user: Isaac Banner
Something simple, crowd dependent
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Something simple, crowd dependent
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: Rory O'More, swing, allemande, chain, hey
formation: improper
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 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends into long waves, right hand to new neighbors
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by: Yoyo Zhou
introduces moves: circle, balance the ring, California twirl, do si do, square through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | square through two - neighbors balance & pull by right, then partners pull by left
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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a request was made on the Contra Callers facebook group for any easy dances with balances halfway through both A1 and A2. Yoyo wrote this and commented it on the Facebook thread on October 23, 2019.
by: Bradley Smith
introduces moves: meltdown swing, long lines, roll away, mad robin, turn alone
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet second time to neighbors
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| B1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay on the way back (roll right to left)
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front (CCW around current neighbors, facing partners)
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| B2 | 0 | turn alone to face Next neighbors ⁋
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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Written for the Wise family.
by: Bill Olson
introduces moves: box the gnat, star, right left through, promenade, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | star right - wrist grip - 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles do si do 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, custom
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
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| 8 | Do the hotpoint special progression, ladles in front ⁋
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| B1 | 8 | pass through to an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by left in the center, partners by right on the sides
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| 2 | pass through
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| 6 | shadows allemande left once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Inspired by "Hotpoint Special" by Joseph Pimentel
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: pull by dancers, custom
formation: four face four
Identify neighbors 1-3 to start
| A1 | 6 | 1st neighbors balance & pull by right ⁋
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| 2 | 2nd neighbors pull by left ⁋
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| 8 | 3rd neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat right hands
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| A2 | 8 | star right 4 places with partners
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B1 | 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | right and left grand - partners pull by right to start, 4 changes of hands
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: slice, give & take, zig zag, poussette
formation: Becket
| A1 | 4 | slice left ⁋
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| 4 | ladles take neighbors
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors promenade and hook left one couple to face shadows
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| 8 | right left through
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| B1 | 8 | circle right 3 places
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| 8 | zig right zag left
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| B2 | 6 | half poussette - gentlespoons pull neighbors back then left
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| 8 | partners swing
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Give & take straight across first time through
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, petronella
formation: improper
Dancers face down the hall in lines of 4, 1s splitting the 2s
| A1 | 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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| A2 | 4 | pass through across the set
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet to partners
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through, 2s shooting the 1s down the center ⁋
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