user: Nicholas Rockstroh
introduces moves: custom, hey, swing, long lines, do si do
formation: One Couple
| A1 | 16 | sashay down and back
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| A2 | 16 | partners start a full hey - lefts on ends, rights in center
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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A hey in a Zoom Contra usually takes the form of passing one shoulder with your partner and looping over your other shoulder to face back in. Perform twice for the full hey.
introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers, custom, petronella, down the hall, up the hall
formation: One Couple
| A1 | 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 2 | partners pull by right
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| 6 | loop left to reorient as if at the top and bottom of a diamond
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | down the hall and turn as a couple
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| 4 | up the hall
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| 4 | push off from each other and loop back into place
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Inspired by Fiddleheads
introduces moves: circle, pass through, allemande, see saw, meltdown swing, poussette
formation: One Couple
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through
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| 8 | 1st shadows do si do once
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| A2 | 8 | partners allemande right 1½
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| 8 | 2nd shadows see saw once
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| B1 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B2 | 16 | full poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then left
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introduces moves: Rory O'More, mad robin
formation: One Couple
| A1 | 8 | partners do si do once as a couple
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| 8 | partners allemande right 1¼
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| A2 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | partners allemande left 1¼
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| B1 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| 8 | mad robin, ones in front
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| B2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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The Mad Ladle is similar to the diagonal Mad Ladle in Cary's Ravitz's dance "Cross Ladle" minus a second couple. You walk the same path of a Mad Ladle as if you and your partner are on the diagonal which goes through the middle to start with, but instead of having your eyes straight ahead (since there's no one there) you keep your eyes on your partner.
introduces moves: balance the ring, roll away, figure 8, contra corners
formation: improper
Identify ones and twos
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella turn
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| 8 | balance & petronella turn
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay
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| 8 | ones half figure 8 above
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| B1 | 16 | ones contra corners
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| B2 | 16 | ones balance & swing ⁋
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Alternate between ones and twos active. A revised version of the central idea in my dance Ticket to Nashville which removes the disconnected bits.
introduces moves: California twirl, zig zag
formation: Becket cw
Shadow 1 is next to you, shadow 2 is past shadow 1
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl and face next neighbors ⁋
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| 8 | circle right 3 places with next neighbors
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| B1 | 8 | neighbors zig right zag left zig right around two couples to 2nd shadow
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| 6 | 2nd shadows allemande left once
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| 2 | 1st shadows pull by right
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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For those unfamiliar, the California twirl here is a Nevada twirl, which is a California twirl with the opposite hands. The end effects here are doubly screwy. If you're out after the partner swing, the ladles need to go on the left and the gentlespoons on the right. If you're out after the Nevada twirl, you have to immediately switch again to have the ladles on the right and the gentlespoons on the left. Named after The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim and a line in Miracle of Sound’s “Sovngarde Song” based on the game.