STANDARDS FOR ROUND DANCING

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1 STANDARDS FOR ROUND DANCING S TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION & CHANGES 1 II. GUIDELINES 3 III. PUNCTUATION 4 IV. S 5 Copyright 2010 The International Association of Round Dance Teachers, Inc.

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3 I. INTRODUCTION & CHANGES INTRODUCTION: Purpose of : To reduce the size of words, without confusing the reader, and to conserve space within the body of the cue sheet. The following guidelines apply to the usage of abbreviations and punctuation. The format of the title reflects the status of the descriptions or definitions that follow: Approved Standard - Tentative Standard - Experimental Unapproved Definition - Boldface Type Underlined and preceded by a single asterisk (*). Preceded by a plus sign (+). To be refined at the next Annual Convention. Yet to be defined - Preceded by a double asterisk (**). On ROUNDALAB Digital Video Disks (DVD s) - Preceded by a number sign (#). Copies of the following additional manuals, booklets and Digital Video Disks (DVD s) may be purchased from: ROUNDALAB 176 S. Cole Road Boise, Idaho PHONE: 877 Y I DANCE ( ) US/CANADA all other countries fax roundalab@roundalab.org ROUNDALAB Standards (Glossary through Phase VI with descriptions of figures) Preliminary Foot Movements & Positions/Dance Positions/Walks in all Rhythms Booklet Listing of Phase Rated Figures by Rhythms Booklet Index for Glossary & Phase I through Phase VI Booklet Cueing Guidelines Cue Sheet Writing Guidelines New Round Dance Leaders Manual - Phase I / II Teaching Manuals for Phase III and IV Callers Manual for Using Rounds in the Square Dance Program ROUNDALAB Instructional Digital Video Disks (DVD s) (Phase I through Phase VI) Because of changes over time as well as differences of interpretation, inconsistencies may appear between the ROUNDALAB Digital Video Disks (DVD s) and the ROUNDALAB Phase Manuals. In such instances, the Phase Manuals should be taken as containing the most up to date material available August 2008

4 CHANGES: Proposed changes to this Standard should be submitted to: ROUNDALAB 176 S. Cole Road Boise, Idaho PHONE: 877 Y I DANCE ( ) US/CANADA all other countries fax roundalab@roundalab.org Proposed changes are to be submitted as follows: 1. Specific reason(s) for the change. 2. Proposed changes must be received by November 1 to be considered at the next Annual ROUNDALAB Convention. 3. Request(s) to change Tentative Standards must be endorsed by signatures from at least two (2) ROUNDALAB Teaching Units in good standing. These endorsements must be part of, and accompany, the original request. 4. Tentative standards will be considered permanent if no objection is received within the year following approval at the annual convention. Tentative standards are preceded in the phase booklets with an asterisk (*). 5. Request(s) to change Permanent Standards must be endorsed by signatures from at least five (5) ROUNDALAB Teaching Units in good standing. These endorsements must be part of, and accompany, the original request. 6. Request for addition and phasing of a new figure(s) requires three (3) different choreographers use the figure(s) in three (3) dances prior to being defined and included in the ROUNDALAB Standards. Requests must be endorsed by signatures from at least five (5) ROUNDALAB Teaching Units in good standing. Cue sheets are to be submitted with the request and must be received by November 1 to be considered at the next annual ROUNDALAB Convention. September

5 II. GUIDELINES The following rules apply to the usage of abbreviations: RULE: #1 Words or expressions that are not included in the Abbreviation List should be spelled out completely. #2 All positions, hall directions, and turning directions shall be in capital letters. e.g. OP, COH, LF #3 Letters within the abbreviations in upper case must be used in upper case. e.g. LOD, Xib #4 Letters within the abbreviations in lower case should generally be used in that case. But judicious usage of capitalization is permissible. e.g. Apt Pt, chg plcs #5 A un may be pre-fixed to undo a figure. e.g. unwrp means unwrap #6 An s may be suffixed to any abbreviation to create plurality. e.g. hnds, chg plcs #7 An s [with apostrophe] may be suffixed to create ownership. e.g. M s L ft means man s left foot #8 A g may be suffixed to replace ing. e.g. fcg means facing #9 A d may be suffixed to replace ed. e.g. jnd means joined #10 Any number may be represented in its numeric form. e.g. 2 fwd 2 steps means two forward two steps #11 may be combined. e.g. ovrspn means over spin #12 A - [hyphen] may replace -to- or to. e.g. fc-fc means face-to-face or face to face chg plcs R-L means change places right to left August 2008

6 III. PUNCTUATION # The "number sign" is used in the phase booklets to denote figures on the ROUNDALAB Video Phase Tapes. & The "and" or "ampersand" denotes a half beat, an additional step to a single beat. ( ) The "parentheses" are used ONLY to show the steps for the woman., The "comma" denotes the end of a count or beat. - The "hyphen" preceded by a space indicates a hold or wait during a beat of music. / The "slash" denotes two foot actions on one beat, e.g. step/step, step on counts 1&, 2& or on 1a, 2. Or, sometimes two figures are danced in the same measure at the same time, one partner performing one figure while the other partner performs the second figure, e.g. hitch/scissors. 1 An Arabic number to the left of a description denotes the measure being described. An Arabic number following a cue term denotes the number of steps to be taken. ; The "semi-colon" denotes the end of a measure of music. [ ] The "brackets" are used only to surround supplementary information. a A small "a" denotes the last quarter [1/4] of a beat; an additional step within the beat. { } The "braces" are used for figure name in the detail text portion of the Cue Sheet. e.g. {box}sd, cl, fwd,-; sd, cl, bk,-; ~ The "tilde" is used in Head Cues to connect figures that cross measures. e.g. change R to L ~ change L to R;;; September

7 IV S [alphabetized by Abbreviation] 1-9 one through nine, etc. 1/2 half 1/4 quarter 2x, 3x... twice, 3 times, etc. abt ack acrs adj adv amer approx apt Arg arnd avg awy bal bas bball bdy BFLY bhd BJO bk BL brg brk brkn brkwy bt bth bwd cbm CBMP CCW CH chal chg chkn about acknowledge across adjust advance, advanced American approximately apart Argentine around average away balance basic basketball body Butterfly [Position] behind Banjo [Position] back Bolero [Rhythm] bridge break broken breakaway beat both backward contra body movement Contra Body Movement Position Counterclockwise Cha Cha challenge change chicken chr chrlstn chs circ ck cl cntr COH comm comp cont copa CP cpl crb crv ct cuca CW dbl demo DIAG diam diff dir DLC DLW dp dr DRC drg DRW dwn elev ez chair Charleston chase circle check close, closed center Center of Hall commence complete continue, continuous copacabana Closed [Position] couple crab curve count cucaracha Clockwise double demonstration Diagonal, diagonally diamond difficult direction Diagonal Line of Dance and Center of Hall Diagonal Line of Dance and Wall dip door Diagonal Reverse Line of Dance and Center of Hall drag Diagonal Reverse Line of Dance and Wall down elevation easy September 2009

8 IV S [alphabetized by Abbreviation] falwy fc FCG fig fin flk flr fnc frnt fshtl FT ft fthr fwd gcho hd hes hgt hk hky hnd HNDSHK htch hvr I/O imp insd intld intro jn JV kbchg kck L lc LCP September 2009 fallaway face Facing [Position] figure finish flick flare fence front fishtail Foxtrot foot feather forward gaucho head hesitation height hook hockey hand Hand Shake [Position] hitch hover in and out impetus inside interlude introduction join Jive kick ball change kick left lace Loose Closed [Position] - 6 ld LF lk LOD lrt lun M manuv MB meas mod mom mpm MR mv mvt MX nat ny OP op opp outsd ovr ovrsway ovrtrn lead Left Face lock Line of Dance lariat lunge man/gent/gentleman maneuver Mambo measure modify/modified momentary measures per minute Merengue move movement mixed or multiple rhythms natural New Yorker Open [Position] open opposite, opposition outside over oversway overturn PCT preferred cue term PD Paso Doble Ph I...Ph VI Phase I...Phase 6 plc place pos position prep prepare/ preparation prog progressive PROM promenade Prom Promenade prtzl pretzel pt point ptr partner

9 IV S [alphabetized by Abbreviation] PU pu pvt Q qk QS qtr R R/D RAL RB rec rel rev RF rk RLOD ROM ROQ rpt RSCP S S/D SB SCAR scis SCP sd seq serp sgl Pickup [Position] pickup pivot quick [as used in quick [not used in Quickstep quarter right Round Dance/Dancing ROUNDALAB Rumba recover release reverse Right Face rock Reverse Line of Dance Round of the Month Round of the Quarter repeat Reverse Semi-Closed Position slow [as used in Square Dance/Dancing Samba Sidecar [Position] scissors Semi-Closed [Position] side sequence serpiente single SHDW shdw shffl shldr sip skt SKTRS sld slo slp sm sndstp span spn sprl spt ST sta std stg stk stp strll swch swd swhrt swvl sync tch tele telefthr telespn teleswvl TG thru thrwy tim tog trans trav trl Shadow [Position] shadow shuffle shoulder step in place skate Skaters [Position] slide slow [not used in slip small sand step Spanish spin spiral spot Slow Two step stationary standard starting stick step stroll switch sideward sweetheart swivel syncopation/ syncopated touch telemark telefeather telespin teleswivel Tango through throwaway time together transition traveling trail September 2009

10 IV S [alphabetized by Abbreviation] trn trpl TS twd twkl twrl twst turn triple Two Step toward twinkle twirl twist XRib XRif XRLOD xtnd cross right in back cross right in front cross Reverse Line of Dance extend umbr undr undrm undrtrn unph umbrella under underarm underturn unphased VARS vien vin Varsouvienne [Position] Viennese vine W woman/lady w/ with w/o without wav wave WC West Coast Swing wev weave wgt weight whl wheel whp whip whtl whaletail wlk walk WRP Wrapped [Position] wrp wrap wsk whisk wt wait WZ Waltz X xfer Xib Xif XLib XLif XLOD September 2009 cross transfer cross in back cross in front cross left in back cross left in front cross Line of Dance - 8

11 IV. S [alphabetized by Definition] one through nine, etc 1-9. half 1/2 quarter 1/4 twice, 3 times, etc. 2x, 3x... about acknowledge across adjust advance, advanced American apart approximately Argentine around average away back backward balance Banjo [Position] basic basketball beat behind body Bolero [Rhythm] both break breakaway bridge broken Butterfly [Position] center Center of Hall Cha Cha chair challenge change Charleston chase check abt ack acrs adj adv amer apt approx Arg arnd avg awy bk bwd bal BJO bas bball bt bhd bdy BL bth brk brkwy brg brkn BFLY cntr COH CH chr chal chg chrlstn chs ck chicken chkn circle circ Clockwise CW close, closed cl Closed [Position] CP commence comm complete comp continue, continuous cont contra body movement cbm Contra Body Movement PositionCBMP copacabana copa count ct Counterclockwise CCW couple cpl crab crb cross X cross in back Xib cross in front Xif cross left in back XLib cross left in front XLif cross Line of Dance XLOD cross Reverse Line of Dance XRLOD cross right in back XRib cross right in front XRif cucaracha cuca curve crv demonstration demo Diagonal, diagonally DIAG Diagonal Line of Dance and Center of Hall DLC Diagonal Line of Dance and Wall DLW Diagonal Reverse Line of Dance and Center of Hall DRC Diagonal Reverse Line of Dance and Wall DRW September 2009

12 IV. S [alphabetized by Definition] diamond difficult dip direction door double down drag diam diff dp dir dr dbl dwn drg interlude introduction Jive join kick kick ball change intld intro JV jn kck kbchg easy elevation extend face Facing [Position] fallaway feather fence figure finish fishtail flare flick foot forward Foxtrot front gaucho hand Hand Shake [Position] head height hesitation hitch hockey hook hover impetus in and out inside ez elev xtnd fc FCG falwy fthr fnc fig fin fshtl flr flk ft fwd FT frnt gcho hnd HNDSHK hd hgt hes htch hky hk hvr imp I/O insd Lace lc lariat lrt lead ld left L Left Face LF Line of Dance LOD lock lk Loose Closed [Position] LCP lunge lun Mambo MB maneuver manuv man/gent/gentleman M measure meas measures per minute mpm Merengue MR mixed or multiple rhythms MX modify/modified mod momentary mom move mv movement mvt natural nat New Yorker ny open op Open [Position] OP opposite, opposition opp outside outsd over ovr oversway ovrsway overturn ovrtrn August

13 IV. S [alphabetized by Definition] partner Paso Doble Phase I...Phase 6 pickup Pickup [Position] pivot place point position preferred cue term prepare/preparation pretzel progressive promenade Promenade quarter quick [as used in quick [not used in Quickstep ptr PD Ph I...Ph VI pu PU pvt plc pt pos PCT prep prtzl prog prom PROM qtr Q qk QS recover rec release rel repeat rpt reverse rev Reverse Line of Dance RLOD Reverse Semi-Closed Position RSCP right R Right Face RF rock rk ROUNDALAB RAL Round Dance/Dancing R/D Round of the Month ROM Round of the Quarter ROQ Rumba RB Semi-Closed [Position] sequence serpiente shadow Shadow [Position] shoulder shuffle side Sidecar [Position] sideward single skate Skaters [Position] slide slip slow [as used in slow [not used in Slow Two step small Spanish spin spiral spot Square Dance/Dancing standard starting stationary step step in place stick stroll sweetheart switch swivel syncopation/ syncopated SCP seq serp shdw SHDW shldr shffl sd SCAR swd sgl skt SKTRS sld slp S slo ST sm span spn sprl spt S/D std stg sta stp sip stk strll swhrt swch swvl sync Samba sand step scissors SB sndstp scis Tango telefeather telemark TG telefthr tele September 2009

14 IV. S [alphabetized by Definition] telespin teleswivel through throwaway time together touch toward trail transfer transition traveling triple turn twinkle twirl twist Two Step telespn teleswvl thru thrwy tim tog tch twd trl xfer trans trav trpl trn twkl twrl twst TS woman/lady wrap Wrapped [Position] W wrp WRP umbrella under underarm underturn unphased umbr undr undrm undrtrn unph Varsouvienne [Position] Viennese vine VARS vien vin wait wt walk wlk Waltz WZ wave wav weave wev weight wgt West Coast Swing WC whaletail whtl wheel whl whip whp whisk wsk with w/ without w/o August