user: Elisabeth Monica
by: Lisa Greenleaf
introduces moves: swing, long lines, allemande, circle, balance the ring, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & 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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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through to new neighbors ⁋
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Bradley Smith Notes: Originally, the last figure of this dance was a neighbor do-si-do 1 1/2, but I usually swap it for the ring balance and pass through to make the progression as simple as possible for inexperienced dancers.
by: Tom Hinds
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall
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
by: Becky Hill
introduces moves: chain, star, do si do
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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| B2 | 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: hey, right left through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center +
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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Bob Isaacs notes: One of Gene Hubert’s best, which is really saying something. As good a full hey dance as any ever written.
+partners right, ladles left, neighbor right, gentlespoons left
by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | neighbors box the gnat
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| 4 | gentlespoons pull by left
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| 8 | partners swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B1 | 4 | partners box the gnat
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| 4 | ladles pull by left
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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: Yoyo Zhou
introduces moves: promenade
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 6 | neighbors promenade with a wide loop left to face shadow
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| 2 | neighbors promenade along the set on the right
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - gentlespoons ricochet
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet ⁋
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Composed March 18, 2013
Choreographer's notes:
The title refers to a physics joke about combining theory and practice, and it alludes to the broken heys in this dance.
Teaching notes:
* In the promenade across in A2, end facing the couple that was on the left.
* In the long lines in B2, be sure to face those neighbors you just swung. The hey is with them, but the new neighbors are on the right diagonal.
* Out of each ricochet hey, everyone is looking for someone outside the foursome they were doing the hey with.
by: Bradley Smith
introduces moves: custom, petronella
formation: four face four
| A1 | 8 | lines of four forward and back
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| 8 | opposites do si do once
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| A2 | 0 | Ends balance and swing to change places while centers...
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella, centers note partners and then...
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through to partners
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| 8 | partners swing and face shadows in Contra lines
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - with shadows ⁋
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| 8 | partners swing and face next neighbors
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by: Bob Isaacs and Chris Weiler
formation: Becket
demonstrate an arm raise that avoids whacks
| A1 | 8 | left diagonal ladles chain
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| A2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through past shadow ⁋
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| 8 | partners allemande right 1½ until gentlespoons face in
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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Chris notes: Written June 17th, 2007. At a fundraising dance for the Concord Scout House, Bob offered as a silent auction item to write a dance for the winning bidder. I won the item and suggested that we write a dance together. After a productive session where we wrote many dances from the two fragments I brought to the table, the end result was "Give the Scout a Hand" and "On the Rebound".
This cool part of this dance is when the ladles are backing up from the ricochet, the neighbor gentlespoon can put his hand on her left shoulder and "catch" her into the swing. The ladle must raise her left arm to put it over gentlespoon's shoulder without giving him a whack across the face. I've found demonstrating this with a group of experienced dancers helps quite a bit.
by: Don Flaherty
introduces moves: gyre, balance, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles gyre 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | partners balance
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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