Basic Stuff
M Man
W Woman
L Left
R Right
CW Clockwise
CCW
Counter-Clockwise
Body Parts
L-elbow Left Elbow
W-back Woman's Back
MR-hand Man's Right Hand
WL-wrist Woman's Left Wrist
(I sometimes will leave out “-“. So it could appear as Lelbow, Wback, etc.)
Turns
WRT Woman Right Turn
WLT Woman Left Turn
MRT Man Right Turn
MLT Man Left Turn
2WRT Double Woman Right
Turn
multWLT multiple (unspecified number of) WLT
Hands
L-L Man's Left Hand
holding Woman's Left Hand
L-R Man's Left Hand
holding Woman's Right Hand
R-R Man's Right Hand
holding Woman's Right Hand
R-L Man's Right Hand
holding Woman's Left Hand
R-R/L-L R-R hands above and L-L hands below
(“crossed hands with right hands on top”) (used to appear as
R-R,L-L)
L-L/R-R L-L hands above and R-R hands below (“crossed hands with left hands on top”)
L-R,R-L “non-crossed hands”
Moves
XB Cross-Body
Lead
This is actually a total of 0.5 turns to the left for the woman.
XB:WLT Cross-Body Lead with WLT
(“inside” turn) This is actually a total of 1.5 turns
to the left for the woman.
XB:2WLT Cross-Body Lead with 2WLT (“inside” turns) This is actually a total of 2.5 turns to the left for the woman. (Advanced)
XB:WRT Cross-Body Lead with WRT (“outside” turn) This is actually a total of 0.5 turns to the right for the woman.
XB:2WRT Cross-Body Lead with 2WRT (“outside” turns) This is actually a total of 1.5 turns to the right for the woman.
XB:R-R Cross-Body Lead with R-R
R-R:XB Same as above (hands can appear before or after move)
L-R:WRT WRT with L-R hands
RE:WRT Released WRT
RE:R-L:WRT WRT by releasing R-L hands
XB:WLT:R-R/L-L Cross-Body Lead with Woman Left Turn with crossed hands with right hands on top
Newer Terms
oXB Opposite Side Cross Body Leads:
During regular XB, man is to right of woman. Instead he is on the left.
Also woman will turn half way to right, instead of half way to the left.
oXB Opposite Side XB This is actually a total of 0.5 turns to the right for the woman.
oXB:WRT Opposite Side XB with WRT (“inside” turn) This is actually a total of 1.5 turns to the right for the woman.
oXB:2WRT ?? Maybe we will try it.
oXB:WLT Opposite Side XB with WLT (“outside” turn) This is actually a total of 0.5 turns to the left for the woman.
oXB:2WLT Opposite Side XB with 2WLT (“outside” turn) This is actually a total of 1.5 turns to the left for the woman.
In the listing of the routines each dot (line) represents 8 counts of the music.
"§§" represents a division between the 1st and 2nd measures (1st measure is counts 1-4, 2nd measure is counts 5-8). This symbol is not used much though.
I changed around the meaning of some terms recently (Sept. 2009) so they might not match exactly the terms used in the older routines. (The terms I changed apply to XB:rev - got rid of it - used to be the term for what is now XB:WRT, and XB:WRT now means XB w/ ½ WRT instead of XB w/ 1.5 WRT.)