related figures: balance the ring, box circulate, box the gnat, swat the flea, form a long wave, form an ocean wave, petronella, pull by dancers, pull by direction, Rory O'More, square through
formal parameters:
who, beats
| Dance | Figure |
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| Badlands Contra | balance wave |
| Contra Verve | balance wave |
| Music Of The Spheres | balance and move to new wave straight ahead to new wave of 4 |
balance wave of 4 and ladles slide left in center pass each other! |
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| Step Left to wave of Four | balance wave of four |
| 20 Below | balance wave |
| 3, 33-33 (chain-star var) | neighbors balance (right hand) |
| 500 Miles, One Step at a Time | neighbors balance |
| A 60th Birthday Dance (for Chris Deephouse) | balance |
| A Functional Dance | balance the wave |
balance the wave |
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| A Functional Dance variation | balance the wave |
balance the wave |
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| A Peek Ahead | neighbors balance |
| Abolish Mop Snarl | balance the wave |
balance the wave |
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| Accretion Reel | balance ring [1] |
| Across the Ohio | balance the wave, left then right |
| Across the Pond | balance |
| Ad Vielle (Oddville) | balance the wave forward and back |
balance the new wave forward and back |
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| Alabama Charlie | balance star |
| Alamo Intro | ____ balance the wave |
____ balance the wave |
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| Allison's Favorite | balance the star |
balance the star |
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| Amherst & Wooster | balance the wave |
| Another Trip to Germany | balance the wave |
| Apple of my eye | neighbors balance |
| Aqueous | neighbors balance |
| At Long Last Swing | next neighbors balance |
| Backbeat Boogie | partners balance left hands along |
next neighbors balance right hands along |
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| Backstitch | neighbors balance towards and away in long lines - gentlespoon left... |
next neighbors balance towards and away |
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| Balance And West Coast Swing | partners balance left hands |
balance the wave (L, R) |
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balance the wave (R, L) |
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| Balance Yourself | balance yourself |
balance yourself, end facing next neighbors ⁋ |
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| Bass Ackwards | balance the wave |
balance |
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| Batja's Breakdown | ____ balance the wave |
| Be Here Now | balance the wave left & right |
| Beach Grass | balance the wave |
| Bells Of The Season | balance Ladles shift left in center |
balance And move foward to new wave of 4 |
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balance |
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| Binary Stars | balance the star |
| Bird Of Paradise | balance gentlespoons move straight ahead ladles move ahead of the... |
| Black Bird in The Night | balance left and slide Rory O' More back same neighbor |
____ balance wave |
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| Buffet Contra | balance wave and move forward to new wave of 4 gentlespoons in... |
balance wave |
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| Burning Man | balance left & right wave of four |
| CPT Symmetry | balance |
balance |
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| Can't Wait to See You Again | balance the wave |
balance the wave |
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| Can't wait to See You Again | balance Wave 4 ladles move straight ahead to new wave of 4 while... |
balance Wave of 4 ladles allemande left once back to neighbor |
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| Candles in the Night | balance wave of 4 |
| Canterbury | neighbors balance |
| Cape Fear Contra | partners balance |
| Carla's Stomp | balance the wave |
| Carnvail | balance Wave of 4 gentlespoons move straight ahead while ladles... |
| Catch a Falling Star | balance the star |
| Chippenham Square | balance |
| Chuck the Budgie | balance |
| Chuck the Budgie | balance the wave *left* & right |
balance the wave |
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| Claire's Request | neighbors balance |
| Complicity Swing | balance the wave |
| Confection | balance wave of 4 |
balance wave of 4 |
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same roles balance right & shift left nose to nose as in Rory O... |
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balance and move straight a head to new wave of 4 |
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| Cotillion Maze | balance wave of 4 move forward to new wave of 4 |
balance |
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| Courtesy Turn Training Mixer | balance in and out |
| Crock Pot Contra | balance wave of 4 |
| Cup of Joe | partners balance |
| Daddy's Little Girl | partners balance |
| Dancing Waves | balance wave and move on the right diagonal to form a new wave with... |
balance gentlespoons turn left half to face partner |
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| Deck The Halls | partners balance star thru ( gentlespoons right ladles left twirl... |
| Diane's Been There | balance right and then left |
| Don't Let's Star | neighbors balance |
| Dr. Bluhm's Delight | balance the wave |
balance the wave |
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balance the wave |
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| Dreamland Races | balance the wave |
| Du Quoin Races | balance |
| Early Evening Rollaway | balance the ring |
| Eden | balance wave of 4 |
balance wave |
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same roles balance -- with neighbor on side of set trade to swap... |
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| Eeyore's Excuse | neighbors balance |
| Equity Reel | balance |
| Essential | balance wave |
| Evanesce | balance the wave |
| Expert Bits | balance |
| Eye Of The Tiger | balance Wave-gentlespoons move straight to next wave -- whiles... |
| FANTASY | balance Gentlespoons move straight ahead while ladles cross left to... |
| Family Contra | balance the ring |
balance the ring |
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balance the ring |
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balance the ring |
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| Fire Fly dance | balance |
| Flaherty Will Get You Everywhere | ____ balance the wave |
| Flea Swats Back | balance ocean wave |
| Flip Flop Frenzy | balance star |
balance star with N1 |
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| Fool on the Hill | balance the wave |
| Fourth Friday | balance |
balance |
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| Fun Dance For Linda (for Linda Leslie) | neighbors balance (gentlespoons right hand, ladles left hand) |
| Generation Gap | neighbors balance with inside hands |
| Gleeful Partners | balance |
| Golden Gate | neighbors balance outside hands |
| Good By Chatham | balance wave |
| Good Time Contra | balance long wave |
| Goody One Shoe | balance the diamond |
balance the diamond |
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| Goody One Shoe | balance the diamond |
balance the diamond |
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| Grand Old Time | partners balance |
| Gravity Waves | balance |
| Greenleaf Wave new dance Revise from 10-31-06 | balance wave of 4, just the gentlespoons move forward to new wave... |
balance wave 4, |
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same roles balance ladles |
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| Hazelnut Contra | balance wave of 4 |
| Heart of love | balance wave of 4 |
| Heartbeat Contra | partners balance |
| Hey Maker Contra | partners balance (or right gyre ) |
| Hey Man | same roles balance right hand |
| Hey Man | partners balance twirl to swap with partners |
| Hey the Line | balance - forward/left & back/right |
balance |
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| Heyllamande | ____ balance the wave |
| Hidden Pleasure | balance wave of 4 and go to shadow and allemande right once around... |
| Hold on to your Hats | balance |
| Holiday in the Wood | balance |
| Home brew | balance wave and men move forward cw in oval to new neighgor and be... |
| Hope You Like It | partners balance |
neighbors balance |
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| Hot Summer Nights | balance the wave right & back |
balance the wave left & right |
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| Hot Winter Nights | balance |
| Hume Fogg Reel | partners balance |
| Hume Fogg Reel variation | partners balance |
| Humppa Promenad | partners balance sideways - inside hands |
partners balance sideways - inside hands |
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| Ice Cream in the Sink | partners balance together & apart |
partners balance together & apart |
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| In Cahoots | balance forward and back |
balance forward and back |
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| It Started on Facebook | balance (right and left) |
| Joseph | balance |
same roles balance gentlespoons |
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| Joyous Night | neighbors balance inside hands |
| Jump& Shout | balance wave and move straight to a new ocean of 4 |
balance wave of 4 |
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| Kimmswick Diamonds | balance wave |
| Kimmswick Express | balance right & left |
| La Green Bean | balance |
balance |
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| La Guaracha aka Spanish Waltz | ____ balance corners |
balance corners |
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balance corners |
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balance corners |
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| Lama Lama Ding Dong | balance wave of four |
balance long wave |
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| Lamplighter's Hornpipe | balance |
balance |
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| Lamplighter's Hornpipe (diagonal wave variation) | balance the wave right & left |
balance the wave left & right |
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balance the wave right & left |
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| Last Hey | balance short waves |
| Laugh & Love | balance ⁋ |
| Lava Flow | balance in a left-hand star |
| M.A.D. About Dancing | balance wave right, then left |
balance wave left, then right |
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balance wave forward and back, and walk forward to new waves |
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| M.A.D. About Dancing | balance the wave right |
balance the wave left |
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balance the wave forward |
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| Mange Tak | balance right & left |
balance right & left |
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| Melted Butter | neighbors balance |
| Moe Joe | neighbors balance and twirl to swap with inside hands |
| Money Musk | balance long lines |
balance short lines |
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| Money Musk (petronella variant) | balance (lines of three) |
balance (three face three) |
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| Monophobia | balance the cloverleaf |
| Neighbor Tease | balance wave |
| New Dance | balance And move forward to new neighbors |
balance Ladles allemande left halfway to face partner |
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| New Dance Dream Dance | balance wave of four |
balance long wave |
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| New Dance (Riding The Waves ) | balance wave of four |
balance straight to new wave of four |
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| New Dance { Ocean Wave Of Joy} | same roles balance gentlespoons balance in center of long ocean wave |
same roles balance Ladles balance in center of ocean wave |
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| New Dance All that Jazz | balance wave of four |
balance new wave of four |
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| New Dance Dancing Lights | balance wave of 4, |
| New Dance Contra Connection | balance long wave |
balance wave of 4 |
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| New Dance CJ | balance and ladles shift left in center |
| New Dance Elvis Wave | same roles balance long wave , gentlespoons back out ladles come... |
same roles balance |
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| New Dance ( Wave Surfing ) | balance |
balance new wave of four gentlespoons in center right hands |
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| New Dance Banjo Moon | balance |
balance wave of four |
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| New Dance Swing in' Tern | balance men move forward in oval cw ,to shadow ladles stay at home, |
balance wave |
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| New Dance Tambourine | balance wave of four |
same roles balance gentlespoons balance long wave |
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| New Dance Cafe' Au Lait | same roles balance ladles balance |
| New Dance Dance Song | balance |
| New Dance Just pass thru | neighbors balance in and roll back to face partner across set |
| New Dance Contra Medicine | balance wave of four |
balance wave of four |
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| New Dance Lost in Time | balance |
balance wave |
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| New Dance Shawn Reel | balance ladles shift left to neghbor |
| New Dance Circulation | balance gentlespoons move one place clockwise to the left in an... |
| New Dance Dancing ON My Own | balance |
____ balance wave of 4 |
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| New Dance Fun Frolic | balance |
| New Dance Music Of The Spheres | balance wave of 4 and move straight ahead to new wave of four |
balance wave of 4 |
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| New Dance Right turns | balance circle gentlespoons trade places and give two hands to... |
| New Dance Rip Tide With a Twist | balance wave of 4, move on right diagonal to new wave of 4... |
balance ocean wave and move on left diagonal,with third neighbor |
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| New Dance Road Runner | balance ocean wave o 4 |
balance gentlespoons pull by and look for partner on slight right... |
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| New Dance Tase of honey | balance |
| New Dance) Exotic | balance |
| New Neural Pathways | neighbors balance |
| Night Sail | balance |
| No-See-Ums | balance long waves |
| Not Quite Fifty | partners balance with handy hand (gentlespoon's left ladle's' right) |
| Not So Fast | neighbors balance |
| On the Other Hand | balance |
balance |
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| On the Road | balance |
| Once More With Feeling | neighbors balance right hand |
| Orange Peel | balance wave |
| Otter's Allemande | balance short waves to the right and left |
| Over the Rainbow | balance wave of 4, and couples move forward on right diagonal to... |
balance wave of 4 and |
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| Page Turner | balance wave |
balance wave |
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| Pearls of Wisdom | partners balance |
| Pebbles in my Boots | balance short waves forward/back |
| Penny’s Calinella Twirl | balance the ring |
| Pinball Wizard | balance the wave right & back (with N1) |
balance the wave right & back (with partner) ⁋ |
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| Pinwheel Petronella | balance the wave |
| Pinwheels | balance |
balance |
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| Playground Stomp | balance |
| Potpurri | neighbors balance and star through (inside hand) |
balance the ring |
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| Rain Shadows | balance right, then left |
balance right, then left |
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balance right, then left |
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| Raven Joy | balance |
| Razzle Dazzle | balance |
| Rick's Triplet #1 | balance in a ring of six |
| Rip Tide | balance & move forward to new wave on the right diagonal , ... |
balance wave, move on the left diagonal to third neighbor |
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| Rock the Cradle, Joe | balance the ring |
| Roll in the Clover (KW var) | balance the cloverleaf |
| Rory O’Madness | neighbors balance |
| Rosin the Beau | balance Wave, gentlespoons move straight ahead while ladles cross... |
| Royal Wedding | balance the ring |
balance the ring |
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| SLIDING WAVES | balance |
| Salmonella Evening | balance the ring |
| Sauce for the Goose | neighbors balance right hand, |
neighbors balance right hand |
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| Scrubbies | neighbors balance |
| Sea View | partners balance |
| Second dance | neighbors balance |
| Shadow Nova | balance the wave |
| Shadow Nova variation | balance the wave |
| Shiver Me Timbers | balance right and left |
| Silver Sea | balance the wave right, then left |
| Slo Mo Bo Circ (Slow Motion Box Circulate) | balance |
balance |
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| Slug in my Pocket | partners balance with joined hand |
partners balance |
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| Smile On | balance and go straight ahead to new neighbor |
| Snake in the Garden | balance |
balance |
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| Snapping the wood variation | balance |
| Snapping the wood variation | balance |
| Soul Mate | balance wave of 4 |
| Spider Jive | neighbors balance by the left |
| Spin Break | balance wave |
balance wave ⁋ |
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| Splashing IN The Waves | same roles balance long wave in center ladles |
same roles balance long wave , gentlespoons back out ladles come in |
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| Spoot the Dog | neighbors balance |
balance left and right |
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| Starburst | neighbors balance by right hands |
| Stars Over Bethlehem (PA) | balance and ladles move forward to new wave on right diagonal pick... |
| Stars in the Wildfire | balance short waves |
| Steal A Kiss | balance wave |
| Stephanie's "Keller" Swing | neighbors balance |
| Stepping On The Stars | balance the star and gentlespoons pull-by left too face partner (... |
| Steppy Downs Road | partners balance |
| Strike up the Band | balance wave and move straight to new wave |
balance wave |
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| Summer Sunshine | balance the wave |
balance the wave |
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| Summer of '84 | balance the wave |
balance the wave |
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| Susie's Send-Off | balance the wave |
| Sweet Honey | neighbors balance and Star Thru ( inside hands Mans right ladies... |
| Sweet Pepper Bush | balance wave of four |
| Sweet Vicki | balance |
| Take a Dance (adaptation) | partners balance |
| Tears Of Joy | balance Wave gentlespoons move straight while ladles cross left to... |
balance Wave |
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| Tetrahymena Twirl | balance the star |
| Thanks, Charlie | balance right and left |
| The Amazing Sarah Wilcox | neighbors balance |
next neighbors balance |
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| The Baby Yoda | partners balance |
next neighbors balance |
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| The Balter Dance | neighbors balance across and pull by across using right hands |
partners balance towards each other and away |
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| The Big Bicep | balance forward & back; step forward ⁋ |
| The Black Lake Inlet of Dr. Joe Rush | balance the wave fwd & back |
balance the wave fwd & back/right |
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| The Farmer's Bride | balance the wave |
| The Odyssey Shuffle | neighbors balance by the right hand |
| The Queen Bee | balance the wave - right then left |
| The Queen Bee variation | balance the wave - right then left |
| The Queen Bee variation | balance the wave - right then left |
| The Salty Swirl | partners balance (1s only) |
| The Sun Never Sets on Puget Sound (Except When It Does, Sometimes) | balance short waves forward/back, pass through ⁋ |
| The Tosa Slide | neighbors balance right |
| The Tosa Slide variation | neighbors balance right |
| The Tropical Gentleman | partners balance by the right hand |
| The Weekend Warrior | balance short waves forward/back |
| Three Thirty-Three | neighbors balance by the right hand |
| Thundering Lagoons | partners balance right hands along |
| Together Again | partners balance Dancers must turn enough to face their partners in... |
| Togetherness | balance |
| Totally Improper | partners balance left hands |
| Toulouse- Lautrec | balance long wave and slide nose to nose with partner shifting... |
| Tranquility | balance |
| Two Left Hands | balance wave 0f 4 and move straight ahead new ladles will meet in... |
| Two Waves, Five Balances on the Head of a Pin | partners balance left, then right |
neighbors balance right, then left |
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| Wave Goodbye to Winter | balance ⁋ |
| Wave Goodbye to Winter Rollaway variation | ____ balance ⁋ |
| Waves Tossed in Dublin Bay | partners balance keep promenade hands and balance here with the... |
| Waves and Shadows | balance wave |
| Wedding Rings | neighbors balance and star through to face in |
| What That Goes Together Well | partners balance and twirl to swap inside hands |
neighbors balance across set inside hands and twirl to swap |
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| Where is Tim's Cup? | partners balance |
| Whimsical | balance wave |
| Wilderness Road | partners balance towards and away from each other |
| Wings Of A Dove | balance and move forward to new wave of 4 |
balance new wave of 4 |
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| Y 2k | balance Wave |
| You Can Get To Good Friday From Here | balance the wave fwd & back |
| You Can't Get There From Here | balance the wave |
balance |
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balance the wave |
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| You Can't Get There From Here | balance the wave |
balance the wave |
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balance the wave |
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| ¡Que Linda! | balance the wave left and right |
balance the ring |