user: Nicholas Rockstroh
Mostly worked, maybe second dance a bit early
BREAK
Lost many skilled dancers after break, some struggles
Subbed in for easier final dance
by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: do si do, swing, long lines, allemande, circle, pull by dancers
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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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 | circle left 3 places
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| 6 | neighbors allemande right once
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| 2 | neighbors pull by right to next neighbors ⁋
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https://www.dance.ravitz.us/#re :
To change from a Becket dance to Reel Easy in a medley, change Reel Easy's first figure to circle left 3/4. From a counter-clockwise Becket dance, change it to
menallemande left 1+1/2.The second half of B2 can be danced as neighbors allemande right 1+1/4, walk straight forward to (A1) do-si-do the next. But I think it is more fun to allemande right 1, lean back a bit, and pull by.
by: Bob Isaacs, Robert Cromartie, Isaac Banner
Mostly worked, maybe second dance a bit early
introduces moves: star, revolving door
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | star right 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | revolving door - ladles take right hands and drop off partners on other side
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: slide along set, right left through, chain, petronella
formation: Becket
| A1 | 0 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through (or promenade)
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| 8 | ladles chain to partner
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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A variation of the dance Old Time Elixir by Mike Boerschig. The same dance was also written by Dean Snipes, and is called "Tica Tica Timing".
by: Sarah Kaiser
introduces moves: mad robin
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | mad robin, ladles in front
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| 8 | ladles chain and take hands with next neighbors in long lines ⁋
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by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, hey
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do 1¼ to
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| A2 | 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands and walk forward to ⁋
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| 12 | next neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½ to face partner
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| 8 | partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Couples wait out improper to come in for neighbor swing after wave balance.
BREAK
introduces moves: roll away, pass through, California twirl, down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 4 | pass through across the set
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| 4 | neighbors California twirl
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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.
by: Rick Mohr
Lost many skilled dancers after break, some struggles
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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| 4 | star left 2 places - gentlespoons drop out
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| 4 | ladles allemande left ¾
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| B1 | 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by right hands and neighbors by left hands
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| 4 | neighbors allemande right ½ and a little bit more
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| 4 | form a right diagonal ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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| 4 | gentlespoons allemande left ¾
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| B2 | 4 | form a left diagonal ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by right hands and partners by left hands catch left hands with partners to form left diagonal wavy line
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| 12 | partners swing
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from: http://rickmohr.net/contra/dances.asp#DrBluhmsDelight
video available at: Lisa Greenleaf & Didgeridoo at Fiddling Frog 2010, Pasadena
Rick Mohr notes: Diagonal action makes this dance fun and different while staying accessible.
The neighbors allemande right in B1 is slightly more than half way round — gentlespoons go just past the opposite gentlespoon to join left hands with the next gentlespoons, forming a wave on the right diagonal. Then left allemande 3/4 easily forms the left diagonal wave with partners for the balance in B2. Of course the gentlespoons would never forget to complete the balance by looking left at each other before diving into the partner swing ... but it couldn't hurt to remind them!
Usually after the swing in B2 dancers are almost across from their new neighbors and don't need to shift left very far to start the circle left in A1.
For my buddy Carey Bluhm of Keene NH, who delights in playing fiddle tunes.
by: Gene Hubert
Subbed in for easier final dance
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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