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Square Dance Calls authored by Dick Kenyon

17 records

  1. And Sneak
  2. Chase Right And Veer Left
  3. Chase Right And Veer Left
  4. Columns Right/Left
  5. Drift Back
  6. Ends Cross Over, Centers Swing Half
  7. Flare The Column
  8. Fold (Ends/Centers/Boys/Girls)
  9. Hit The Deck
  10. Long Recycle
  11. Quarter Tag And Long Recycle
  12. Quarterback Sneak
  13. Release Recycle
  14. Roll Out/In 3/4
  15. Tag And Circulate (In, Out, etc.)
  16. Tag And Trade (In, Out, etc.)
  17. Unicycle

This may not be a complete list of all calls authored by Dick Kenyon.
 And Sneak 

Definition:
 

From a 3/4 tag, trade by, and appropriate T-bones: Centers Fan the Top, outsides Cloverleaf, i.e. Clover & Fan the Top.

Dick Kenyon

This definition is from SCVSDA Note Service by Bill Davis.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Chase Right And Veer Left 

Definition:
 

From one couple behind another: The lead couple does a Chase Right action as the trailing couple veers left. Finishes in a Three and One Line.

Dick Kenyon 1976

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Chase Right And Veer Left 

Definition:
 

From double pass thru formation: Lead two dancers do a Chase Right and the trailing two as a couple Veer left. Finish in a Three and One line. (Can also Left Chase and Veer Right.)

Dick Kenyon 1976

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Columns Right/Left 

Definition:
 

Same as Split Counter Rotate (See Challenge Dancing's Basic Calls).

Dick Kenyon 1975

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Drift Back 

Definition:
 

From couples back to back: Start a Drift Around. Beaus finishes a regular Drift Around, but the belles, as they come opposite each other on the Zoom, catch inside arms and turn thru to return to the spot occupied by their adjacent at the start. Finishes in a box formation.

Dick Kenyon 1976

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Ends Cross Over, Centers Swing Half 

Definition:
 

From a wave: Ends Trade, Centers Trade.

Dick Kenyon 1963

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Flare The Column 

Definition:
 

From box formation: Lead dancers Cloverleaf into trailing dancer's spot (to face at right angles to starting direction). Trailing dancers Box Circulate then Quarter In. Finishes in facing couples.

Dick Kenyon 1974

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Fold (Ends/Centers/Boys/Girls) 

Definition:
 

From a couple, line or wave: Those designated step forward and turn back to face the one who was beside them. Finishes in various formations. BACKGROUND NOTE: Fold has evolved like many other Mainstream calls from earlier names for similar movements.

Dick Kenyon 1963

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Hit The Deck 

Definition:
 

From a line of four: Those designated (ends or centers, boys or girls) step forward to become a couple. Other two slide together and form a couple behind the ones who stepped forward. Finishes with one couple behind another.

Dick Kenyon 1962

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Long Recycle 

Definition:
 

From one quarter tag formation or three quarter tag formation: Dancers in the center wave do a Recycle but move outside the inactive couples in completing the move. NOTE: This is the first half of the original All Eight Recycle by Lee Kopman.

Dick Kenyon 1976

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Quarter Tag And Long Recycle 

Definition:
 

From any parallel line or wave formation: Do a One Quarter Tag and then those in the center wave do a Long Recycle. Finishes in double pass thru formation. NOTE: Can also do a Three Quarter Tag And Long Recycle which finishes in eight chain thru formation.

Dick Kenyon

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Quarterback Sneak 

Definition:
 

From a 1/4 tag: Extend twice, outsides Cloverleaf, centers Fan the Top.

Dick Kenyon

This definition is from SCVSDA Note Service by Bill Davis.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Release Recycle 

Definition:
 

From a 1/4 Tag.

End of Center Wave Step Forward as unapproached Outside Dancer Veer Out to hook onto Very Centers; (Outsides work with Phantoms:) all Recycle.

Ends in a Starting Double Pass Thru formation.

Dick Kenyon 1980

Release (anything)
 Roll Out/In 3/4 

Definition:
 

From a couple: Roll Out 3/4--dancers individually roll away from each other 3/4 around to finish facing one another. Roll In 3/4--dancers individually roll toward each other 3/4 around to finish back to back.

Dick Kenyon 1965

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Tag And Circulate (In, Out, etc.) 

Definition:
 

From parallel waves, lines or two faced lines: Ends Circulate as the centers only Tag each other and then they (the centers) turn In, Out, etc. as per call. Finishes in various formations, including Three and One lines.

Dick Kenyon 1971

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Tag And Trade (In, Out, etc.) 

Definition:
 

From a line, wave or two-faced line: Centers only do a Tag with each other and take the In, Out, etc. direction. Meanwhile, the ends Trade. Finishes in various line and wave formations, including the Three and One line.

Dick Kenyon 1971

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
 Unicycle 

Definition:
 

From a couple: Beau does a Fold. Belle veers left to join right hands with the beau. Finishes in a two person mini wave. From a wave: Swing half and then ends turn back turning in the direction of body motion. Finishes in a two faced line. NOTE: This can be thought of as a "Single" Recycle.

Dick Kenyon 1974

This definition is from The Handbook of Modern Square Dancing by Jay King.
It is provided here for informational and educational purposes only.
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