Starting formation
Command examples
- Eight Chain Thru
- Eight Chain 3
- Eight Chain 4
- Eight Chain 1, Allemande Left
Dance action
Complete as many of these actions as appropriate:
- All Right Pull By (Eight Chain 1 has been completed)
- Centers Left Pull By while the ends Courtesy Turn (Eight Chain 2 has been completed)
- All Right Pull By (Eight Chain 3 has been completed)
- Centers Left Pull By while the ends Courtesy Turn (Eight Chain 4 has been completed)
- All Right Pull By (Eight Chain 5 has been completed)
- Centers Left Pull By while the ends Courtesy Turn (Eight Chain 6 has been completed)
- All Right Pull By (Eight Chain 7 has been completed)
- Centers Left Pull By while the ends Courtesy Turn (Eight Chain Thru has been completed)
Ending formations
Eight Chain Thru ends in Eight Chain Thru
Eight Chain 1, 3, 5, etc. ends in Trade By
Eight Chain 2, 4, 6, etc. ends in Eight Chain Thru
Timing
Eight Chain Thru: 20
Eight Chain 1, 2, 3, etc.: each odd-numbered part: 2; each even-numbered part: 3 (e.g., Eight Chain 3: 2+3+2 = 7)
Styling
Same as Right And Left Thru. Dancers doing the Left Pull By in the center move slowly so their action takes the same time as the Courtesy Turn on the outside.
Each part of this call ends in an Eight Chain Thru or Trade By formation. Dancers should not drift into a circular formation as in Wrong Way Grand.
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Comments
The Ocean Wave Rule applies to this call.
At Basic and Mainstream, Courtesy Turn is restricted to a man turning a woman. Therefore, at Mainstream, Eight Chain Thru is improper after Heads Square Thru 4, Sides Half Sashay. However, Eight Chain 3 would be proper.