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Square Dance: Table of Contents

Square Dance Basic 2: Ocean Wave

Ocean Wave at Taminations
Ocean Wave video (0:17 to 0:36)

Basic 2

Ocean Wave Family—Definitions

ocean wave
(‘wave’)
3+ dancers,
hold adjacent hands,
alternate facing directions
see ocean waves:
#4, #5, #8, #9, #17, #28, #50
right-hand
wave
even # of dancers,
ends have right hands joined
left-hand
wave
even # of dancers,
ends have left hands joined
mini-wave 2-dancer wave
alamo-style
wave
even # of dancers in a circle,
hold hands, alternate directions
Basic 2

Step to a Wave

also: ‘step to an ocean wave’, ‘make a wave’
START:
facing dancers
women go straight forward;
men veer slightly to ends
END:
wave



START

END

START

women to ends
‘Step to a Wave’ from facing lines ‘Step to a Left-Hand Wave’