user: Chet Gray
Cutaway & Ladies Trade square; Grand R+L break
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Ritchfield Stomp by Becky Hill
Eleanor's Reel by Bill Olson
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by: Tony Parkes
introduces moves: long lines, swing, allemande, circle, star, promenade, chain
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B2 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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Bob Isaacs notes: Tony Parkes of Massachusetts has long been one of America’s best callers of contras and squares, and this glossary dance is a fine way to start an evening.
by: Tony Parkes
introduces moves: square through
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain, end facing partner across, give right hand to partner
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| B2 | 16 | square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left, then repeat ⁋
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by: Greg Frock
introduces moves: do si do, mad robin, pass by, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| B1 | 4 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
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| 12 | 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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Dancers will try to rush the mad robin to include the gentlespoons cross in A2. Remind them there is plenty of time to complete the figure. Written for Robin Wilson in 2011
Cutaway & Ladies Trade square; Grand R+L break
by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing end facing down the hall
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| A2 | 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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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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Ritchfield Stomp by Becky Hill
by: Chris Page
introduces moves: meltdown swing, hey, roll away
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| A2 | 12 | gentlespoons start a hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - until gentlespoons meet the second time - gentlespoons ricochet second time
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay (roll from left to right) [2]
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| B1 | 6 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front (clockwise around neighbor) [3]
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| 2 | gentlespoons pass by right shoulders straight across set to partner [4]
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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http://chrispagecontra.awardspace.us/dances/#rollin-outta-barstow
[1] This first is a normal half hey. Then as men step back into the center, they ricochet while the women loop around, getting ready for the next figure. (If the men didn't ricochet, this would count as a 3/4 hey with 5 passes.)
Men ricochet: Men, the second time they reach the center, extend both hands to each other and push off each other, going backwards and to their right. At this point all are facing across, next to their neighbor, with man on the right, woman on the left.
[2] To help the transition into this, men should keep their hands out after they ricochet. As women loop around, they can catch the man's left hand in their right hand. The momentum of the hey should flow directly into the roll away.
[3] A mad robin is a sideways do-si-do, men starting in front of their neighbor.
This mad robin is meant to be done quickly, in six steps. The other two steps are used up by men crossing the set.
[4] Men quickly go straight across the set. It's a bonus if women continue the flow of the mad robin by shifting slightly to their left, but that detail's likely not worth teaching.
Written for Steve Hoskinson (of Barstow, CA), winner of the auction dance raffle at Harvest Moon, Santa Barbara, 2013.
Eleanor's Reel by Bill Olson
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