user: Moose Flores
introduces moves: pull by dancers, box the gnat, swing, circle, long lines, do si do
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | 1st neighbors balance & pull by right
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| 4 | 2nd neighbors pull by left
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| 8 | 3rd neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| A2 | 4 | 3rd neighbors pull by right
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| 4 | 2nd neighbors pull by left
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| 8 | 1st neighbors 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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| 8 | ladles do si do 1½ ⁋
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by: Moose Flores, Devin J. Pohly
introduces moves: star, custom, chain, square through
formation: improper
Designate 1's and 2's
Colonnade is a new sequence. It takes 16 beats and ends with everyone where they began, like a Hey. Have 2's also practice the colonnade during the walkthrough.
| A1 | 8 | star right 3 places
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| 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| A2 | 16 | Colonnade - "1's Arch, Ladles trade: Colonnade!" +
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left ⁋
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Coauthored with Devin J. Pohly during IndepenDance 2019 at the Waldorf school.
+ Colonnade: ones (join right hands to) make an arch and hold that arch for the entire figure. Ladles trade by right shoulders with ladle two going under the arch. Gentlespoons trade by right shoulders with gentlespoon two going under the arch. [stop here for 1/2 colonnade] Ladles trade by right, gentlespoons trade by right. Each trade has 4 beats of music, so there's no need to rush.
by: Erik Weberg
introduces moves: gyre, mad robin, poussette, hey, pass by
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors gyre once
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| 8 | mad robin, ladles in front
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| A2 | 8 | half poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then left
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| 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B1 | 2 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
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| 14 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places to next neighbor ⁋
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This is one of the most flowing dances I’ve written (2007…?) and dancers have expressed appreciation for the connectedness and satisfying feel. After the half pousette with partner, the ladles should let go and take a step back and to the left in order to leave room in the middle for the gentlespoons to begin the hey. The timing of this dance has been described as “squishy”, which is ok. Encourage dancers to stretch out the Mad Robin, the Pousette and the Hey and use all the music provided.
*I’ve recently been teaching this dance the way I initially intended it; with the fifth change of the hey and then the swing in the B1 part of the dance. I’ve found that as I get better at teaching it, it has become easier to convince dancers to suspend their hurry in getting to the next figure during the A parts. As dancers relax into the flow they seem to enjoy it more, and saving that last crossing by the gentlespoons until the B1 seems to enhance the joy.
Ryan Smith notes in a facebook thread: One of my favorite dances of all time is Joyride. It starts with a face-to-face, transitions into a mad robin, then to a half pousette, then to a hey (or at least 7/8ths of one) and then into a swing. Then the ladles chain across and you star to the next neighbor. With the right hall and the right partner, you can lock eyes halfway through A1 and not look away until the end of B1. Because the vast majority of the moves are not moves where you are connected to the other dancers physically, it requires extra effort for the caller. Because the first move needs to take up 8 counts of music, but that most dancers will try to do it in 6 means that there's some more extra work for the caller.
Original at http://www.erikweberg.com/joyride/
by: Rick Mohr
introduces moves: form a long wave, Rory O'More, balance, petronella, allemande, custom, meltdown swing
formation: Becket
Form full hands fours to avoid end effects.
| A1 | 8 | ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| 4 | ladles Rory O'More right and one quarter more to form a diamond +
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| 4 | balance the diamond
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| A2 | 4 | petronella gentlespoons turn one quarter more to form
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| 0 | gentlespoons form a long wave in the center
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| 8 | balance & gentlespoons Rory O'More right and a quarter more to form a diamond ++
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| 4 | balance the diamond
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| B1 | 4 | gentlespoons allemande left ¾
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| 12 | Three quarters hey, neighbors passing right
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| B2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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/+ Form a diamond, not with partner; ladles in center and gentlespoons at the sides)
/++ Form a diamond, with partner; gentlespoons in center and ladles at the sides)
B1: gentlespoons allemande left 3/4 (4)
3/4 Hey (neighbors pass right shoulders to start) (12)
Rick Mohr notes: Micah Smukler invented the cool "waves to diamonds" sequence for his dance Goody Two Shoes; I hope this somewhat simpler dance gives it wider circulation. With a couple relaxed walkthroughs most dancers get it well.