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Semi-colon [Abbreviations] ;
In abbreviated descriptions of dance steps (as opposed to complete sentences), a semi-colon represents the end of a measure of music. In a cue sheet, one often finds two or more semi-colons together. This is a concise way of saying that the previous figure took two or more measures to execute. For instance, in the sequence: "waltz away; pickup; left turning box;;;;" the first two figures took one measure apiece, and the third figure took four measures to complete.