hook: Mad Robin into a Swing, gentlespoons left hand chain
by: Roni Wiener
formation: improper
To get into starting position, dancers need to trade places with their neighbor (e.g. with a swing)
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| A2 | 8 | star left - hands across - 4 places [ladles drop out and loop over R sh]
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| 8 | gentlespoons chain [by left hand, to Partner]
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| B1 | 6 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front [around P, facing N]
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - gentlespoons ricochet (Gentlespoons don't cross the set) ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors swing
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Alternate (easier) B2:
(8) Circle Left x3/4, Pass Thru to NN
(8) Neighbor Swing
Alternate (no N swing) B2:
(8) Circle Left x3/4, Pass Thru to NN
(8) NN Inside hands Balance (4) Star Thru
Background information:
This dance was written on 1/24/2016 at Snowball for my partner Melissa, and called for the first time at Pinewoods on 8/10/2016.
The name of the dance refers to a country song about making sacrifices to make your partner happy. Like re-writing this dance 20 times :)
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