user: Moose Flores
Thumbs up, ready to go. Mind how to teach promenade around the oval.
Thumbs up, ready to go.
Ready to go. For long wavy lines, tell dancers "Left hand to your neighbor/partner"
Possible. More care for teaching Colonnade (foot paths first, then add arch. Give 2's a chance to arch, too)
Very tight for Up/Down chain, so add another line? Very compartmentalized. Possibly good for early/newish dancers. Can be tight to get full circles, but the swing catch everyone up.
Swap out the Revolving door & try again. Flutterby? Give & take? CL 3/4?
Thumbs up, ready to go. Mind how to teach promenade around the oval.
by: Moose Flores
Thumbs up, ready to go.
introduces moves: meltdown swing, hey, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| A2 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet second time
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| B1 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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Variation on The Nice Combination
https://contradb.com/dances/467
Ready to go. For long wavy lines, tell dancers "Left hand to your neighbor/partner"
introduces moves: form a long wave, form long waves, balance, allemande, swing, right left through, long lines
formation: Becket
double progression.
In A1, A2, after the center wave balance, same dancers dance forward to the sides, "Left to your neighber/partner" and balance. The overall effect is 2 box circulates, punctuated by balances.
| A1 | 8 | ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| 4 | form long waves - gentlespoons face in, ladles face out
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| 4 | balance
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| 4 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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| 4 | balance
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| B1 | 8 | shadows allemande right once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | right diagonal right left through ⁋
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| 8 | long lines forward & back, noting your new neighbors
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by: Moose Flores
Possible. More care for teaching Colonnade (foot paths first, then add arch. Give 2's a chance to arch, too)
introduces moves: pull by dancers, box circulate, custom
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 2 | gentlespoons pull by left
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| 6 | neighbors allemande right ¾ & form long wavy lines (neighbor by right, gentlespoons facing in)
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| A2 | 4 | balance the wave, forward & back
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| 4 | box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop left ⁋
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B1 | 16 | left colonnade - "ones arch, colonnade!" +
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Very tight for Up/Down chain, so add another line? Very compartmentalized. Possibly good for early/newish dancers. Can be tight to get full circles, but the swing catch everyone up.
by: Moose Flores
Swap out the Revolving door & try again. Flutterby? Give & take? CL 3/4?
introduces moves: revolving door, square through, circle, petronella
formation: four face four
Most of the dance is with your neighbors, except the half hey figure, which is with your traveling buddies ("shadows" in B1).
| A1 | 8 | revolving door - ladles take right hands and drop off partners on other side
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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 | square through two - neighbors balance & pull by right, then partners pull by left
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| 8 | shadows start a half hey - lefts on ends, rights in center, pass your partner, and join hands with your neighbors
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| B2 | 8 | circle right 3 places
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| 8 | balance & petronella, face new neighbors ⁋
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As in Dutch Crossing, end the half hey right after passing by your partner. For the circle, gentlespoons are already moving in that direction, so they get to lead the circle to the /right/.