user: Adam Carlson
by: Mike Richardson
introduces moves: swing, circle, do si do, box the gnat, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | neighbors do si do 1½ look for new neighbors
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| B2 | 8 | next neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | star right 4 places look for new new neighbors ⁋
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Double progression
by: Ted Sannella
introduces moves: long lines, custom, turn alone, allemande
formation: improper
Tunes: upbeat reels with short phrases (8 beat repeat) to help dancers remember the long lines.
| A1 | 8 | next neighbors swing
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| A2 | 8 | whole set circle left
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| 8 | whole set circle right
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| B1 | 6 | star left 3 places with original hands four
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| 2 | gentlespoons turn alone back
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing with original neighbor ⁋
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by: Adam Carlson
introduces moves: balance, pull by dancers, hey, pass by, right left through
formation: improper
Triple progression
| A1 | 4 | neighbors balance
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| 2 | neighbors pull by right #1 ⁋
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| 2 | neighbors pull by left #2 ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½ with #3
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| A2 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B1 | 2 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
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| 14 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 4 | ladles allemande right ½
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| 4 | neighbors allemande left ¾ to new neighbors ⁋
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A dancer wore a pedometer to our dance one night, and at the end of the evening, we calculated that the entire crowd had jointly danced about 500 miles. That was the inspiration for this dance.
by: Lindsey Dono
introduces moves: box circulate, chain
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | star right 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| A2 | 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| B1 | 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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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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by: Adam Carlson
introduces moves: balance the ring, custom
formation: Becket
If there's no one to do the diagonal right and left through with, don't move, wait on the side for the ladles allemande. There will be people to dance with in 8 beats. If you're out at the bottom wait on the side with your partner and come in on the diagonal right and left through.
Like many double progression dances, this is better with an odd number of people in the set, as you have almost no interaction with every other couple.
| A1 | 8 | left diagonal right left through
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | Leapfrog - Gentlespoons don't move - roll your partner from across to your side
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | Leapfrog - Ladles don't move - roll your partner from side to across the set
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| B2 | 4 | balance the ring - gentlespoons bring your partner home to your side
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| 12 | partners swing
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Leapfrog - Like petronella but you take turns with your partner and move two places, leapfrogging each other around the square. Each time through, one person is the anchor, they stay still and don't move. They roll their partner diagonally around the petronella square from their left hand to their right.
Gentlespoons, you're the anchor. You stand still and don't move. Your partner is across the set from you in your left hand. You want them next to you on your right. Draw them towards you, roll them to your right hand and send them to where your neighbor is now.
Balance the ring
Ladles, now you're the anchor. Don't move! Your partner is next to you in your left hand. You want them across the set from you. Draw them towards you then roll them to your right hand and send them across the set.
Balance the ring
Gentlespoons, bring your partner home for a swing. End looking on the left diagonal.
I wrote this dance during the drive from Seattle to La Grande, OR, where I was calling a dance weekend. Thanks to Kathy Anderson and Charles Krausche for helping me hone the dance. They originally suggested the name "Bumpercars" for the signature move, but I later changed it to Leapfrog which is more descriptive.
The dance is named in the tradition of "Trip to X" dances. It's a mash-up of "voyage à La Grande" ("trip to La Grande") and "le grand voyage" ("the great trip").