user: Moose Flores
by: Tom Hinds
introduces moves: long lines, allemande, swing, down the hall, up the hall, circle
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back ⁋
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | down the hall and turn as a couple
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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Bradley Smith Notes: The first time through the dance, the ladles allemande Left in A1 is with the couple that you start the dance with. Every time after that, the ladles have to look to the right to find the next ladle to allemande. It's a very simple progression that just requires reminding the ladles to look for the next ladle in line after the forward and back
introduces moves: hey
formation: improper
Ones step between twos to form short lines facing down
| A1 | 8 | down the hall and turn alone
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| 8 | up the hall, ones back to back in the center, face neighbors
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors start a full hey - lefts on ends, rights in center
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| B1 | 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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| 8 | twos swing
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| B2 | 8 | neighbors swing
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| 8 | ones swing ⁋
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Rick Mohr notes: the sequence of swings can be a thrill, especially if dancers end each of them with their back to the person they're going to swing next and then continue momentum to whirl 180° to the right and immediately into the next swing. (The gentlespoon in particular need extra encouragement to turn right out of each swing.)
Here's how I do that part of the walk-through: 2's—finish your swing facing each other in the center, with your back to your neighbor. 1's be ready to catch them! 2's whirl right, right into a swing with your neighbor. End that swing facing your neighbor, with the 1's back-to-back in the center. 1's—whirl right, right into a swing with your partner.
The neighbor swing in B2 ends in the middle of the phrase, something I usually avoid because dancers are so used to swinging until the end of the phrase. But this dance has always worked well, maybe because the series of short swings is a clear focus.
Thanks to co-author Bob Isaacs for greatly improving the sequence of surrounding figures for the string of swings.
Original at http://rickmohr.net/Contra/DancesBest.asp#StringOfSwings
by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: allemande orbit, form an ocean wave, custom, star
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once around while the ladles orbit clockwise ½ around
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| A2 | 0 | form an ocean wave - gentlespoons by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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| 8 | balance the wave & "Spank the Alligator" + ⁋
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| 8 | star right - hands across - 4 places - gentlespoons drop out, ladles pull by to start ...
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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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For the Gator in Humbolt Park, Chance the Snapper
+ Spank the Alligator (from B2 of Joseph Pimentel's Hotpoint Special) All take a small step forward & face right. Partners walk single file, turning right to go up/down the set to new neighbors across.
2024-03-25 Updated (removed the rollaway).