Pick Up 2-4-6
Formation:  Four couples in a square.
Music:  your choice

Prompts: 
Intro or
	57-64	Couple (one) bow and swing;
	1-8 	Lead Right to the right of the ring;
	9-16 	Circle four is what you do;
	17-24 	Active gent break, pick up two;
	25-32 	Circle six around the floor;

	33-40	Active gent break pick up two more;
	41-48	Circle eight go round the land;
	49-56	Allemande Left;

Repeat for second, third, and fourth couples.

Description:
	1-8	First couple bow to each other and swing.
	9-16	First couple Lead Right to face the second couple.
	17-24	Those four dancers Circle Left about three-quarters around.
	25-32	The first gent release his handhold with second lady and pick up the third couple. 

	33-40	Those six dancers Circle Left about three-quarters around.
	41-48	The first gent release his handhold with third lady and pick up the fourth couple.
	49-56	All eight Circle Left once around back to home.
	57-64	All eight Allemande Left and square up at home.

Choreography:  Traditional square dance figure
Source:  Printed in Community Dance Program Handbook.
Usage:  Beginner Square Dance Party or Community Dance.

Variation 1: 
From Indiana Square Dance Callers, Carl Brandt, CDP Journal, November 1997.

Prompts: 
Intro or 
	57-64	First Couple Lead Right and Circle four hands around;
	1-8 	Keep them, go on to the next and Circle six hands around;
	9-16 	- - - -, - - - -;
	17-24 	Keep them, go on to the last and Circle eight hands around;
	25-32 	Reverse and Circle Right to home;

	33-40	- - - -, - - Swing Partner;
	41-48	- - - -, - - Promenade;
	49-56	- - - -, - - - -;

Variation 2:
See "Chassee Partners" for a slightly more complicated version of this idea.

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