user: Nicholas Rockstroh
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No walkthrough
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by: James Hutson
introduces moves: swing, chain, do si do, long lines, circle, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 8 | ladles do si do 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through to next neighbors ⁋
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introduces moves: hey, allemande, slice
formation: Progressed Improper
Start from improper, swap places with neighbors and retake same hands four with ones below and twos above
| A1 | 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| 8 | ladles do si do once
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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| 8 | ladles chain
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As a mathematician by trade, I've dealt with differential equations a few times. Lisa Greenleaf calls progressed improper dances "indifferent," and the name wrote itself. Can also be called as a Becket CW dance by starting in the B2, but that sacrifices the pun in the title.
by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: roll away, butterfly whirl
formation: Becket
| A1 | 4 | long lines forward ⁋
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay
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| 8 | circle right 3 places
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| A2 | 16 | next neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 3 | gentlespoons allemande left ½ while ladles face counter-clockwise
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| 5 | butterfly whirl partner 1½ †
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| 3 | ladles allemande right ½ while gentlespoons face clockwise
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| 5 | butterfly whirl neigbhor 1½ ‡
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| B2 | 4 | gentlespoons allemande left ½
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| 12 | partners swing
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† counter-clockwise, ladles forward, gentlespoons backward
‡ clockwise, gentlespoons forward, ladles backward
by: Janet Shepherd
introduces moves: give & take, petronella, turn alone
formation: improper
ID gentlespoons' original side
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | circle left 4 places
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| A2 | 4 | ladles roll away partners with a half sashay
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| 4 | ladles take partners
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| 8 | partners swing - on the gentlespoons' original side
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| 0 | turn alone to face next neighbors ⁋
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by: Lindsey Dono
introduces moves: mad robin, slide along set
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | 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 | 6 | mad robin, ladles in front (ccw)
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| 8 | circle right 4 places
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| 2 | slide right along set ⁋
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| B2 | 6 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| 10 | partners swing
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Inspired by a Facebook discussion of the question: “can dancers intuitively slide to the right along the set?” Called at several house parties and Faultline Frolic.
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by: Linda Leslie
No walkthrough
introduces moves: right left through
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
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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.
by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: California twirl, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 4 | circle left 2 places
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| 2 | slide left along set with your neighbor to face a new couple
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | neighbors California twirl to face your partner
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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from "Dizzy Dances, vol. II"
by: Cary Ravitz
No walkthrough
introduces moves: star promenade
formation: Becket
| 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 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½, keeping hands, pick up partner
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| 4 | star promenade left ½
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| 4 | butterfly whirl to face in
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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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Cary Ravitz notes: This dance is an easier version of Through the Looking Glass, or you
might see it as Amy Kahn's Sweet Music with a different progression,
or Steve Zakon-Anderson's Twirling at the Alter with the progression
moved from the hey to the circle, or David Zinkin's Becky's Becket
with a different A2.