hook: mad robin with sufficient time
by: Don Veino
formation: improper
mad robin ender wave will be gentlespoons by left hand in center
| A1 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| A2 | 8 | mad robin 1¼ around, gentlespoons in front
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| 0 | form an ocean wave - gentlespoons by right hands and neighbors by left hands
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More right, ladles super twirl across
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides ⁋
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I love Mad Robins but find contra dancers routinely rush them - so I've
been writing dances that steal a bit of that 8 beat allotment for added
motion to come out dependably square.
Dedicated to Robin Humes: family friend and super volunteer in service of the Concord Scout House area contra community. It's only fitting this dance include a Mad Robin (besides the obvious eponymous link), because Bob Isaacs' dance Redbeard Reel (commissioned by Robin for her husband John Wasser) features one as well.