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pre (anyone) Cross Fold (anyone) Cross Run (anyone) Fold (anyone) Run (anything) & 1/4 More (anything) To An Allemande Thar (Right & Left Thru) Full Turn Around (Right|Left) Arm Turn (Shoot The Star) Full Turn 1/2 Tag (The Line) A Alamo Style All Around The Corner Allemande Left Allemande Left To An Allemande Thar Around (n) Come Into The Middle Around (n) To A Line B Back Out (Promenade Bend The Line) Backaway Backtrack Balance Bend The Line Both Go (Right|Left) Bow To (Partner/Corner) Box Circulate Box The Gnat C California Twirl Cast (Right|Left) (fract) Cast Off (fract) Centers In Centers Out Chain Down The Line Circle (Left|Right) Circle Home Circle To A Line Circulate Cloverleaf Couples Circulate Couples Hinge Couples Trade Courtesy Turn D Dive Thru Divide Dixie Style (To An Ocean Wave) Do Paso Dosado Double Pass Thru E Eight Chain (Thru|n) Extend (from a 1/4 Tag) F Face (dir) Face Your Partner (or Corner) Ferris Wheel First Right, Next Left Flutter Wheel Forward & Back G Grand Square H Half Sashay Hinge I J K L Ladies Chain, Two (fract) Ladies Chain, Four (fract) Ladies Center, Men Sashay Lead (Right|Left) Left Swing Thru

M N O P Partner Hinge Pass By (n) Pass The Ocean Pass Thru Pass To The Center Promenade (Home | fract) Pull By Q R Recycle (from a Wave) Reverse Flutter Wheel Right & Left Grand Right & Left Thru Roll Promenade Roll Back (n) (from Promenade) Rollaway (With A Half Sashay) S Scoot Back See Saw Separate Shoot The Star Single File Promenade (Home) Single Hinge Slide Thru Slip The Clutch Spin Chain Thru Spin The Top Split Circulate Split The (Outside Couple) Square Formation and Identification Square Thru (n) Star (fract) Star Promenade Star Thru Step Ahead Step Thru Step To A Wave Sweep (fract) Swing (Your Partner|Corner) Swing Thru T Tag The Line (full) (dir) Touch (fract) Touch 1/4 Trade Trade By Turn Thru U U-Turn Back V Veer (Right|Left) W Walk & Dodge Walk By (n) Weave The Ring Wheel & Deal Wheel Around Wrong Way Grand Wrong Way Promenade (fract) Wrong Way Promenade Home X Y Z Zoom