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Four Little Calls Swing Slip Slide Slither Combinations Other Formations Practice |
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2.1: MULTIPLE CALLS STRUNG TOGETHER
Callers often string the calls Swing, Slip, Slide, and Slither together, without connecting words, to form combinations that can be comfortably done together. For example "Swing Slip" means first do a Swing and then do a Slip.Sometimes these combinations are equivalent to some other call. For example, from a right-handed wave Swing Slip is the same as Swing Thru. (From a left-handed wave, Swing Slip is the same as Left Swing Thru).
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| Swing Slip |
Whether or not they are equivalent to some other call, combinations with two or three parts are still usually very easy to do. When doing such combinations, dancers blend each action with the next. For example, for a Swing Slither, if the dancers formed a new wave and paused after doing the Swing, it would be awkward for the new centers to do the Slither. Instead, the new centers start moving past each other before they finish the Swing.
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| Swing Slither |
Because the caller can speak these combinations faster than the dancers can execute them, it may take some deliberate effort to keep the sequence in mind as they proceed through the parts. There are some callers who will intentionally call long combinations as a way to challenge the dancers' memory. It is common, especially when there are three or more parts, for dancers to chant the words aloud as they go through the motions, to help each other remember the sequence.
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