user: Moose Flores
by: Chestnut
introduces moves: circle, star, down the hall, up the hall, arch & dive
formation: proper
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | circle right 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | star right 4 places
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B1 | 8 | ones down the outsides and turn alone
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| 8 | ones up the outsides and end in long lines, ones in the center, facing down the hall
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| B2 | 4 | down the hall
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| 4 | ones arch twos dive ⁋
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| 8 | up the hall 2x2 with the twos leading, then ones turn around to face the next
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G Campbell Kaynor notes: For a simple proper dance I do one called Jefferson and Liberty to the tune of the same name (Thos Jefferson's campaign song, a.k.a the Gobby O, an American Irish Jig)
It doesn't matter if people get on the wrong side of the set so I often start the night with this if there are lots of newcomers
by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: swing, long lines, allemande, chain, stand still
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 6 | circle right 4 places
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| 2 | stand still let go hands and turn ⁋
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by: Jane Ewing
introduces moves: mad robin
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | mad robin, ladles in front
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| 8 | circle left 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B2 | 8 | star left 4 places
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| 8 | mad robin, ladles in front ⁋
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Note that the mad robin in B2 is with old neighbors, then the next mad robin in A1 is with new neighbors. Over the two mad robins, everyone's individual footpaths will describe a figure 8.
Found elsewhere:
http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/486-sharon-of-the-green-contra
(different B1) http://squash.1gainesville.com/contradance.dances-composers.html#n
by: Martha Wild
B2) *N CA twirl
introduces moves: gyre, meltdown swing, pass through, California twirl, figure 8
formation: proper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ____ gyre 1¼ for all four +
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| A2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 2 | pass through across the set
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| 4 | partners California twirl
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| 10 | ones half figure 8 above ⁋
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Martha Wild notes: I was concerned that it would seem like too much clockwise motion, but people did not find that an issue, perhaps because the second half has little.