Outside dancers join hands in couple handhold. Circulating dancers do the circulate action with arms in natural dance position, blending to hands up ocean wave formation at the conclusion of the call. In circling, the two dancers are slightly offset to the left so that their dance partner in the circle is more to their right than in front of them. Use smooth dance step, not buzz. When joining hands for circle, gents turn palms up, ladies palms down.
Arms are bent comfortably at the elbows.
Exert a small amount of pressure while circling Blend into a hands up ocean wave position. For star portions of basic, refer to styling as indicated by the basic star right. When turning into the star or out to the wave, use a flowing turn rather than an abrupt about-face. In star patterns, ladies outside hands may be used to work skirts. For star portions of basic, refer to styling as indicated by the basic star right.