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Square Dance Basic 2: Extend

Extend at Taminations
Extend video (3:33 to 3:48)

Basic 2

Extend

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
‘extend’ is dancers moving forward, from one tagging formation to the next
START: END: EXAMPLES:
(1) moves into (2);
outside couples move only slightly
to adjust row spacing;
centers form a right-hand wave
(2) moves into (3);
if you start with a right-hand wave in center,
then move to right-hand waves
(ditto for left)
Basic 2
START: END:  
(3) moves into (4);
if you start with left-hand waves,
then move to a left-hand wave in center
(ditto for right)
(4) moves into (5);
outside couples move only slightly
to adjust row spacing

The fundamental idea of ‘stepping into the next line’
can apply to fewer dancers, as illustrated here: