user: Nedra McNeil
Around the World
Harder Better Faster Stronger
Shut Up and Dance With Me
Lay Me Down Avicii
Always Want U (mashup)
Levitating
Talk Talk
Superstition
Don't Stop ('til you get enough)
tiesto mashup
by: Chestnut
Around the World
introduces moves: long lines, swing, promenade
formation: Circle Mixer
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back Ladles only
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| 8 | long lines forward & back Gentlespoons only, turn over left shoulder & go to new partner ⁋
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 16 | partners promenade along the set on the right
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by: Chestnut
Harder Better Faster Stronger
introduces moves: do si do, allemande, see saw, custom
formation: circle mixer
Music: 32-bar marches
Concentric circles, gentlespoons in inside circle facing partners in outer circle.
| A1 | 8 | partners do si do once
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| 8 | prev neighbors allemande left once (left diagonal)
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| A2 | 8 | partners see saw once
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| 8 | next neighbors allemande left once (right diagonal) ⁋
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| B1 | 0 | staying with the person you just turned,
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| 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 16 | partners promenade around the circle
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aka Lancashire Reel original at https://barndances.org.uk/detail.php?Title=Cincinnati_Reel
by: Lisa Greenleaf
Shut Up and Dance With Me
introduces moves: circle, balance the ring, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & 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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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through to new neighbors ⁋
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Bradley Smith Notes: Originally, the last figure of this dance was a neighbor do-si-do 1 1/2, but I usually swap it for the ring balance and pass through to make the progression as simple as possible for inexperienced dancers.
by: Robert Cromartie
Lay Me Down Avicii
introduces moves: star
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | star left - wrist grip - 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | star right - wrist grip - 4 places ⁋
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Author's Notes:
The transition from left hand star to allemande left is especially nice if a New England style (hand on wrist) star is used. This is the only dance I can think of for which I specifically request that type of star in those parts of the country where the default is hands-across.
Unfortunately, the origin of the name is lost in the mists of time. All I can say is that "Al" is not Al Olson, although had I known who he is when I wrote this, it might have been. Composed sometime around 1989.
This dance is from William Watson's mirror of American Country Dances On Line
All rights reserved by the author; used by permission.
Added to database 9/14/1997; last revised 3/5/1999; edited by Russell Owen
by: David Kaynor
Always Want U (mashup)
introduces moves: chain
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: Dean Snipes
Levitating
introduces moves: petronella, slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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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 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 14 | partners balance & swing
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| 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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Julian Bee notes that swapping the promenade for a R+L Thru is Linda Leslie's "Old Time Elixir #2", written in 1998. It's unclear when Dean wrote TTT, so both deserve a cross-reference. https://contradb.com/dances/474
Talk Talk
Superstition
introduces moves: right left through
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: James Hutson
Don't Stop ('til you get enough)
introduces moves: Rory O'More, pull by dancers, form long waves
formation: improper
Starts in long waves, gentlespoons face out
| A1 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | ladles pull by right across
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| 4 | neighbors allemande left ¾ ⁋
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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tiesto mashup
by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: roll away, form an ocean wave
formation: Becket
| A1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay
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| 8 | circle right 3 places - hands free zombie walk ⁋
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places - hands free zombie walk
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| 0 | form an ocean wave - gentlespoons by right hands and partners by left hands ¹
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More right - ladles travel two places to neighbor gentlespoon's side
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors long swing or meltdown
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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