Definitions of Square Dance Calls and Concepts -- Stagger Concept [C2]

Stagger Concept [C2]
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Stagger means to take a 16-Matrix formation, typically Interlocked Blocks [C1], and to work as if you were in Columns. Upon completion of the given call, each dancer must end on one of the footprints of the original formation. Shape-changing calls are allowed with the restriction that it must be possible for each dancer to unambiguously adjust to end on one of the footprints of the original formation. When the starting formation is Interlocked Blocks, the Diagonal acts as the controlling feature for re-establishing the footprints of the resulting formation. EN: 10

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Stagger CONCEPT


From here... EN: 20 Add Danish		imagine you are here. EN: 30 Add Danish


før Stagger Circulate		efter


før Stagger Peel & Trail		imagine you are in Columns EN: 40 Add Danish		efter Peel & Trail		after re-establishing footprints EN: 50 Add Danish

Stagger anything To A Line | Wave | normal setup [C2V]:

Start the given call Stagger but end in a normal setup (i.e., remove the distortion). For example, a Stagger Coordinate To A Line starts from a distorted setup but ends in Parallel Lines. EN: 702

Staggered Line | Wave [C2V] (Lee Kopman 1981):


from here... EN: 60 Add Danish		or here... EN: 70 Add Danish		work as if you were here. EN: 80 Add Danish

Staggered Box [C2V] (Lee Kopman 1981):


from here... EN: 60 Add Danish		or here... EN: 70 Add Danish		work as if you were here. EN: 80 Add Danish

Staggered Single 1/4 Tag (or Diamond) [C4]:


from here... EN: 60 Add Danish		or here... EN: 70 Add Danish		work as if you were here. EN: 80 Add Danish

Split Stagger [C2V]:

Same as Stagger working Split. For example, a Split Stagger Counter Rotate 1/4 is the same as Stagger Split Counter Rotate 1/4. Sometimes the caller will say Split Stagger in order to emphasize that the call is to be done on a Split basis, when just Stagger would have sufficed, as in Split Stagger Walk & Dodge (since Walk & Dodge is a 4-dancer call it is always done on a Split basis when called from Columns). We believe callers should avoid using the term Split Stagger. EN: 703

Big Block CONCEPT [C3A]:

From applicable 4 x 4 Matrix formations such as Interlocked Blocks, a Butterfly, or an "O". Do the call working in distorted Parallel Lines. EN: 337