IsaacB.Olympia.Countercurrent.01.14.23

user: Isaac Banner

Harmony Supper Line

by: Jim Saxe

introduces moves: allemande, chain, swing, circle, long lines, star

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande left 1½
8
ladles chain
A2 6
ladles allemande right once
10
partners swing
B1 6
circle left 3 places
10
neighbors swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
star right 4 places ⁋

Ham Wiggle Makes Me Giggle

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: right left through, hey, pass through, do si do

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
right left through
8
circle left 3 places
B1 8
ladles start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
8
partners swing
B2 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through
8
next neighbors do si do once ⁋

Once More With Feeling

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: balance, box the gnat, petronella

formation: improper

A1 4
neighbors balance right hand
4
neighbors box the gnat
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella and turn to face new neighbors

The Wise People of Chicago

by: Bradley Smith

introduces moves: meltdown swing, 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
A2 16
neighbors meltdown swing
B1 4
long lines forward
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay on the way back (roll right to left)
8
mad robin, gentlespoons in front (CCW around current neighbors, facing partners)
B2 0
turn alone to face Next neighbors
6
circle left 3 places
10
partners swing

Written for the Wise family.

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by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: pull by dancers

formation: Becket

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
left diagonal ladles chain
A2 8
ladles chain to -1st shadows
8
star left 4 places
B1 6
partners balance & pull by right
2
1st shadows pull by left
8
2nd shadows right hand balance & box the gnat
B2 2
2nd shadows pull by right
2
1st shadows pull by right
12
partners swing

This dance has three shadows, one behind your partner (in the chain) and two beyond your partner (in the right + left grand). Rather than try to identify them all before walking the dance, make a point of calling them out the first time they're encountered in the walkthrough.

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Still More O'Moore

by: Jim Kitch

Victoria guest calls

introduces moves: Rory O'More

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
next neighbors swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners allemande right 1½ to long waves
B1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
B2 16
partners balance & swing

The Law Firm of Rob and Sue

by: Seth Tepfer and Rod Craighurst

introduces moves: slide along set, pass by, balance the ring

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors meltdown swing
A2 2
slide left along set
6
star right 3 places with 1st 1st shadows
6
1st shadows allemande right once
2
partners pass by left shoulders along
B1 6
2nd shadows allemande left once
10
partners swing
B2 8
balance & petronella
4
balance the ring
4
pass through ⁋

Analemma

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: revolving door, allemande orbit

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
revolving door - ladles take right hands and drop off partners on other side
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
8
gentlespoons chain
B1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
ladles allemande left once around while the gentlespoons orbit clockwise ½ around
B2 16
partners meltdown swing

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