user: Nicholas Rockstroh
by: Tony Parkes
introduces moves: long lines, swing, allemande, circle, star, promenade, chain
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B2 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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Bob Isaacs notes: Tony Parkes of Massachusetts has long been one of America’s best callers of contras and squares, and this glossary dance is a fine way to start an evening.
by: Dean Snipes
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing, end in a line of four facing down
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| A2 | 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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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | circle right 4 places and turn alone to face new neighbors ⁋
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introduces moves: petronella, balance, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1¾
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: slide along set, right left through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 0 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through (or promenade)
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| 8 | ladles chain to partner
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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A variation of the dance Old Time Elixir by Mike Boerschig. The same dance was also written by Dean Snipes, and is called "Tica Tica Timing".
introduces moves: do si do, roll away, gyre, balance the ring
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | ladles roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| B1 | 8 | partners gyre once meltdown to
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| 8 | partners swing -end in ring of 4
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella spin right one place
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through ⁋
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Notes: Written to medley with Steve Zakon-Anderson and Louis Cromartie’s dance Salmonella Evening. Preserves the progression from that dance while doing some different stuff beforehand. Perfectly enjoyable on its own, but the name only makes sense in the context of the medley. Inspired by a conversation I had with Josiah Roberts.
introduces moves: revolving door, California twirl
formation: indecent
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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| A2 | 8 | revolving door - gentlespoons take left hands and drop off partners on other side
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| 8 | neighbors swing, end in a line of four facing down
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| B1 | 8 | down the hall, invert the line with the right side couplet forming the arch
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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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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Written at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. I think it's fair to say that turned out worse than I thought it would. The dance was written to maximize interactions between dancers in the hands four. The title is obviously a reference to Stanley Kubrick's film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
by: Tony Parkes
introduces moves: hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B2 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends ⁋
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by: Erik Hoffman
introduces moves: square through
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B2 | 8 | square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left
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| 8 | square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left ⁋
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by: Jim Hemphill
introduces moves: custom, form an ocean wave, Rory O'More
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons right arm turn 1½ times
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| 8 | partners swing
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| A2 | 8 | pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, partners by right on the sides
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| 4 | Rory O'More right
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| 4 | balance right and left
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| B1 | 4 | gentlespoons Rory O'More right
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left ⁋
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formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | partners swing
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | neighbors 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 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 6 | circle right 3 places briskly
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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swing out of pertronella virtually eliminates the petronella 'claps'
by: Dean Snipes
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing, end in a line of four facing down
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| A2 | 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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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | circle right 4 places and turn alone to face new neighbors ⁋
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