Here are a few breaks as danced around Missouri.
Central Missouri
Call | Explanation |
Left to your corner |
Allemande left your corner once around |
Right to your partner, right and left grand Hand over hand around that ring, when you meet your partner, promenade. |
Southeast Missouri
Call | Explanation |
Left to your corner |
Allemande left your corner once around |
Right to your partner, right and left grand Hand over hand around that ring, when you meet your partner, give her a swing. |
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Promenade home |
Southern Missouri
Call | Explanation |
Left to your corner |
Allemande left your corner once around |
Right to your partner, right and left grand Hand over hand around that ring, when you meet your partner, give her a swing. |
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Swing ’em all |
Ladies continue clockwise, gents counter-clockwise, around the circle, whirling each partner one time around till they get to their own |
Run away with the corner girl |
Ladies move up, gents fall back, so ladies have progressed one place around the square. |
Beginner breaks
Call | Explanation |
All join hands, circle left |
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Ladies to the center and the gents sashay |
Ladies step in to the circle, gents keep moving one place, then ladies step out. Gents have moved one lady to the left |
Repeat till everyone has original partners |
Call | Explanation |
All join hands, circle left |
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ladies roll away |
gents tug on their partner’s hand, ladies whirl across the front of their partner so they’re now at the left. |
reform circle and continue circling left |
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repeat till everyone has original partners |
Call | Explanation |
All join hands, circle left |
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all four ladies star across |
all four ladies make a left-hand star and turn the star till you meet your opposite |
right to your opposite |
allemande right your opposite gent |
star on back |
all four ladies reform the star |
swing your own |
Fancy breaks:
The rainbow stroll
Call | Explanation |
All join hands, circle left |
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In to the center, do the rainbow stroll. |
All go to the center. Let go of current partner, take hands with the corner. Turn to the outside of the circle, box the nat. This turns the couple to the inside. Go back to the center, and repeat with the new corner, till you get your partner back. |