box, or Left-Hand Box
Timing: 8
Comment: It is mandatory from Facing Couples to designate two of the dancers to do their part of Scoot Back while the other two dancers Dodge. For example, “Girls Scoot Back, Boys Dodge” or “Original Heads Scoot Back, others Dodge”. The Result will be either a Right-Hand Box or a Left-Hand Box.
Link to Taminations:
Taminations Scoot and Dodge