user: Robin Banerji
light and bouuncy
energetic, with momentum
stompy and wild
very different A and B to help dancers
electric and powerful
groovy, chill, heavy feeling in the offbeat
rolling, skipping jig
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reels full of pure joy
double-rhythm, pulsing and hypnotic
super upbeat
"just tell 'em to play their favorite tunes"
rocking hard
by: Yoyo Zhou
light and bouuncy
introduces moves: slice, chain, allemande, swing, down the hall, up the hall, circle
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | down the hall and turn as a couple
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Gary Shapiro
energetic, with momentum
introduces moves: long lines, right left through, balance the ring
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | circle left 2 places ⁋
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| 8 | ladles chain
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Composed Sept 4, 1997
by: Linda Leslie
stompy and wild
introduces moves: Rory O'More, form an ocean wave, custom
formation: improper
Dance starts in short wavy lines: from improper formation, neighbors take right hands, ladles take left in the center.
| A1 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places and walk forward
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| 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands -forward and back
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| 4 | walk forward to ⁋
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| 0 | form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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by: Brian Rinehart
very different A and B to help dancers
introduces moves: mad robin, hey, meltdown swing
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends passing by the left, ladles ricochet
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| B1 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B2 | 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends passing by the left, ladles ricochet ⁋
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Written for and tested at the 2011 Christmas Country Dance School in Berea, Kentucky
by: Robin Banerji
electric and powerful
introduces moves: roll away, do si do, give & take
formation: improper
Dancers back out into long lines.
| A1 | 4 | long lines forward ⁋
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away next neighbors with a half sashay from left to right
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons do si do ½ to trade places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | ladles do si do ½ to trade places
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons give & take neighbors
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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by: Robin Banerji
groovy, chill, heavy feeling in the offbeat
introduces moves: star, gyre, custom
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | star right 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | circle left 4 places
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| B1 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B2 | 4 | ladles gyre ½
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| 4 | ladles give partner left hand for a courtesy turn
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| 8 | star left 3 places ⁋
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by: Robin Banerji
rolling, skipping jig
introduces moves: petronella, custom, promenade
formation: improper
back out into long lines
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back ⁋
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| 8 | balance & petronella with next neighbors (turn away from current neighbors)
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons in the center push back, ladles push back
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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by: Cis Hinkle
reels full of pure joy
introduces moves: square through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | square through two - neighbors balance & pull by right, then partners pull by left
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left to new neighbors ⁋
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by: Cary Ravitz
double-rhythm, pulsing and hypnotic
introduces moves: allemande orbit, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½ around while the ladles orbit clockwise ½ around
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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by: Robin Banerji
super upbeat
introduces moves: form long waves, box circulate
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½ to
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| A2 | 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More right catch shadow in left hand
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| B1 | 8 | shadows allemande left 1½ back to neighbor
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 16 | ones long swing in the center; end facing down to progress ⁋
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by: Christine Hale
"just tell 'em to play their favorite tunes"
introduces moves: custom
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors take inside hands, star through to a ring
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| 8 | circle left 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | with neighbor, slide along set to shadows ⁋
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| 8 | star left 3 places to partner
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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by: Tom Lehmann
rocking hard
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella to a left hand star
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| B1 | 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½ with next ladle; gentlespoons slide left 1 place
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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