Definitions of Square Dance Calls and Concepts -- Explode The Top [C3A]

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Explode The Top

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Explode

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Ends move to their Star position EN: 30

as Centers Touch 1/2

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Very Centers Cast Off 3/4

as remaining Centers Step Ahead
(i.e., before turning the Stars) EN: 40

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Star 1/4;

Very Outsides lead Unwrap The Star;
and Face In EN: 50

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Explode The Top [C3A]
(Holman Hudspeth 1969)

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From Parallel Lines. EN: 10

Explode;
End Beau Circulate 1 & 1/2 as End Belle Circulate, Veer inward, and U-Turn Back as Centers Touch 1/2 and the Very Centers Cast Off 3/4 while the other Center Step Ahead to form a R-H Star; EN: 20
Turn the Star 1/4; EN: 24
The End of the Center Wave walks forward as everyone else follows to Unwrap The Star, and everyone Face In to end in Facing Lines. EN: 26

Notes:

The Center who Stepped Ahead should raise their Left hand to indicate that they are leading the Unwrap The Star; EN: 61
The leader of the Unwrap is the End of the Center Wave after th star has turned 1/4. EN: 64
Dancing hint: The very ends of the Unwrap (dancers EN: 60

and EN: 63

in the above diagrams) can alternatively dance the Unwrap & 1/4 In as a Star 1/2, walk forward & 1/4 Left moving under the raised arm of the adjacent dancer (like the original outside Belle does on Circle To A Line [B]). EN: 66

Variation: Explode The Top turn the Star n less (or more) position(s). The leader of the Unwrap is always the dancer who becomes the End of the Center Wave after the Star has turned. EN: 70

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