user: Allison Jonjak
by: Sue Rosen
introduces moves: allemande, swing, promenade, chain, circle, roll away, cross trails
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 8 | ladles allemande right once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 4 | cross trails - partners across the set right shoulders, neighbors along the set left shoulders ⁋
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Variation of https://contradb.com/dances/39 eliminates do-si-do for use outdoors
With neighbor along the set roll away with half sashay (ladles rolling from left to right)
by: Chestnut
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, contra corners
formation: proper
| A1 | 8 | ones down the outsides and turn alone
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| 8 | ones up the outsides
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| A2 | 8 | ones down the center and turn alone
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| 8 | ones up the center, cast around same-role neighbor ⁋
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| B1 | 16 | ones contra corners
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Danner Claflin notes: Chorus jig is still an amazing dance. Being an 'inactive' is the best. Here's the calls for the inactives:
A1: Swing Partner, separate
A2: Allemande person behind you (in another set), come back and cast off actives
B1: Contra corners: Left to your first corner, right to the person behind you, left to your second corner, end facing person behind you
B2: Balance and swing person in other set.
by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing end facing down the hall
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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 | 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 ⁋
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by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers, do si do, right left through
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | neighbors box the gnat
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| 4 | gentlespoons pull by left
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| 8 | partners swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B1 | 4 | partners box the gnat
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| 4 | ladles pull by left
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Tanya Rotenberg
introduces moves: hey
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: Bob Green
introduces moves: gate
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | circle right 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | star left - hands across - 4 places
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| 8 | star right - hands across - 4 places
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| B1 | 4 | ones down the center and turn alone
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| 4 | ones up the center
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| 8 | twos gate ones to face into the set
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| B2 | 16 | ones long swing in the middle, end facing down ⁋
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A variation on the traditional Jefferson And Liberty. Coreographer's notes here: http://www.childgrove.org/index.php/about-dances/dance-writers/bob-green-dances
by: Chestnut
formation: improper
to the tune Speed the Plough
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 6 | ones down the center with hands crossed, turn in toward each other
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| 6 | ones up the center
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| 4 | ones down the outsides cast to twos' place ⁋
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| B2 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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| 8 | right left through
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Notes:
The standard English version is in the Community Dance Manual. There is no indication of where this "Amercian Version" came from. The first half is completely different from the American version described in "Cracking Chestnuts". There is another completely different Scottish dance to the same tune. All the other versions are danced to the tune "Speed the Plough". http://www.contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/EFDS4105-SpeedthePlough.html
by: Chestnut
introduces moves: long lines, pass through, turn alone, custom
formation: improper or proper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | pass through across the set
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| 4 | turn alone
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | pass through across the set
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| 4 | turn alone
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| B1 | 8 | partners do si do once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 16 | top couple sashay to bottom of set - others move up ⁋
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If you finish dancing before the music is done, let each couple in turn just sashay down until the music is ready to end.