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Counter Rotate

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5.1: PARALLEL TWO-FACED LINES

In the case of parallel two-faced lines, everybody has the same shoulder toward the center point of the square (either all left shoulder or all right shoulder), so when they do a counter rotate they will all be moving in the same direction around the center point.

Everybody moves in their own circle, staying the same distance from the center point, so the ends stay ends and the centers stay centers. The leaders stay leaders and the trailers stay trailers. The beaus stay beaus and the belles stay belles. Everybody can keep holding hands throughout the call, just like in an ordinary Box Counter Rotate.

In fact, this action could be called at Advanced using the words As Couples Box Counter Rotate. The action would be exactly the same.

But at the Challenge level the caller can simply say Counter Rotate.

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