The caller may also abbreviate the "eight-chain through" maneuver by asking for an "eight-chain four" (less commonly expressed as "eight-chain half") or an "eight-chain six," in which case the dancers will stop after four or six iterations (respectively) of T₆MI rather than the full eight. These calls, of course, do not return dancers to the same positions.

Dancers on the ends of the columns (0, 1, 4, and 5) are facing into the column, whereas dancers in the middle of the columns (2, 3, 6, and 7) are facing the dancers on the ends.
Each dancer briefly joins right hands with the person facing him/her and "pulls by."
Dancers on the ends of the columns touch left hands and do a “courtesy turn” (see figure 3), while dancers in the middle of the columns briefly join left hands with the dancers facing them and again "pull by."
The above step is repeated six more times, thereby returning dancers return to the positions they occupied at the start of the move.