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Square Dance: Table of Contents

Square Dance Basic 1: Bend the Line

Bend the Line at Taminations
Bend the Line video (2:32 to 3:00)

Basic 1

Bend the Line

START:
4-person line;
mentally locate
center of line 		ACTION:
break at center;
each couple rotate 90°
to face center 		END:
facing couples,
centered as shown


Note: ‘Bend the Line’ is a call for a line of 4
Basic 1

For ‘Bend the Line’,
a line of 8 is treated as two 4-lines

START:
8-person line 		ACTION:
each half moves
as shown on the other side
of this card 		END:
facing couples,
centered as shown


Note: Don't confuse with line of 8, bend the line,
which is a different call.