user: Allison Jonjak
box circulate
by: Dale Wilson
introduces moves: star, custom, hey, meltdown swing, right left through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | star left - hands across - 4 places
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| 8 | gentlespoons drop hands; make turn to right MEANWHILE ladles continue star til you get to your partner
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| A2 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B1 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through courtesy turn 3/4 til ladles join right hands to begin star
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| 8 | star left - hands across - 3 places to next neighbor ⁋
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Teaching B2: "Continue the courtesy turn til ladles can take right hands in the center to start a right-hands-across star. Gentlespoons, join the star right BEHIND your partner."
Calling B2: "Ladles first star"
Last B2: right left through; swing your partner
by: Bob Isaacs, Robert Cromartie, Isaac Banner
introduces moves: allemande, swing, revolving door, long lines
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: Isaac Banner
box circulate
introduces moves: pull by dancers, box circulate, mad robin
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | ladles pull by right
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| 6 | neighbors allemande left ¾ ⁋
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| A2 | 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet
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| 8 | partners swing
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Written for the marriage of Margaret and Aaron.
by: Michael Fuerst
introduces moves: custom
formation: Improper
| A1 | 8 | Neighbors balance and box the gnat, end with ladles facing out, gentlespoons facing in, release joined hands
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| 8 | 1/2 hey starting with gentlespoons passing left shoulders, ladles looping over their right shoulder, finishing across set in long wavy lines, neighbors right hands joined, gentlespoons facing in, ladles facing out
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| A2 | 8 | balance right and left, slide/spin by current neighbor to new neighbor ⁋
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| 8 | New neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | balance the circle, slide/spin right one place
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | Balance the circle, slide/spin right one place, face neighbor
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by: Sue Rosen
introduces moves: promenade, chain, circle, roll away, cross trails
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 8 | ladles allemande right once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 4 | cross trails - partners across the set right shoulders, neighbors along the set left shoulders ⁋
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Variation of https://contradb.com/dances/39 eliminates do-si-do for use outdoors
With neighbor along the set roll away with half sashay (ladles rolling from left to right)
by: Bill Olson
introduces moves: box the gnat, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | star right - wrist grip - 4 places +
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through to new neighbors ⁋
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Variation of https://contradb.com/dances/542 eliminates do-si-do for use outdoors
/+ star back where you came from
Collected from Liz Burkhart at MMiSL 2018.