The result is that all dancers end up half way across the set facing the same person they started with.
It is perhaps one of the most well-known calls in square dancing along with the "promenade" or the "dosado".
It is called a Grand Chain in English dances and can be done in a square or a big circle, passing as many people as the caller specifies.
There are a number of styling flourishes which might accompany the basic moves.
There are two other calls which comprise the right and left grand family as defined by Callerlab, the largest international association of square dance callers.