user: Nedra McNeil
Waltz -- Break
no walkthrough
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by: Chris Page
introduces moves: long lines, allemande, swing, promenade
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B2 | 16 | neighbors long swing
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by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, circle, pass by, do si do, give & take
formation: Becket
| A1 | 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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| A2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | neighbors pass by right shoulders ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 4 | gentlespoons give & take partners
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| 12 | partners swing
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by: Lynn Ackerson
introduces moves: custom, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: four face four
Have dancers note their "trail buddies" and who their corners are. The two dancers in the middle of the line of 4 are corners and the dancers at the ends have their corners in front of them.
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | middle 4 star right 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | partners allemande left 1½
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| 8 | other 4 star right 4 places
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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In this case there are 8 places in the circle, so going 4 places is equivalent to half way.
by: Grant Yost
introduces moves: balance, box the gnat, chain, hey, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | neighbors balance by the right hand
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| 4 | neighbors box the gnat
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B2 | 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: right left through
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 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles chain ⁋
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Author's Notes:
This dance started out as a variation of Jubilation by Gene Hubert in which the partner allemande is replaced by a swing and the gentlespoons start the hey. This gives the same swing / 1/2 hey / swing sequence as in Diagonal Discovery, also by Gene Hubert. The dance is further modified by replacing the gentlespoons allemande left 1+1/2 and long lines with circle left 3/4 and right and left through, which moves the middle of the dance to the opposite side of the set.
Waltz -- Break
by: Callie Allison, Chet Gray, Nedra McNeil, Bob Crawford, Elisabeth Monica, Susan Pope, John Baker
introduces moves: petronella, turn alone
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | circle right 4 places
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| B2 | 0 | turn alone to face next neighbors
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| 4 | circle left 2 places
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| 12 | neighbors swing ⁋
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The progression happens between B1 and B2. This dance was created at the Louisville Caller's meeting on 3-1-2020. We played around with different starting points. Beginning the dance with the circle left also feels really nice.
by: Lindsey Dono, Julian Blechner, Yoyo Zhou
introduces moves: mad robin, poussette, meltdown swing
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | mad robin, ladles in front and left around neighbors, CCW
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| B1 | 8 | half poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then left around *next neighbors* ⁋
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front and right around neighbors, CW
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| B2 | 2 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
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| 14 | partners meltdown swing
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formation: improper
Note the hand in which the next neighbor's hand will be held in the long lines
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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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 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing and take hands with next neighbors in long lines ⁋
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I was taking a course on gender and sexuality at the time I wrote this. The title is a double pun; "Contra is essential" is one meaning, "against cultural/biological essentialism" is another.
introduces moves: pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through
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| 6 | shadows do si do once
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 6 | circle right 3 places
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| 2 | pass through to next neighbors
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A small variation on Another Nice Combination that replaces the chain to star transition at the end with a promenade to circle and pass through.
by: Gene Hubert
no walkthrough
introduces moves: slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 6 | 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 | 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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