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.
introduces moves: slide along set, circle, swing, promenade, do si do
formation: Becket
A2) Promenade goes around the oval, turn as a couple. Then promenade to return to where you started, but do not turn.
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing, end facing CCW (gentlespoon's left shoulder toward the center)
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors promenade along the set on the right, turn as a couple
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| 8 | neighbors promenade along the set on the left, returning to your partner, do not turn
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| B1 | 8 | partners do si do ¾, as couples
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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A2) while promenading, hand holds are not so important.
B1) The "as couples 3/4 do si do" begins by sliding back to back with the other couple, and ends face to face with your partner.
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, 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)
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, 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/.