Variations of swing thru:

Double swing thru. This can be called as "swing thru, now swing thru again." This is positionally equivalent to a half hey for four. This shows up in the Jim Hemphill dance Swing into Summer.

And four swing thrus would equal a full hey for four. The Diane Silver dance Fast Hands uses this.

Swing thru followed by a full allemande and the centers pull by shows up in John Coffman's Happy Wife, Happy Life. 

And I've been playing with swing thru, boys run, which ends with couples on one side facing up the hall, the ones on the other side facing down. But that may be more than you want.

On Mon, Apr 1, 2024, 2:11 PM Alan J Rosenthal via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

>Could anyone point me towards some videos where short wavy lines are
>featured?
>
>I'm interested in being able to watch different fun things that can be done
>in SWLs...

Assuming I'm guessing correctly that the length of a "short wavy line" is
four people, you could look to modern square dance for ideas of figures.
One of them is "Swing Through", where if for example you have a wave
where the outer people have right hands joined and the middles have left
hands joined, you drop hands in the middle and turn half by the right,
then the new middles turn half by the left.  More generally, you can do
these outer and inner half-turns in any combination.

Swing Through instruction and demo:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVRiXJvo0Mk#t=0m36s

You can also trade down the line in various combinations, e.g. everyone
trade with the person facing the same way as them (walking forward),
which is called "Trade the Wave" -- instruction and demo at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRQf5iPKhck#t=13
Various variants are possible (many of which have names in modern
square dance), such as just one of the pairs trading by turning half,
the middles turning half, the two ends trading (they would both orbit
the others since they're walking forward), etc.


Then, there are interesting ways to get into a wave:
In addition to simply stepping forward into a wave, we have for example
Follow your Neighbour:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f0I5T7eIH0&t=78
Pass the Ocean:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVRiXJvo0Mk#t=2m20s
Dosado to a Wave:  (I don't see a video for it in that series, but anyway,
it's do-si-do but then keep going around a bit further to make a wave --
it's pretty much do-si-do followed by step to a wave)

To get out of a wave, figures include
Single Hinge:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-7mY1jF7L4#t=1m25s
Cast Off Three Quarters:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPnY5ko96C8#t=47s
Explode the Wave:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f0I5T7eIH0&t=14s
"Recycle" generally seems to be more difficult for people.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCLNvlIjr1s#t=1m19s


regards,
ajr, dancing in and near Toronto, Canada
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