This dance is danced pretty much everywhere, but it’s not a single set of calls–the caller will ask to see different moves as he or she pleases. In this dance, the head couples (couples number 1 and 3) dance together as a set of four, and the side couples (couples number 2 and 4) will work together.

Each time through the figure, the dance usually starts with this set up:

Call	Explanation
Head couples, balance and swing
Head couples, halfway up and halfway back	The head couples take three steps into the middle of the set and give a high five to their opposites.
Side couples, balance and swing
Side couples, halfway up and halfway back	The side couples take three steps into the middle of the set and give a high five to their opposites.
Head couples, sashay across the set	Head couples take two hands and gallop across the set, trading places with their opposites (couple 1 ends up in 3’s place).
Side couples, sashay across the set	Side couples take two hands and gallop across the set, trading places with their opposites (couple 2 ends up in 4’s place).
Head couples, sashay across the set	Head couples take two hands and gallop across the set, ending up back at home.
Side couples, sashay across the set	Side couples take two hands and gallop across the set, ending up back at home.

Then the caller might call one of the following moves, usually for the head couples then the side couples will get a chance to try it.

Circling with Birdie in the Cage

Call	Explanation
Head couples, into the middle, circle up four	Head couples take three steps into the middle of the set, take hands in a circle of four, and circle to the left
Back to the right, the other way round	The head couples circle to the right.
Now back to the left, lady number one (or three) to the middle for birdie in the cage	Lady number one (or three) jumps into the center of the ring she was in and dances while the other three take hands in a circle of three and continue circling.
Birdie hop out and the crow hop in	The birdie takes her place in the circle again and her partner jumps into the center while the other three circle around him.
Crow hop out and partners swing	Head couples swing and return to their home places
Side couples to the center for a ring of four	Side couples get to do the figure now…

Right- and Left-hand Stars

Call	Explanation
Head couples, into the middle for a right-hand star	Head couples take three steps into the middle of the set, take hands in a circle of four, and circle to the left
Back by the left, the other way round	The head couples circle to the right.
Partners swing	Head couples swing and return to their home places
Side couples to the center for a right-hand star	Side couples get to do the figure now…

Couple Do-Si-Do

Call	Explanation
Head couples, circle up left	Head couples take three steps into the middle of the set, take hands in a circle of four, and circle to the left.
Right to your partner, left to your opposite, right to your partner, swing your opposite, swing your own, promenade home.
Side couples circle up left	Side couples get to do the figure now…

Roll Like Thunder

Call	Explanation
Head couples, into the center	Head couples take three steps into the middle of the set
Ladies take two hands across	Ladies 1 and 3 take two hands.
Gents take two hands across	Gents 1 and 3 take two hands.
Ladies bow and the gents know how; roll like thunder	Gents lift their hands (keeping hold of the opposite gents’ hands) over the ladies’ heads until their arms are behind the ladies’ backs–somewhere down around the waistline. Ladies then lift their arms up (keeping hold, again) over the gents’ heads and end up with their arms around the gents at about the middle of the back. If you’ve done it right, you’ll have a basket made up of four people standing shoulder to shoulder and hip to hip. All four put their right feet into the middle and use their left to push the basket to the left.