Definitions of Square Dance Calls and Concepts -- Switch The Line [C1]

Switch The Line [C1]
(Roger Chapman 1969)

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From any Line of 4. EN: 10

Centers Run as Ends Cross Run. EN: 20

Ends in a Line. EN: 30


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Notes:

You may wish to think of Switch The Line as (do your part) Swing-Slither. EN: 40
At A2, Switch is restricted to starting only from a Wave. EN: 50
According to the CALLERLAB definitions, in cases where dancers would collide, those doing the Cross Run move outside of those doing the Run; otherwise, all the usual shoulder-passing rules apply. EN: 60

Grand Switch (The Line | Wave) [C4] (Lee Kopman):

From a general 1 x {n} Line. The #2 dancers (those adjacent to the Very Ends) Run as the others Grand Working As Ends Cross Run. Ends in a 1 x {n} Line. Cheat: As one movement, Swing-Grand Slither. EN: 599

See also Cross Roll To A Line | Wave [C1].

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Choreography for Switch The Line

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