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  2. Contra dance choreography - Wikipedia

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    The effect is that the couples trade sides of the set. The older tradition, still prominent in some regions, begins the figure with a right-handed pull by rather than the dancers walking past one another (followed by the left-in-left of the courtesy turn, hence the term "right & left through"). Right Hand High, Left Hand Low

  3. Allemande - Wikipedia

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    Allemande, from a dancing manual of c. 1769. An allemande (allemanda, almain(e), or alman(d), French: "German (dance)") is a Renaissance and Baroque dance, and one of the most common instrumental dance styles in Baroque music, with examples by Couperin, Purcell, Bach and Handel.

  4. Left- and right-hand traffic - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 February 2025. Directionality of traffic flow by jurisdiction Countries by direction of road traffic, c. 2020 Left-hand traffic Right-hand traffic No data Left-hand traffic (LHT) and right-hand traffic (RHT) are the practices, in bidirectional traffic, of keeping to the left side or to the right side ...

  5. Hand signals - Wikipedia

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    When used in traffic, hand signals are often used to convey driver's intention of their next movement. In some countries, hand signals can apply to any vehicle whose signal lights are missing or damaged. Hand signals are commonly used and applies to cyclists and motorists. Hand signals are commonly used to signal a left turn, right turn ...

  6. Caller (dancing) - Wikipedia

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    There is a large, common pool of patter which callers might use. Examples are: Allemande left with your left hand. / Back to the partner for a right and left grand. or Ace of diamonds, Jack of spades / Meet your partner and all promenade. The square dance calls are underlined; all the rest is patter.

  7. Aircraft marshalling - Wikipedia

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    A long exposure of a United States Navy Landing Signalman Enlisted (LSE) directing a SH-60F Sea Hawk to take off using marshalling wands. Despite efforts to standaridize aspects of aviation communication, such as terminology and language, hand signals used to guide aircraft on the ground still vary between various major organizations, such as the International Civil Aviation Organization [3 ...

  8. Wing configuration - Wikipedia

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    The left and right hand wings vary their sweep together, usually backwards. Seen in a few types of military aircraft, such as the General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark . Oblique wing : a single full-span wing pivots about its midpoint, so that one side sweeps back and the other side sweeps forward.

  9. Talk:Square dance - Wikipedia

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    Allemande was the only one I could recall clearly from both that differed for a sensible reason. Perhaps you are more knowledgable than me and can suggest another step. I can think of "star right", which is performed in Western sd like the English step "hands four", but English dance is not really square dancing. David 11:37 Aug 16, 2002 (PDT ...