Plus
Spin Chain and Exchange the Gears
Links: Define – Standard – Module – Teach – Other – Extend
Call Analysis:
Hands needed at the start: Right for Right-Waves, Left for Left-Waves
Hands held at the end: Same as at the start plus the hands at the center of each wave
Body flow at the start: Clockwise for Right-Waves, Counter-Clockwise for Left-Waves
Body flow at the end for Right-hand Waves: Counter-clockwise for centers, clockwise for those who start and finish as ends.
Good preceding calls:
— Dosado to a Wave
— Centers Trade
— Swing Thru
Good following calls:
— Centers Trade
— Swing Thru
— Recycle
— Linear Cycle
— Fan the Top
Ending Formations for Standard starting Formation and Arrangements:
a) Right-Hand Parallel Waves, “0” (Girls as centers and Boys as ends): Spin Chain and Exchange the Gears
Ends in Right-Hand Parallel Waves, “0”
Some Extended Applications:
a) Right-Hand Parallel Waves, “1/2” (Boys as centers and Girls as ends): Spin Chain and Exchange the Gears
Ends in Right-Hand Parallel Waves, “1/2”
b) Left-Hand Parallel Waves, “1/2” (Girls as centers and Boys as ends): Spin Chain and Exchange the Gears
Ends in Left-Hand Parallel Waves, “1/2”
ARC Rulings (Applications Review Committee of CALLERLAB):
(June 2008)
Q: Is it proper to call Spin Chain and Exchange the Gears from a Tidal Wave?
A: NO. The committee voted this is improper. This application does not comply with the CALLERLAB written definitions.
(May 2014)
Q: The formation was Two-Faced-Line. The calls given were “Begin with a Partner Trade and Spin Chain and Exchange the Gears.”
A: This application was voted to be improper as it does not comply with the Plus definition wherein it states that the starting formation is Parallel Ocean Waves and NOT Two-Faced-Lines. The first part of the call starts with the ends and adjacent centers Turn 1/2 and NOT Partner Trade. Also, the stars cannot be formed, as the dancers are in a Facing Diamond formation.