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INTRODUCTORY CALL SEVEN, DESCRIPTION
The first line of this call directs the dancers to jump in place and then to swing Partners once around with a Waltz Swing.
The four gentlemen now dance into the center and join right hands in a "Star" which circles clockwise until the gentlemen are back to place, when all dance the Allemande Left and then the Grand Right and Left until Partners meet at the opposite side of the set. As Partners meet, instead of the usual Promenade, they swing half around clockwise by the right forearm hold and continue the Grand Right and Left in the reverse direction until Partners again meet. (This is the "Back Track/' sometimes called "Around your own the other way home.")
When Partners meet, they again take the right forearm hold and swing half around clockwise and continue the Grand Right and Left in the usual direction until Partners meet once more, whereupon all Promenade home with Partners.
SHOOT THAT PRETTY GIRL THROUGH TO ME, DESCRIPTION
The First Couple leads to the Second Couple with whom they form a ring of four which circles once around clockwise. The First Gentleman steps backward out of the ring into the center of the set, facing the other three dancers who re-form their ring of three and circle half clockwise, until the First Lady is on the outside of the set, facing her Partner in the center. The Second Couple raise their pined hands high in an arch and "pop" the First Lady through into the waiting arms of her Partner in the center of the set.
The First and Second Couples swing their Partners once
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