Gyre

Usage

jargon

related figures: facing star
formal parameters: who, shoulder, circling, beats

examples

Dance	Figure
Heartthrob ( for Donna & Chris)	neighbors gyre 1½ ( gypsy)
40 Mohr Years	ladles gyre once in the center
A Pirate’s Life for Me	neighbors gyre 1¼ to next neighbors ⁋
A.O.'s No-No	next neighbors gyre left shoulders once and return to original...
Accretion Reel	partners gyre once [3] [4]
All Hands On Deck (inverted)	neighbors gyre left shoulders once ⁋
All You Can Eat	next neighbors gyre once
All You Can Eat	neighbors gyre left shoulders once ⁋
Angel's Flight	neighbors gyre 1½
Angel's Flight	next neighbors gyre left shoulders once
Another Flirty Attempt	neighbors gyre once
Around the Sound	neighbors gyre ½
Around the Sound	partners gyre ½
At Long Last Swing	partners gyre 1¼
At Long Last Swing	shadows gyre left shoulders once
Bailey's Dream	gentlespoons gyre left shoulders 1½
Bailey's Dream variation	gentlespoons gyre left shoulders 1½
Bee Buzz	ladles gyre 1½ while men cross clockwise to meet partner on the...
Bicoastal Contra	ladles gyre once
Birminghams	neighbors gyre left shoulders once
Blue River	next neighbors gyre left shoulders once
Blue River	prev neighbors gyre left shoulders once
Buffet Contra	ladles gyre once gentlespoons go straight across set to neighbor
Canterbury	partners gyre once
Cape Fear Contra	neighbors gyre once
Cast Iron Courtney	ladles gyre 1½
Chickadee	gentlespoons gyre ½
Chris' Poetic Orangutan	gentlespoons gyre left shoulders once
Chris's Poetic Orangutan	gentlespoons gyre left shoulders once
Counter Flow	neighbors gyre left shoulders once
Counter Flow (re-timed)	neighbors gyre left shoulders once
Cretaceous Companions	next neighbors gyre left shoulders once
Dead Cat Bounce	ladles gyre 1½ ⁋
Dead Cat Bounce variation	ladles gyre 1½ ⁋
Diana's Delight	ladles gyre left shoulders 1½
Dipping Dots	partners gyre once
Dipping Dots alternate B1	gentlespoons gyre 1½
Distracted at the Dub	gentlespoons gyre left shoulders 1½
Dolphiniums & Daisies	partners gyre once
Double Joy	neighbors gyre once
E.J.M.J.F. in Cincinnati	neighbors gyre ½ and step along set to a new neighbor ⁋
Every Second Counts	shadows gyre left shoulders once
Fairport Harbor Hey B2	next neighbors gyre once
Fairport Harbor pass through B2	next neighbors gyre once
Fat Bear's Reel	partners gyre 1½
Feet in Flight (KW var)	ladles gyre once
	gentlespoons gyre ½ (hole in the wall cross)
	ladles gyre ½ (hole in the wall cross)
First of May	partners gyre once
Flaherty Will Get You Everywhere	partners gyre once
Flapjack Express	neighbors gyre once to next neighbors ⁋
Flicker Of Fun	ladles gyre 1½
Flirtation Reel	neighbors gyre once
Flirtation Reel (alternating)	neighbors gyre once
Flirtation Reel (alternating)	neighbors gyre once
Flow and Glide	prev neighbors gyre left shoulders once back to original neighbors
Flying Flamingos	neighbors gyre once
Folklife Flash	next neighbors gyre 1½ ⁋
Frannie's Fabulous Folklife	gentlespoons gyre once in the center
Full Moon	partners gyre once
Gateway to Julian #1	ladles gyre left shoulders 1½
Give Me A Moment	gentlespoons gyre 1½
Give Me A Moment	ladles gyre left shoulders 1½
Going Our Opposite Waves	partners gyre once
Goodnight Kiss (alt)	neighbors gyre 1½ Mirror gyre
Halloween's Twisted Heart	neighbors gyre once
Heart of Joy	neighbors gyre ½
Heart of Joy	partners gyre ½
Heartbeat Contra	ladles gyre 1½
Help Wanted	ladles gyre once
Hey Gordons 0.1	ones gyre left shoulders once
Highway Hypnosis	next neighbors gyre left shoulders once
Hosts of Ghosts	shadows gyre once
Hosts of Ghosts	2nd shadows gyre once
Howl at the Moon	ladles gyre 1½
I Wish They All Could be California Twirls	ladles gyre once
Infinity Continued	partners gyre once
Jabberwocky	3rd neighbors gyre left shoulders once
Jabberwocky	neighbors gyre left shoulders once
Jaded	partners gyre left shoulders once
Joseph	partners gyre once end gypsy so gentlespoons are facing in ladles ...
Joyride	neighbors gyre once
Kirsty	4th neighbors gyre once
Kirsty	neighbors gyre left shoulders once
Kowalski's Back Room II	partners gyre ½
Lads of Ohio	neighbors gyre ½ ⁋
Laura's 3/4 Century	partners gyre once
Leave Them Hanging	neighbors gyre once
Leave Them Hanging	partners gyre once
Liam Left Me for London	ladles gyre once and walk on to next neighbors ⁋
Linda's Surprise (for Linda Leslie)	ladles gyre 1¼
Linda's Surprise (for Linda Leslie)	gentlespoons gyre left shoulders once, face partner
Living in Zen	partners gyre 1½
Lunt Birthday Waltz	neighbors gyre ½ to trade places right-2-3-4-5-6
	gentlespoons gyre left shoulders ½ to face your partner...
	partners gyre once and end in waltz position
Macadamia Nut	partners gyre once
Mad About You	partners gyre once
Meander	partners gyre once
Melted Butter	ladles gyre 1½; gentlespoons orbit CCW
Melted Butter	neighbors gyre left shoulders once
Mevagissey Car Park	neighbors gyre once
	neighbors gyre once
	next neighbors gyre once
	next neighbors gyre once
Mutual Enjoyment	partners gyre once around (gypsy) into partner eye's
Natural Fllow	ladles gyre 1½ in center and go to partner
New Dance Dance Friends	ladles gyre once (New) while gentlespoons cross set clockwise
New Dance Dance Muse	ladles gyre once (Gypsy once around)
New Dance Gem	ladles gyre 1½ gypsy
New Dance Ice cream La Mode	partners gyre once walk around partner staring into partners eyes...
New Dance Locking Hearts	partners gyre once looking into partners eyes , both genders put...
New Dance Swing in' Tern	ladles gyre once in center while gentlespoons cross to partner cw
New Dance Just pass thru	neighbors gyre once neighbors can use there join right hands to...
New Dance Reunited	ladles gyre once in center Gentlespoons cross cw left to partner
New Dance Don's Reel	ladles gyre once gypsy and come back to partner
New Dance Oozing Fun	ladles gyre once in center while move counter clock wise to meet...
Night dancer	neighbors gyre once into a ring
Oh Hi, Turtle!	neighbors gyre ¾
One Good Tern Deserves Another Tern	partners gyre once Look into partners eyes
Passing Through	neighbors gyre once
Passing Through	partners gyre once
Pat" s Pick	twos gyre 1½ gaze into partners eyes
Penicillin	partners gyre once meltdown to
Pensacola Rollaway	3rd neighbors gyre once
Pigeon on the Jetway	partners gyre 1½
Pivot the Line	twos gyre once
Pixie Star	ladles gyre ¾ gentlespoons enter in front of partner
Pixie Star	gentlespoons gyre ¾ back to home side ⁋
Poetry in Motion	next neighbors gyre left shoulders once
Porpoiseful Play	ones gyre 1½ shifting down between twos; face gentlespoon two
Presto Petronella	partners gyre 1½
Red & Green Chilly	next neighbors gyre left shoulders once
Red & Green Chilly	prev neighbors gyre left shoulders once
Reflection	ladles gyre once (ladles gypsy once around gentlespoons go straight...
Request and Receive A	gentlespoons gyre left shoulders 1½ ⁋
Request and Receive B	gentlespoons gyre left shoulders 1½ ⁋
Rosin the Beau	partners gyre once to face new neighbors and form circle
Safe and Sound	neighbors gyre ½
Safe and Sound	partners gyre ½
Scooter	ladles gyre once
Sea View	partners gyre once
Seaworld	twos gyre ½ and face first ladle, second gentlespoon in the lead
Seaworld (alternating version)	twos gyre ½ and face first ladle, second gentlespoon in the lead
Seaworld (alternating version)	ones gyre ½ and face second ladle, first gentlespoon in the lead
Shift Happens	partners gyre once
Shift Happens	partners gyre once
Single File Mixer	partners gyre once
Sleeping With The Hounds	partners gyre once
Splitting Hairs	partners gyre once (Ladles turn over right shoulder)
Springtime in Philly	gentlespoons gyre once
Star Step	ladles gyre ½
Stars in Our Eyes	ladles gyre once
Stephanie's "Keller" Swing	ladles gyre 1½
Sugarbritches 2.0	ladles gyre 1½
Summer in Summerland	partners gyre left shoulders ¼
Susan's Slide	partners gyre once
Taнцуем We Are Dancing	neighbors gyre once
The Diagonal Dilemma	ones gyre 1½ - end facing down with the first ladle on the LEFT ⁋
The Erik Effect	partners gyre once
The Fabulous Couple	next neighbors gyre once (new neighbor may be a bit to the left)
The Hey Vexation 0.1	partners gyre once, then face neighbors across
The Hole in the Wall Gang	partners gyre ½ to trade ("Hole-in-the-Wall")
The Joy of Six	neighbors gyre once
The Joy of Six	neighbors gyre once
The Menagerie	partners gyre once
The Morning Commute (var)	neighbors gyre once
The Nameless Crosstrek	partners gyre once
The Pizza Democracy	ladles gyre left shoulders 1½
The Pizza Democracy variation	ladles gyre left shoulders 1½
The S & S Connection	ladles gyre once
The Traffic on Chestnut is Terrible	neighbors gyre left shoulders 1½
The Tropical Gentleman	gentlespoons gyre ¾
The Tropical Gentleman	ladles gyre left shoulders ¾
The Turning Point	ladles gyre ½ to trade places
The Turning Point	gentlespoons gyre ½ to trade places
Thundering Lagoons	ladles gyre left shoulders once
Tilt-A-Whirl	____ gyre 1¼ for all four +
To Live Is To Dance (improper version)	partners gyre once
Too Hot to Trot var.	ladles gyre once in the center
Triassic Poetry	next neighbors gyre left shoulders once
Trip to Falmouth	ladles gyre 1½
Waves Tossed in Dublin Bay	partners gyre 1¼ [once around is until the ladle face out and...
Waxmyrtle	neighbors gyre once
Winter in Summerland	neighbors gyre ½
Winter is Coming	ladles gyre once
With Thanks to the Gene	ladles gyre once
Wizard's Walk Ted Steele A2	neighbors gyre 1½
Zest	neighbors gyre once
Zoom Contra #5	partners gyre left shoulders once

Usage

jargon

examples

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