user: Nicholas Rockstroh
I need to stop calling this tbh.
waltz
by: Larry Jennings
introduces moves: swing, circle, promenade, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B2 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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| 8 | star left 4 places to next neighbors
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One of the great glossary dances. Simple figures and gentle timing, but not so comprehensive that it leaves you with no options to make the second dance feel distinctive. Definitely a favorite of mine.
by: Dugan Murphy
introduces moves: form a long wave, allemande, right left through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| 8 | ladles dance out while gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| A2 | 6 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing ⁋
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by: Larry Jennings
introduces moves: hey, meltdown swing, give & take
formation: sawtooth cw
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| A2 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| B2 | 4 | gentlespoons give & take partners ⁋
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| 12 | partners swing and face next neighbors
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While this was originally written as a sawtooth dance and I've listed it here as such, it might be better to teach this as a clockwise becket dance with a slide left at the beginning as dancers have become better at moving back to the posts for the partner swing after the give and take.
I need to stop calling this tbh.
introduces moves: long lines, roll away, petronella, down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | ladles roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | partners swing, end in a line of four facing down
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| B1 | 8 | down the hall and turn alone
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | neighbors swing and take hands with next neighbors in long lines ⁋
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Written at 3 AM at Summer CDH 2019. Sometimes the sequences just come to me, and when they do it can feel like remembering something I've never done. Named after a song from Celldweller's album Wish Upon a Blackstar.
by: Bradley Smith
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & 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 | star left 4 places ⁋
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waltz
by: Will Mentor
introduces moves: see saw, zig zag
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | circle right 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors see saw once
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles give & take partners
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 10 | circle left 5 places zoomily
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| 6 | zig left zag right ⁋
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Transcribed from memory, please test before calling for dancers.
introduces moves: star promenade, butterfly whirl
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | partners promenade and loop to next neighbors ⁋
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½ and scoop up neighbors
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| A2 | 4 | star promenade right ½
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| 4 | butterfly whirl
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| 8 | gentlespoons chain
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella left
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| 8 | balance & petronella left
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing ⁋
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by: Russell Owen
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | star left 3 places 7/8 around til
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| B1 | 16 | gentlespoons start a right diagonal full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande right ¾ To meet partner, ladles walk to meet
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| 8 | partners swing
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When waiting out, gentlespoons be in front of your partner prepared to come in on right diagonal hey.