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From Double Pass Thru, Eight Chain Thru, Facing Lines, or other applicable formations.

Those who can Right Pull By; all (move along and) Step to a L-H (Mini-)Wave; Centers Courtesy Turn the Ends 1/4 by doing a Left-face U-Turn Back placing their R-H on the End's back and Bend The Line.

From Double Pass Thru:         before Grand Chain Eight   after Centers Right Pull By   after Step To A L-H Wave   after Centers Courtesy Turn the Ends 1/4 (done)

From Facing Lines:         before Grand Chain Eight   after Right Pull By   after move along and Step To A L-H Wave   after Centers Courtesy Turn the Ends 1/4 (done)

From Eight Chain Thru:         before Grand Chain Eight   after Right Pull By   after move along and Step To A L-H Wave   after Centers Courtesy Turn the Ends 1/4 (done)

• From an Eight Chain Thru, a common dancer mistake is to do a Chain The Square [C2].
• The Courtesy Turn movement (after the Right Pull By and move along) is sometimes described as 1/4 Out; Courtesy Turn. We dislike this definition for 2 reasons:
  1. The Belle's part is somewhat awkward because there is first a 1/4 Out (to the Right) and then Courtesy Turn (to the Left) 1/2, instead of just a smooth Courtesy Turn (1/4).
  2. If you advance into C3, the caller may call a Left | Mirror Grand Chain Eight in which case we believe it is easier to remember to Step To A R-H Wave & then the Centers always turn the Ends. If, instead, you were to 1/4 Out, it could easily become confusing to figure out who turns who.
• An alternative way to think about the Step To A L-H Mini-Wave & Courtesy Turn movement is to do a Left Touch 1/4 & Leads U-Turn Back (Roll twice).

Split Grand Chain Eight [C2]: Those who can Right Pull By and turn 1/4 to face the inactives; all Step to a L-H Wave; Centers Courtesy Turn the Ends 1/4 to end in facing Couples (danced as Centers Left-face U-Turn Back to place R-H on adjacent End's back and Bend The Line).

Split Grand Chain Eight:           before Split Grand Chain Eight   after Right Pull By & 1/4 In   after Step To A L-H Wave   after Centers Left-face U-Turn Back   after Bend The Line (done)

Eight By anything [C3A] (Lee Kopman 1981): From applicable formations (such as a 2 x 4 with the outsides facing each other). Outside 4 do your part Grand Chain Eight & Roll as Centers do the anything call (working in the Center). Ends in various formations.

See also Split [Square Thru] CONCEPT [C1].

CALLERLAB definition for Grand Chain Eight

Choreography for Grand Chain Eight

Comments? Questions? Suggestions?

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