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====== Captain Bike ======

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===== Detailed Description =====

=== Chorus ===

Dancers are hopping continuously throughout the chorus.  (Yes, this is a "rest-free" dance.)

Beat 1: hop in place and clash with partner.
Beat 2: clash with partner while passing by the right shoulder, roughly at a 45º angle.
Beat 3: turn right (so each side is facing up or down the line) and clash once more with partner.
Beat 4: advance to the next person up or down the line and clash.  (If you have no one left to clash with, turn over your left shoulder and start dancing back up or down the set in the opposite direction.)
Beats 5-6: advance and clash again (each time with one more dancer turning out and following up or down the set)
Beat 7: last dancer turns 270º over left shoulder.  Remaining dancers turn 90º to face across the set.
Beat 8: dancers move back in to normal set distance.

Repeat entire sequence on beats 9-16.

=== Figures ===

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The dancers enter as two separate groups, #1-4 in one group, and #5-8 in the other, like two wheels of a bicycle.

On beats 9-12, the "spokes" of the bicycle wheels come down one at a time.  On beat 9, the first dancer in each group (#1 and #5) bring their sticks down.  On beat 10, #3 and #7 lower their sticks.  On beat 11, #4 and #8 lower theirs, and on beat 12, #2 and #6 lower theirs.  The dancers continue dancing around with their "spokes" down for beats 13-16.

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At the end of the motorcycle hey, #1 leads the dancers off and out of the set.

===== Video =====

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===== Tune =====

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