SD APPLICATION NOTE 2
Copyright © 1999 William B. Ackerman
RIPPLE THE WAVE
and
ROLLING RIPPLE
These are surprisingly versatile calls. ‘Ripple the wave’ is done from
a wave or line, and designates a person or two people. It may also
give a number. Without the number, the call is ‘<anyone> ripple the wave’.
(It is called that even if the line isn't a wave.)
With a number, it is ‘<anyone> ripple <N>’.
Typically just one person
is designated in each 4-person wave (as in ‘side girls ripple the wave’),
and that person is an end. That person does trades with people until he or she
reaches the far end of the wave. If the designee is an end, that is 3 trades.
If the designee is a center, he or she will work toward the center, and will
do 2 trades. Nondesignated people don't do anything except when a designated
person is trading with them.
It is possible to designate both ends (their second trade will be with each other)
or both centers (they will start by trading with each other.) Other combinations
won't work.
2B^ 2GV 3G^ 3BV 3G^ 2BV 3B^ 2GV
1B^ 1GV 4G^ 4BV 4G^ 1BV 4B^ 1GV
girls ripple the wave
Instead of having to say something like head boys to identify one
person in each wave, you may be able to use more dancer-friendly designators like
end boys
end girls
center boys
center girls
lead ends
lead centers
trailing ends
trailing centers
When a number is given, the designee does just that many trades:
2G^ 3GV 2B^ 3BV 3G^ 2BV 2G^ 3BV
1B^ 4BV 1G^ 4GV 1B^ 4GV 4B^ 1GV
end girls ripple 2
You can give fractional numbers to get interesting results:
2G>
3G^ 2BV
2G^ 3GV 2B^ 3BV 3B<
1B^ 4BV 1G^ 4GV 1B>
4B^ 1GV
4G<
end girls ripple 2-1/2
2B> 3G>
3G^ 2BV 3B^ 2GV 2G< 3B<
4G^ 1BV 4B^ 1GV 1B> 4G>
1G< 4B<
girls ripple 2-1/2
2G<
2B^ 3BV
3G^ 2BV 3B^ 2GV 3G>
4G^ 1BV 4B^ 1GV 1G<
1B^ 4BV
4G>
end girls ripple 1-1/2
The call ‘rolling ripple’ takes more than one number. The designee does
a normal ripple of the first amount. Then, whoever is standing on the spot(s)
that the designee(s) originally started on does a ripple of the second amount.
If there are more numbers the action continues, from the same spot(s) each time.
2B^ 2GV 3G^ 3BV 2G^ 2BV 3B^ 3GV
1B^ 1GV 4G^ 4BV 1G^ 1BV 4B^ 4GV
boys rolling ripple 3 x 2
4B^ 3BV 1G^ 2GV 2G^ 4BV 1G^ 3BV
4G^ 3GV 1B^ 2BV 1B^ 3GV 2B^ 4GV
end girls rolling ripple 3 x 1
4B^ 3BV 1G^ 2GV 4B^ 2GV 1G^ 3BV
4G^ 3GV 1B^ 2BV 1B^ 3GV 4G^ 2BV
center boys rolling ripple 2 x 1
2B<
2G^ 3GV
2B^ 2GV 3G^ 3BV 3B>
1B^ 1GV 4G^ 4BV 1B<
1G^ 4GV
4B>
boys rolling ripple 3 x 1-1/2
2G>
4B^ 3BV
4B^ 3BV 1G^ 2GV 1G<
4G^ 3GV 1B^ 2BV 3G>
1B^ 2BV
4G<
end girls rolling ripple 3 x 2-1/2
4B^ 3BV 1G^ 2GV 2G^ 1GV 3B^ 4BV
4G^ 3GV 1B^ 2BV 2B^ 1BV 3G^ 4GV
end girls rolling ripple 3 x 2 x 1