user: Nicholas Rockstroh
by: Andrea Nettleton
introduces moves: allemande, swing, long lines, petronella, slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½ to trade places
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 14 | partners balance & swing
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| 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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by: Tanya Rotenberg
introduces moves: chain, hey, circle
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B1 | 16 | partners long swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½ ⁋
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Written in 1985 for the 20th anniversary of her parents' wedding, these being their wedding flowers.
by: Susan Kevra
introduces moves: do si do, form an ocean wave, promenade, custom
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once to
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| A2 | 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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| 4 | ladles allemande left once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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| 4 | gentlespoons allemande right ¾ to a fleeting long line ⁋
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| 4 | gentlespoons allemande left ½ immediately with the next
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| B2 | 0 | meanwhile ladles slide left to meet partner for a
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| 16 | partners balance & swing
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Susan notes "at the end, wait out on side in Becket formation, so the gentlespoons can join in on the "zig-zag chain"* in B1. Next round of the dance starts with the couple containing the gents from the allemande Left.
*a la Mary Cay's Reel by David Kaynor
by: Cis Hinkle
introduces moves: roll away, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors
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| 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | ladles roll away neighbors
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| B1 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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The dual long lines with a roll away sets up a nice transition into the ladles allemande.
introduces moves: pass through, Rory O'More
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors allemande right 1½ to long waves, ladles facing out
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| A2 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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by: Carol Ormand
introduces moves: gate, down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back ⁋
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| 8 | twos gate ones to face down the set
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| A2 | 8 | down the hall and turn alone
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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JoLaine Jones Pokorney notes that this is a good dance for enabling dancers of limited mobility to keep up. Here are some more: http://jolainejonespokorney.blogspot.com/2018/03/if-you-stumble-make-it-part-of-dance.html?m=1
by: Rhiannon Giddens
introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 2 | neighbors pull by right to prev neighbors
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| 6 | prev neighbors allemande left once - return to current neighbors
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places - reach right hand to next neighbors ⁋
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introduces moves: mad robin
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| A2 | 8 | star right - hands across - 4 places
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing ⁋
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Very clockwise, keep in mind if intending to call with other dizzying dances.
by: Andrea Nettleton and Jeffrey Spero
introduces moves: right left through, balance the ring
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends to new neighbors, take hands in a ring ⁋
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay across the set
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| B2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 12 | partners swing
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