Box The Gnat

Usage

jargon

related figures: California twirl, balance
has aliases: swat the flea
formal parameters: who, bal, hand, beats

examples

Dance Figure
3, 33-33
3rd neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
88888
3rd neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat right hands
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
A Dance for Dan
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
A Summer Night in Seattle
next neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Ants Marching
3rd neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Apple of my eye
neighbors box the gnat
Ashokan Hello (var.)
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
At Long Last Swing
neighbors box the gnat
Bailey's Dream
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Bailey's Dream variation
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Balance And West Coast Swing
neighbors box the gnat
Becky's Brouhaha
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Beneath the Stars
partners box the gnat
Bobbin' Robin
next neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Box the Cat
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Box the Gnat Contra
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
Box the Gnat Contra - Swat the Flea variation
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Bristol Court
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Catapult! Jig
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Chinese Pickles 0.1
partners box the gnat, & reform wave
Dancing in My Bones
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Dinner at the Swingside
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Everything Old is New Again
neighbors box the gnat
Flirt Delete Fling
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Flirt Delete Fling 0.2
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Four Ring Circus
next neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Give the Scout a Hand
partners right hand balance & box the gnat (ladles back-to-back)
Gold in These Hills
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
partners right hand balance & box the gnat across
Gotta Catch 'Em All
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Jump Back Barley
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Kingsford Court
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Labor of Love
ones right hand balance & box the gnat
twos right hand balance & box the gnat
Labor of Love
ones right hand balance & box the gnat
twos right hand balance & box the gnat
Lunt Birthday Waltz
neighbors box the gnat - ladles are now back to back
Mad Orbin
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Maximum Fun
shadows right hand balance & box the gnat
May Day Mixer
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
Minimum Fuss, Maximum Fun
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Mirror, Mirror
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Mr. Isaac's Magic
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Napkin #11
neighbors box the gnat
No-See-Ums
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
Not So Fast
3rd neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Once More With Feeling
neighbors box the gnat
Pecan Pie
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
Pete's Dark Roast
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
Return to Sender
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
Richfield Stomp
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
Rochelle's Grand Adventure
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat (9th, not 1st)
Rod's Grits
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Rod's Grits
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Rod's Grits Lawn variation
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Rod's Velvety Lawn ("Rod's Grits Lawn" variation)
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Rosie's Rave
ones right hand balance & box the gnat
Sarah's Journey
neighbors box the gnat
partners box the gnat
Seaworld
same roles right hand balance & box the gnat, twos twirl ones
Seaworld (alternating version)
same roles right hand balance & box the gnat, twos twirl ones
same roles right hand balance & box the gnat, ones twirl twos
Second dance
neighbors box the gnat
Seven Sevens
next neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Slam Poetry
partners right hand balance & box the gnat across
Snake in the Hey
partners box the gnat
Star of the County Alameda
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Star of the County Alameda variation
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Star of the County Alameda variation
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Starburst
neighbors box the gnat
Stars in the Wildfire
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
Sunny Dragon
neighbors box the gnat
Sweet Potatoes
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Tent City Twirl
first corners right hand balance & box the gnat
The Bus Stop
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
The Hobbit
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
The Itchy Bug Reel
next neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
The Odyssey Shuffle
neighbors box the gnat
The Treasure of Sierra Madre
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
Three Thirty-Three
3rd neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Train Delay
shadows right hand balance & box the gnat
Traveling Salesman
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Treasure of Sierra Madre
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
Treasure of the Soda Bar
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
Utah Reel
ones right hand balance & box the gnat
Victoria's Porpoise
partners box the gnat
Waldorf Colonnade
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
Would You Do It for $20?
ones right hand balance & box the gnat (right hand balance)
twos right hand balance & box the gnat (right hand balance)
Zoom Contra #1
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
Zoom Contra #8
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
right dance, wrong time
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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2nd shadows right hand balance & box the gnat

Dances without Box The Gnat

Moves Sharing a Dance with Box The Gnat

allemande

allemande orbit

balance

balance the ring

box circulate

California twirl

chain

circle

contra corners

custom

do si do

dolphin hey

down the hall

figure 8

form a long wave

form an ocean wave

form long waves

give & take

gyre

hey

long lines

mad robin

meltdown swing

pass by

pass through

petronella

poussette

promenade

pull by dancers

pull by direction

revolving door

right left through

roll away

Rory O'More

see saw

slide along set

square through

star

swat the flea

swing

turn alone

up the hall

zig zag

Moves Preceding Box The Gnat

allemande

balance

box the gnat

California twirl

chain

circle

custom

do si do

figure 8

hey

long lines

mad robin

pass through

petronella

pull by dancers

pull by direction

roll away

square through

star

swing

Moves Following Box The Gnat

allemande

balance

box circulate

box the gnat

contra corners

custom

do si do

form long waves

gyre

hey

mad robin

promenade

pull by dancers

pull by direction

right left through

star

swat the flea

swing