Modern Mainstream Square Dance Modules

Following is my collection of square dance modules for Mainstream and Plus. They are sorted by starting position, and are secondarily sorted by ending position.

With a few exceptions, all of these modules start and end in one of the following setups:

Further, with a few minor exceptions, all of these modules begin and end with all of the couples normal, and with at least two of the four couples partnered. As it works out, there are 18 such positions. Click here to see them. I've given an animal name to each position as a mnemonic.

Note that I don't make any distinction between boxes and waves; I classify both as boxes. This means you have to keep track to make sure you're not calling something inappropriate from waves (e.g. AL, Star->). Another glitch: I mark modules as [Plus] if appropriate, but I don't count Acey Deucey as a Plus call because it is trivial to cue it at Mainstream.

The cute names for positions and modules are my own; I find it much easier to memorize this stuff if I associate vivid (albeit arbitrary) names with things. At some point I'll add a diagram of all of the 18 positions I use as start and beginning points to make it clearer.

I'm always changing this list. It was last updated on 24 Mar 2002. This HTML document was generated from an XML file; I also have a script to typeset the XML file in TeX. If you'd like a copy of the TeX file to print out, write to me.

Static Square

Static square -> B1c (Lion)

Subtitutions for Sq->4

Summer 1998
Slide->
RL->
Pass->

Summer 1998
[Plus] Pass ocean
Swing-> 2x
Extend

Summer 1998
Touch 1/4
Boys run

Summer 1998
Promenade 1/2
Slide->
Pass->

Summer 1998; modified by adding heads and sides in summer 2000
Sides RL->
Heads Roll Away 1/2 Sashay
Heads Slide->

8 Apr 1999
"Carousel"
4 Ladies Chain
Sides Sq->4 (= B1r)
Pass->
Trade By
+90°

Summer-Fall 1998
[Plus] "Battleship"
Lead R
Veer L
Couples Circ
Ctrs Hinge
Diamond Circ
Wave Swing-> (Boys)
Flip Diamond
Technical.

8 Sept 2000
"Shamrock Opener"
Heads Slide->
DPT
Cloverleaf
Zoom
Ctrs Pass->
This is an extension of UPS Opener.

Spring 2001, modifying earlier work
"Hysterical Steam Whistle"
Heads Lead R
Veer L
(Couples Circ)
Tag Line
Girls Partner Trade
Star->
Boys Circ
Ferris Wh
Sq->3
This one has gone thru several revisions. There was a 15 Dec 1999 version (already a revision of earlier work) which ended with Wh & D. I changed it to Ferris Wh, Cts Sq-> 3 to give B1c instead of B2r. Can also start from any Bluebird or F2p. Can insert an 8-chain 4 after Girls Partner Trade (unusual application, because same sexes coupled). (The following comments held for the old Wh & D version; need to revise: If you insert a Couples Circ after Boys Circ, it gives a Leopard (B2c). Variant: After Star->, do Acey Deucy (Boys 2x); Gives F2p.)

18 Jan 2002
Sides promenade
Heads Slide->
Pass->

Static square -> B2c (Leopard)

7 Apr 1999
"Banana Split"
Sides Pass->
Separate, Around 1, Make Lines
Touch 1/4
Column Circ 2x
Boys Run
This is not quite B2c; it's actually B1c + Dive->. From here, can Zoom; or can DPT, Cloverleaf, Ctrs Pass-> for a technical conversion to B1c.

Summer-Fall 1998
"UPS Opener"
Heads Slide->
DPT
Leads partner trade
cf. UPS Delivery

Summer-Fall 1998
[Plus] "Yellow Piano"
Pass ocean
Ping Pong Circ
Extend

Static square -> B2r (Horse)

Summer-Fall 1998
[Plus] "Falling Fragments"
Lead R
Veer L
Crossfire
Column Circ
Boys run
If you add a RL-> at the very beginning, you end up in Lion instead.

Static square -> B4o (Bluebird)

13 May 1999
Heads Touch 1/4
Walk & Dodge

Static square -> L3p (Elephant)

28 July 2000
Side Ladies Chain
Heads lead R
Circle to Line

Static square -> L4o (Woolly Mammoth)

13 Mar 1999
[Difficult] "Tin Woodman"
Heads pass->
Separate, around one (make lines)
Pass ocean
Girls Hinge
Boys cast 3/4 (mnemonic: boys are doing more work with Tin Woodman)
Ctrs trade
Boys run

Static square -> F2p (Raven Chick)

27 July 2000
"Jet Fighter"
Sides Promenade
Heads Touch 1/4
Heads Walk & Dodge
RL->
Veer L
Somewhat unintuitively, this gives F2p, not F1p. The reason is that we started out in Cardinal, but the RL-> put us in Bluebird-- so the whole thing is equivalent to "Heads Lead R, Veer L".

Static square -> AL

15 Feb 2001
[Plus] Four Ladies Chain
All Cal Twirl & Roll
Dixie Grand
AL
From Glen.

B1c (Lion)

B1c -> B1c (General zero from any normal 8-chain->)

Summer-Fall 1998
"Home run"
(basic version) Touch 1/4
Swing-> 2x
Boys run
Star->
180°. Can insert RL-> before Star-> to get a Leopard. Many variations: Can start with Cast 3/4. Can use Scoot Back for either the first or second half of the first Swing->. Can have same sexes trade for the first half of the second Swing->.

Fall 1998
[Plus] "Left Home Run"
L Touch 1/4
Left Swing->
Ctrs Trade
Trade Wave
Boys Run
Star->
Instead of Left Swing->, Ctrs Trade, you can just do Scoot Back.

Variant
18 May 2000
[Plus] "Left Grand Slam"
Touch 1/4
Follow Neighbor (no spread)
Cast 3/4
Trade Wave
Boys Run
Star->
This is choreographically much better than the original version above.

Variant
[Plus] "Crackerjack"
7 Apr 2000
Explode & RL->
Dixie Style to Wave
Boys Trade
Cast 3/4
Trade Wave
Boys Run
Star->

Fall 1998
"UPS Delivery"
Dive->
DPT
Leaders Partner Trade
180°

17 Mar 1999
[Plus] "Knox Blocks to a Box"
Explode & RL->
Slide->
Good way to get from a wave to a box

8 Apr 1999
"Knox Blocks to a Wave"
Slide->
RL->
Pass Ocean
Zero for Step To A Wave.

Summer-Fall 1998
[Plus] Linear cycle
Star->
Wave to box

13 Apr 1999
"Shamrock Conversion"
Dive->
DPT
Cloverleaf
Ctrs Pass->
Technical. 1 Aug 2000: You can end with Ctrs Sq->3 instead for half a Chicken Plucker.

"World's Most Boring Zero"
Swing->
Boys run
Ferris Wh
Ctrs Pass->

Summer-Fall 1998
"Ski Lift"
Star->
Pass->
Tag line
Leads U-turn back
180°

Spring 2000
[Plus] Touch 1/4
Follow Neighbor & Spread

Summer-Fall 1998
"Hittite Circulate"
Extend
Outsides Trade
Ping Pong Circ
Extend
180°

13 July 2000
[Plus] "Conduct Unbecoming"
Swing->
Boys Hinge
Facing Diamond Circ
Cut Diamond
Boys Run
Bend Line
Slide->

13 July 2000
[Plus] "The Caboose Is Loose"
Spin Chain and Exchange
Outsides Circ
Recycle
180°

12 July 2000
"Aleph Null"
Swing->
Spin Top
Slide->

12 July 2000
[Plus] "Mirror of Galadriel"
Explode & Touch 1/4
Coordinate
Ferris Wh
Ctrs Star-> and back away
Others Lead R
-90°

27 July 2000
[Plus] "Tupperware"
Swing->
Girls Fold
Peel Top
Slide->

3 Mar 2002
[Plus] "Rethread"
Trade Wave
L Swing->
(L) Spin Top
Explode & RL->
Or, can Explode the Wave, Trade By for half a Chicken Plucker.

B1c -> B2c (Lion -> Leopard; general zero for RL-> from normal boxes)

Summer-Fall 1998
[Plus] Explode & Slide->
In summer 2000, I changed the Star-> to a Slide-> because of the handedness problem.

27 July 2000
Swing->
Spin Top
RL->
Slide->
In Spring 2001, I replaced Pass->, Partner Trade with RL->.

12 July 2000
Explode & Slide->
Or: Explode & Pass Ocean. Or: Explode & Load the Boat

27 July 2000
[Plus] [Difficult] "Oregano"
Swing->
Spin Top
Explode & RL->
In an earlier version, it was Explode and Slide->, Slide-> again. It's a general fact that you can do "Explode & Anything" after the Spin Top. The "Anything" call is from B1c!

Fall 1998
"Milkmaid"
Touch 1/4
Girls Run
Pass->
Tag Line
Put Ctrs In
Cast 3/4
Slide->
Was originally B1c -> L1c (zero for Slide->); reclassified in Mar 2002.

23 Mar 1999
Pass Ocean
Swing->
Boys run
Wh & D
Slide->
Was originally B1c -> L1c (zero for Slide->); reclassified in Mar 2002. Can also insert a Girls Trade to give Dingo Dog (L3o), leaving out the Slide->.

Summer-Fall 1998
"Short Circuit"
Swing-> 2x
Recycle
Sweep 1/4
Slide->
Was originally B1c -> L1c (zero for Slide->); reclassified in Mar 2002.

12 July 2000
Swing->
Spin Top
RL->
Slide->
Was originally B1c -> L1c (zero for Slide->); reclassified in Mar 2002.

B1c -> B2r (Lion -> Horse = Half of a Chicken Plucker)

Summer 1998
"Old Clover"
Touch 1/4
Split Circ
Boys Run
Pass->
Tag Line
Cloverleaf
Ctrs U-turn back
Touch 1/4
Split Circ
Boys Run
Slide->

Summer-Fall 1998
"Waiting By The Park"
L Swing-> (from RH wave)
Boys Run
Couples Circ
Wh & D
Starts in waves. If you leave out the Couples Circ, this is B1c -> B2c (RL->). In Spring 2001, I changed Girls Trade, Swing->, Boys Trade to L Swing->. However, this is still a little weak, so maybe good to insert a zero like All 8 Circ 2x before the Boys Run.

Summer-Fall 1998
"Fort Knox"
Swing->
Boys run
Tag line
Girls U-turn back
Star->
Couples Circ
Wh & D

17 Mar 1999
[Plus] "Pike's Peak"
Explode & Roll (= Pass->, U-turn back)
Pass->
Trade by
Star->
Cal Twirl
Slide->

4 Jan 1999
[Difficult] "Steel Girder Plucker"
Extend
Wave Spin Top
Outsides Trade
Outsides RL->
Wave Swing->
Wave Recycle; back away
Others Lead R

Summer-Fall 1998
"World's Most Boring Half Chicken Plucker"
Swing->
Boys run
Ferris Wh
Ctrs Sq->3
To keep this from being quite so predictable, you can add "Couples Circ 2x" after Boys Run.

13 July 2000
[Plus] "Norfolk Navy Base"
RL->
Veer Left
Ctrs Hinge
Diamond Circ
Ctrs Swing->
Girls Box Circ (big box)
Flip Diamond
Recycle

27 June 2000
"Jail Block"
Cast 3/4
Ctrs Trade
Ctrs Run
Couples Circ
Ferris Wh (Boys swing in)
Ctrs Pass-> (Boys)
Touch 1/4

27 June 2000
[Plus] [Difficult] Cast 3/4
Ctrs Trade
Ctrs Run
Ctrs Cast 3/4
Very Ctrs Trade
Cut Diamond
Outsides Circ
Ferris Wh
Ctrs Pass->
Touch 1/4
I haven't made up my mind about this one.

3 Mar 2002
[Plus] "Harvester"
Trade Wave
(L) Spin Top
L Grand Swing-> 2x
Girls Run
Wh & D
Slide->

11 March 2002
"Sealand"
Touch 1/4
All 8 Circ
Ctrs Run
Couples Circ
Bend Line
Boys (=Ends) Pass->
Boys Fold
DPT
Girls U-turn Back
Touch 1/4
Girls Trade
The points here are 1) Fold, and 2) boys as ends rather than as beaux. Cue with "For the next few calls, don't fix anything!"

B1c -> B1r (Lion to Zebra)

17 Apr 1999
[Plus] "Listerine"
Spin Top
Grand Swing-> 2x
Boys Run
Wh & D
Slide->
The original had Sweep 1/4 before the Slide->, which gives an Elephant. (I noted this in Summer 2000 and made the change in April 2002.)

B1c -> L1p (Lion to Swan)

17 Apr 1999
[Plus] "Lizard Breath"
Swing->
Spin top
Grand Swing->
Boys Run
Wh & D
Sweep 1/4
Slide->
It's not as magnificent as Dragon Breath because there is only one Grand Swing->

22 Mar 1999
"Tweedledee"
Swing->
Acey Deucey
Boys run
Bend Line
Originally B1c -> F1p; reclassified Mar 2002.

18 May 2000
[Plus] "Bailiwick"
Single Circle to Wave
Outsides Circ
Boys Run (=F1p)
Bend Line
This is actually a set of substitutions for Tweedledee.

Undated; old when recorded 5 Mar 2002
[Plus] Spin Chain->
All 8 Circ
Hinge
(Scoot Back 2x; girls first)
Boys Run

8 Apr 1999
[Plus] "Man-o'-war"
Spin Chain Gears
All 8 Circ (Ctrs 2x)
Boys (= Ends) Run
(LH) Couples Circ
Bend Line
I added the Run, Circ, Bend on 11 March 2002 to get us to a better defined position. Another way would be Swing->, Boys Trade, Boys Run, (RH Couples Circ,) Bend Line.

21 Apr 1999
"Boy-o'-war"
All 8 Circ (Girls 2x)
Boys (= Ends) Run
(LH) Couples Circ)
Bend Line
See commends for Man-o'-war.

B1c -> L4p (Lion to Wolf)

23 Mar 1999
"Baby's Breath"
Pass Ocean
Recycle

23 Mar 1999
[Plus] "Dragon's Breath"
Pass Ocean
Grand Swing-> 2x
Recycle
This is a technical conversion. Another Sweep 1/4 gives B1c. Other comment: Another way to get into the right kind of tidal wave is to start in Leopard (B2c), then Swing-> , Spin Top.

8 Apr 1999
"Dupont Circle"
Ctrs Trade
All 8 Circ
Recycle
Sweep 1/4
Technical Conversion

4 Jan 2000, simplifying an earlier sequence
[Plus] Fan Top
RL->

Summer-Fall 1998; revised Spring 2000
[Plus] "Hong Kong Phooey"
Swing->
Boys run
Ctrs Hinge
Diamond Circ
Cut Diamond
Wh & D
Slide->

27 June 2000
[Plus] Pass->
Leaders U-turn back
Ctrs Swing->
Extend
Girls (=Outsides) Circ
Boys run
Technical.

B1c -> L3p (Lion to Elephant)

4 Mar 2002
"Republican Conversion"
Touch 1/4
Girls trade (outfacing)

B1c -> F2p (Lion to Raven Chick)

27 July 2000
[Plus] [Difficult] "Pressure"
Spin Top
Grand Swing->
Explode & Swing->
All 8 Circ
Boys Run

B1c -> F4o (Lion to Wolf Pup)

8 Apr 1999
"Black Knight"
Girls Run
Boys Cross Run
Summer 2000: Is this bad flow for the girls?

2 Mar 2002
"Howard Johnson"
Swing->
Hinge
Follow Neighbor & Spr
Boys Run
Unusual application of Follow Neighbor & Spr with girls facing in.

2 Mar 2002
Cast 3/4
(Scoot Back 2x, girls first)
Follow Neighbor
L Swing->
Girls Run
After the Follow Neighbor, it's in a LH wave as if everybody in a B1c did a U-turn back.

B1c -> AL

15 Feb 2001
[Plus] Dive->
Dixie Grand
AL
From Glen. I've just added the Dive-> so that I'd have a place to file this. B1c plus Dive-> gives the position to use Dixie Grand in the basic way.

B1c -> RLG

[Plus] "Spin Chain Coda"
(basic) Spin Chain->
Girls Circ 2x
Optional: Scoot back 2x
Rear back and RLG
Instead of RLG, you can also call Turn->, AL. Also, the basic module is also a useful general conversion to partnered waves in sequence with boys in the center.

5 Jan 1999
[Plus] "Ground Zero"
Swing->
Spin Top
Grand Swing->
Explode & RLG

B2c (Leopard)

B2c -> F1p (Leopard to Ugly Duckling)

20 Jan 1999
"Tweedledum"
Acey Deucey
Swing->
Boys run
Can Bend the Line to L1p, of course

B1r (Zebra)

B1r -> home (Zebra to resolve)

June 2000 (from Caller School)
"Trust Me!"
AL
RLG
On 3rd hand, Promenade
Cue with "Trust me!"

B4c (Bluebird)

Bluebird = Static Square + Heads Lead R; Cardinal = Static Square + Heads Lead L

B4c -> B2r (Bluebird to Lion)

22 Mar 1999
"Stealth Hunter"
Touch 1/4
Acey Deucey
Boys Run
Slide-> (or, Pass Ocean)
180°. Variant: After Acey Deucey: Scoot Back, Girls Run, Pass Ocean. This is the same, except that the first Swing of the Swing-> is already done for you. Another variant: Scoot Back, Girls Run, Box Gnat, RL->, Pass Ocean.

B4c -> B2r (Bluebird to Horse)

Originally 21 Apr 1999; Bluebird Conversion removed 14 Dec 1999.
"Blue Deucey"
Acey Deucey
Technical conversion. Can also have Girls Trade, Girls Circ instead of Acey Deucey; also ends in B1c, with no technical conversion. Not also that if you start in Cardinal (B3r), you end up in B1c.

B4c -> L1p (Bluebird to Swan)

Originally 31 Mar 1999; Bluebird Conversion removed 14 Dec 1999.
Girls Trade
Recycle
Sweep 1/4 more

B4c -> RLG (Bluebird to RLG)

Originally 22 March 1999; Bluebird Conversion removed 14 Dec 1999.
Swing->
RLG
Good to insert All 8 Circ 2x for better flow.

B4c -> AL (Bluebird to AL)

23 Apr 2000
"Trickster"
Swing->
All 8 Circ
Boys Run
Bend Line
Circle L
Ladies in, men sashay (2x)
AL

Cardinal -> Static Square

Spring 2000
Swing->
Boys Run
Ferris Wh
Ctrs Sweep 1/4
You're home!
Has to start with Cardinal from 0° rotation.

L1p (Swan = 1p2p line)

L1p -> L1p (Zeroes from general normal lines)

20 Jan 1999
[Plus] "Vanilla Coordinate"
Touch 1/4
Coordinate
Ctrs Circ
Bend line

20 Jan 1999
[Plus] "Vanilla Diamond"
Slide->
RL->
Veer L
Ctrs Hinge
Diamond Circ
Flip Diamond
Swing->
Boys run
Bend line

4 Jan 2000
[Plus] "1950s Hair Dryer"
Pass->
Wh & D and spread
Touch 1/4
All 8 Circ
Boys in ctr. Box Circ
Split Circ
Boys Run
DPT
Leaders trade
Slide->
Ends like a Pied Piper. This one is a zero, however, unlike Pied Piper. Note that it's a technical zero; the dancers are actually rotated.

Summer-Fall 1998
"Runt Zero"
Pass Ocean
Ctrs trade
Swing->
Boys run
Bend line
8 Mar 2001: Idea- I could do this, but end with Ferris Wh, Ctr Pass-> Star->. Could give Wolf. (I haven't checked this.)

Summer-Fall 1998
"Convection Current"
Pass->
Wh & D
DPT
1st couple L, next couple R

Summer-Fall 1998
"Bola"
Pass->
Tag Line
Face in
Box Gnat
RL->
180°

Summer-Fall 1998
Star->
Swing->
Boys trade
Boys run
Wh & D
Sweep 1/4

7 Apr 2000
Pass->
Chase R
Boys Run

12 July 2000
[Plus] [Difficult] "Flat Tire"
Outsides Load Boat
Ctrs Sq->4
Touch 1/4
Ctrs Trade
Boys Run
0°

27 July 2000
[Plus] [Difficult] "T-boat"
Ctrs Slide-> & Roll & Roll (or, U-turn back) (=T-bone)
Load Boat
Those facing out, Cloverleaf
Others Pass->
Slide->
0°. Can Slide-> & Roll, RLG at end.

27 July 2000
[Plus] Pass->
Chase R
Boys Run

28 July 2000
[Plus] [Difficult] "Shindig on the Quay"
Pass->
Chase R
Scoot Back
Girls Run
Load Boat (from sashayed couples)
Slide->
Chase R
Boys Run
180° The sequence seems to read wrong, but it actually does check out.

L1p -> L1p sashayed

27 July 2000
[Plus] Pass->
Chase R
Scoot Back
Girls Run
This is how to get couples sashayed from normal lines.

L1p -> L2p

8 Apr 1999
"Pied Piper"
Pass->
Ends Cross Fold
Ctrs U-turn Back
DPT
Outsides Partner Trade
Slide->
From here, can Slide->, Pass->, AL. This module is so named because the checker colors are 'pied'.

30 May 1999
"Double Smokestack to a Line"
Touch 1/4
Column Circ 2x
Boys Run
Outsides partner trade
Ctrs Sq->3
Slide->
I need to rename this.

27 Jan 2002
"Acropolis"
Pass->
Tag Line
Face In
Pass Ocean (from sashayed lines)
Boys Run
Bend Line

Swan -> Woolly Mammoth (L1p to L4o)

7 June 2000
"Quantum Leap"
Touch 1/4
Column Circ
Walk & D
Trade by
Touch 1/4
Boy Run
This dances much better than it sounds.

L1p -> B1c

"Single Smokestack"
Touch 1/4
Column Circ
Boys run

Spring 2001
"Willy Wonka"
Pass->
Wh & D
Swing->
Ctrs Turn->
This is a very good place to AL. Ping Pong Circ 2x would go well also. 23 July 2001: Variant: Do it from L2p; then Ctrs Trade, Step-> = B1c. This works because you'd do Swing->2x (=RL->) plus one more Swing-> for the module; so we have to UNDO one module.

L1p -> F1p

27 July 2000
[Plus] [Difficult] On your own side of the square, Load Boat
Trade By
(Make a wave)
All 8 Circ
Boys Run
Instead of Boys Run, can RLG

L1p -> AL

30 May 1999
"Double Smokestack"
Touch 1/4
Column Circ 2x
Boys Run
AL


Variant
30 May 1999
"Double Smokestack to a Wave"
Touch 1/4
Column Circ 2x
Boys Run
Trade by
All 8 Circ
Ends in W1p (Boys on outside)

L1p -> RLG

Originally 24 Mar 1999; revised later more than once
"Golden Tusk"
RL->
Dixie Style to Wave
Boys trade
L Swing->
Girls Cross Run
RLG
This can also be done from B2r, but you have to leave out the RL->

12 July 2000
"Persia (Persistence of Memory)"
Slide->
Box Gnat
Sq->
On 3rd hand, RLG
Start calling this Persia for short.

L2p (Raven = 2p1p line)

L2p -> B1c

"Jack-o'-lantern"
Pass Ocean
Outsides Circ
Can also call an Acey Deucey instead of Outsides Circ; this is useful if following this up with Linear Cycle (to Wolf), Explode and RL-> (also to Wolf), Spin Chain Gears, etc. Also, as expected, starting from L1p gives a Horse (B2r).

L2p -> RLG

12 July 2000
[Plus] Star->
Slide-> & Roll
(8 chain 4)
RLG

9 July 2000
[Plus] "Lantern Post"
Pass->
Partner Trade and Roll
RLG

L4p (Wolf)

L4p -> B1c (Wolf to Lion)

"Funnel Beaker"
Pass->
Boys Run
Hinge
Boys Trade
Swing->
Recycle
Or: Acey Deucey = Partnered Waves out of sequence

15 Dec 1999
[Plus] "1930s Vacuum Cleaner"
Pass->
Wh & D and Spread
Touch 1/4
Column Circ 2x
Boys Run
Ctrs Pass->

18 May 2000
[Plus] "Rising Above the Clouds"
Touch 1/4
Coordinate
Ctrs Circ
Wh & D
Variant: do this from a Elephant, and substitute a Ferris Wh, Sq->3 for the Wh & D to end in B1c. The whole module is the same in its essentials to Vanilla Coordinate. I used to have a sequence Deepening Haze (Touch 1/4; Coordinate; Acey Deucey (Outsides 2x)) which I deleted because of overflow. This sort of replaces it, but I'm keeping mention of it for mnemonic value!

L4p -> B2r (Wolf to Horse)

22 Mar 1999
"Grind the Coffee"
Touch 1/4
Column Circ 2x
Split Circ
Boys run
It keeps getting smaller.

L4p -> L1p (Wolf to 1p2p)

"The Executioner of Lille"
Pass->
Ends Cross Fold
Touch 1/4 (= BBGG waves)
Ctrs Circ
Boys Run
23 July 2001: If you Split Circ 2x before Boys Run, it gives L2p.

L4p -> L3p (Wolf to Elephant)

Added 11 March 2002.
Pass->
Bend Line
Seems obvious, but I always forget to do it.

11 March 2002
"Scotch Tape"
Pass->
Ends Fold
Star->
Cal Twirl
The point is to use Fold.

L4p -> RLG (Wolf to RLG)

March 1999; revised 7 Jan 2000
[Plus] "Pop Goes the Weasel"
Dixie Style to Wave
Acey Deucey
Trade wave
Swing->
RLG

L3o (Dingo Dog)

(i.e., Wolf + RL->)

L3o -> B1c (Dingo Dog to Lion)

Pass->
Wh&D
Zoom
Ctrs Pass->
This is the generic resolution from Dingo Dog.

L3o (Dingo Dog)

(i.e., Wolf + RL->)

L3p -> B1c (Elephant to Lion)

11 March 2002
Pass Ocean
Recycle
Pass->
Trade By
Seems trivial, but I always forget that this pathway exists.

L4o (Woolly Mammoth)

L4o -> B1c (Woolly Mammoth to Lion)

22 Mar 1999
"The Susquehana Hat Company"
Touch 1/4
Column Circ
Outfacing boys run
Ctrs Walk & Dodge
If you insert Ctrs Box Circ 2x before Walk & Dodge, it gives a Horse.

2001
"Andromeda"
Dixie Style
All 8 circ (LH wave)
L Swing->
Girls Run
Couples Circ (LH)
Ferris Wh
Ctr Sq->3

L4o -> B2r (Woolly Mammoth to Horse)

4 Mar 2002
"Covert Operations"
Pass Ocean
All 8 Circ
Recycle
Technical. From here, can Veer L, Couples Circ, Ferris Wh, Ctrs Pass-> to give B1c (Lion).

L4o -> B3r (Woolly Mammoth to Cardinal)

2001
Pass Ocean
Outsides Circ
As always, you can get out of a Cardinal with L Swing-> (from RH wave), RLG (or Boys Run to F1p).

L4o -> B4c (Woolly Mammoth to Bluebird)

14 Dec 1999, extracting what I've known for a while
"Bluebird Conversion"
Touch 1/4
Column Circ
Boys Run
If they started out in F3p (Baby Mammoth), you can Crossfire instead of Bend the line, Touch 1/4 (This is called "Ghostfire"). Can also do this call from Dingo Dog (L3o), which gives a Cardinal (B3r).

Undated; between Apr 2001 and Mar 2002
"Free Bird"
Pass Ocean
Acey Deucey
Recycle

Undated; between Apr 2001 and Mar 2002
[Plus] "Alpine Forest"
Step to Wave
Fan Top
Boys Circ
Recycle
For style, start by having the facing lines Do-sa-do.

L4o -> RLG (Woolly Mammoth to RLG)

March 1999
"Emerald Isle"
Touch 1/4
Column Circ
2 outfacing boys run
Ctr boys U-turn back
Touch 1/4
Split Circ
RLG

F1p (Ugly Duckling)

F1p -> B1c (Ugly Duckling to Lion)

17 Mar 1999
[Plus] "Lonely Cowgirls"
Girls Hinge & Roll
Girls Pass->
Very Ctr Girls pass->
Outfacing Girls U-turn back
Girls Touch 1/4
Diamond Circ
Flip Diamond
Recycle

F1p -> B2r (Ugly Duckling to Horse)

14 Dec 1999, based on a sequence from 22 Mar 1999
Acey Deucey
Couples Circ
Wh & D
Of course, this also gives F2p (Raven Chick) -> B1c.

F1p -> F2p

Around 24 March 1999
Wh & D
Veer L

F1p -> F4o (Wolf Pup)

7 Apr 2000
[Plus] "The Lightest of Taps"
Outsides Circ; Ctrs Hinge
Diamond Circ
Cut Diamond

F4o (Wolf Pup)

F4o -> B1c (Wolf Pup to Lion)

2 Apr 1999
[Plus] "Sad Clown"
Ferris Wh & Roll
Girls U-turn back
Touch 1/4
Boys Run
Pass->
Good to insert Couples Circ 2x after the Ferris Wh & Roll, so that the girls don't keep turning.

21 May 2000
[Plus] [Difficult] "Three Mile Island"
Acey Deucey
1/2 an Acey Deucey
Very Ctr Girls: Trade
Girls in Wave: Swing->
Boys in big diamond: Diamond Circ
Little diamond: Facing Diamond Circ
Same four: Flip Diamond
Same four: Wh & D
Others: Bend Line
Ctrs: Sq->3
This is very difficult; cue with "Fasten your seatbelts; it's going to get bumpy!"

18 Jan 2002
"Rhinestone Stud"
Ferris Wh
Ctrs Veer L
Very Ctrs Hinge
Diamond Circ
Flip Diamond
Recycle
Ctrs Pass->
Another thing to do after Flip Diamond is Very Ctrs Trade, Recycle, Sweep 1/4, Back Away, You're home!

F4o -> L2p (Wolf Pup to Raven)

7 Apr 2001
"Big Erector Set"
Tag Line
Girls in lead Trade
Star->
(Couples Circ)
Acey Deucey
Wh & D
Star->
Somewhat counterintuitively, it's OK to use just one Couples Circ as a zero. Can also use Ferris Wh, Ctr Pass->. (Maybe move this one and Little Erector Set to B1c with Swing->, Boys Run first.)

F4o -> F1p (Wolf Pup to Ugly Duckling)

7 Mar 2001
"Little Erector Set"
Tag Line
Girls in lead Trade
Star->
Boys Circ

F4o -> F2p (Wolf Pup to Raven Chick)

8 Apr 1999
Acey Deucey

F3p (Baby Woolly Mammoth)

F3p -> B2r (Baby Woolly Mammoth to Horse)

4 Mar 2002
"Serpent"
Boys Run
Boys Trade
Swing->
Recycle

Odds and Ends

Zero rotated getouts (where Ctrs Pass-> would give B1c)

Summer-Fall 1998
Ctrs Swing->
Boys Trade
Boys Run
Bend Line
You're home!

Summer-Fall 1998
Ctrs touch 1/4
Box Circ
Walk & Dodge
Partner Trade
Pass->
U-turn back
You're home!

Instead of Pass-> , you can do:

Summer-Fall 1998
Star->
Pass->
U-turn back
Slide->

27 June 2000
Flutterwheel
Sweep 1/4
Sq->2

Instead of RL-> , Dive-> , you can do:

Summer-Fall 1998
Dive->
DPT
Ctrs in
Cast off 3/4
Star->
180°

Instead of Pass->, Trade by , you can do:

Summer-Fall 1998
(From waves) Extend
Outsides partner trade
In wave, swing->
In wave, boys run
Same four Wh & D
Ctrs pass->
For more style, instead of having the outsides just partner trade, you can have then Roll Away w/ 1/2 Sashay and U-turn Back. You can interleave this with the calls to the wave.

Other stuff

Early 2002
From Wolf, Pass Ocean, Boys Run to get LH 2FL.

2 Mar 2002
From Lion, Ctrs Trade, Boys Run to get LH 2FL.

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