user: Nicholas Rockstroh
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introduces moves: long lines, swing, right left through, allemande
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.
by: David Kaynor
introduces moves: circle, do si do, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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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 to new neighbors ⁋
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by: Mike Richardson
introduces moves: hey, pass by
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | star right - hands across - 4 places
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| 8 | ladles chain after gentlespoons drop
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| A2 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B1 | 4 | ladles pass by right shoulders
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| 12 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | star right - hands across - 4 places then slide left ⁋
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by: Callie Allison, Chet Gray, Nedra McNeil, Bob Crawford, Elisabeth Monica, Susan Pope, John Baker
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by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: pull by dancers
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors 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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| 6 | neighbors allemande right once
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| 2 | neighbors pull by right to next neighbors ⁋
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To change from a Becket dance to Reel Easy in a medley, change Reel Easy's first figure to circle left 3/4. From a counter-clockwise Becket dance, change it to
menallemande left 1+1/2.The second half of B2 can be danced as neighbors allemande right 1+1/4, walk straight forward to (A1) do-si-do the next. But I think it is more fun to allemande right 1, lean back a bit, and pull by.
by: Sherry Nevins & Isaac Banner
introduces moves: form a long wave, down the hall, up the hall, balance the ring, give & take
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| 8 | gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| 8 | partners 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 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | ladles give & take neighbors
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| 8 | neighbors swing ⁋
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Based on Trip to Pe Ell by Don Lenneartson
by: Gene Hubert
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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