user: Nicholas Rockstroh
introduces moves: swing, circle, pass through, do si do, promenade
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through
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| 6 | shadows do si do once
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 6 | circle right 3 places
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| 2 | pass through to next neighbors
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A small variation on Another Nice Combination that replaces the chain to star transition at the end with a promenade to circle and pass through.
by: Tony Parkes
introduces moves: long lines, box the gnat, swat the flea, see saw
formation: circle mixer
right hand balance to box the gnat, left hand balance to swat the flea
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| A2 | 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B1 | 8 | partners left hand balance & swat the flea
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| 8 | partners see saw 1½ ⁋
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| B2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing, this is your new partner
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by: Jim Hemphill
introduces moves: allemande, meltdown swing, right left through, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: slide along set, chain, hey
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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introduces moves: roll away, petronella, down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | ladles roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | partners swing, end in a line of four facing down
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| B1 | 8 | down the hall and turn alone
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | neighbors swing and take hands with next neighbors in long lines ⁋
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Written at 3 AM at Summer CDH 2019. Sometimes the sequences just come to me, and when they do it can feel like remembering something I've never done. Named after a song from Celldweller's album Wish Upon a Blackstar.
BREAK
formation: improper
Note the hand in which the next neighbor's hand will be held in the long lines
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing and take hands with next neighbors in long lines ⁋
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I was taking a course on gender and sexuality at the time I wrote this. The title is a double pun; "Contra is essential" is one meaning, "against cultural/biological essentialism" is another.
by: Ron Buchanan
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, pull by dancers
formation: Improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
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| 2 | neighbors allemande right ½
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| 2 | gentlespoons pull by left
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| 4 | partners allemande right ¾ and look for shadows
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| B1 | 6 | shadows allemande left once
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, partners by right on the sides
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| 2 | partners allemande right ½
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| 2 | gentlespoons pull by left
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| 4 | neighbors allemande right ¾ and look for next neighbors
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by: Dean Snipes
introduces moves: custom
formation: Becket cw
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 0 | MEANWHILE gentlespoons orbit CCW ½ around the set
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| 8 | partners allemande left 1½
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande right 1½
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| 0 | MEANWHILE ladles orbit CCW ½ around the set
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| 8 | partners swing
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