hook: easy short Finnish circle mixer
by: trad Finnish
formation: Circle mixer
Form a circle of couples, all facing counterclockwise line of dance, gentlespoons on the left (inside) and ladles on the right (outside).
| A1 | 4 | walk forward (CCW, starting with outside foot) turn alone
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| 4 | walk backwards (continuing CCW)
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| 4 | walk forward (CW) turn alone
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| 4 | walk backwards (continuing CW)
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| A2 | 4 | partners balance sideways - inside hands
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay
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| 4 | partners balance sideways - inside hands
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| 4 | twirl ladles under and back to the right; gentlespoons continue forward to pick up next ladle ⁋
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Easy Finnish circle mixer, fits a 16-bar tune (8-bar A, 8-bar B) but can also be done twice through to a normal 32-bar contra tune. Works best with a driving march beat, and should start slow-ish (105bpm) and speed up 5-10bpm per iteration.
Gentlespoons progress CCW (forward); ladles progress CW (backwards). The progression twirl feels a bit like a wrong-hands-CA twirl for the ladle, but for the gentlespoons it's different: gentlespoons lead the ladle to twirl under and back to the right, but gentlespoons remain facing forward. As soon as they let go of the ladle, they continue CCW and shift slightly left to pick up the next ladle for the forward march.