Square Dance Tutorial

Swing / Slip / Slide / Slither

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1.1: SWING

The call Swing means that, in a line of four, each end and adjacent center trade places by doing an arm turn 1/2. In other words, the dancers in each half of the line trade with each other.

Unlike the call Swing Thru, it doesn't matter whether it is the right hand or the left hand. From a left-handed wave, the turn is still by the outside hand.

One pair might even be turning right and the other left, as from an inverted line.

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