user: Dan Kappus
circle mixer
no walk-through or quick
by: Orace Johnson
introduces moves: slide along set, circle, do si do, swing
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Bob Isaacs notes: Hailing from Urbana, IL, Orace Johnson was a pillar of the Midwest contra community until his passing in 1991 while contra dancing. This simple dance is as pure as it gets. It also inspired one of the best contra books, Midwest Folklore, a collection of the best dances from the Midwest’s best choreographers.
introduces moves: long lines, right left through, allemande
formation: improper
Note the hand in which the next neighbor's hand will be held in the long lines
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing and take hands with next neighbors in long lines ⁋
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I was taking a course on gender and sexuality at the time I wrote this. The title is a double pun; "Contra is essential" is one meaning, "against cultural/biological essentialism" is another.
circle mixer
by: Don Flaherty
introduces moves: petronella, balance the ring, gyre, balance, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles gyre 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | partners balance
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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by: Bill Olson
formation: Becket
Nice to start with a couple out at the top because the progression is in A2
Last time thru likewise should start with a couple out at top
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places to wavy line across, L in cntr
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| 4 | balance wave
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| 4 | move forward to new wavy line (progression) ⁋
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| A2 | 8 | balance the wave
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing (start again with same neighbors)
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by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: promenade, chain
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella and turn to face the next ⁋
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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"The motion in B1 does seem magical – while the ladles Petronella over and back across the set, the gentlespoons do consecutive Petronellas along the side, in effect progressing behind his partner’s back."
- Rich Goss
by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: box the gnat, star, custom, meltdown swing, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | neighbors balance by right hands
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| 4 | neighbors box the gnat
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| 8 | star right - hands across - 4 places
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| A2 | 0 | gentlespoons turn out over left shoulder WHILE
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| 8 | ladles chain to their partner
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B1 | 2 | ladles turn out over right shoulder
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| 14 | partners meltdown swing
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once ⁋
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http://www.dance.ravitz.us/#sb:
A nice ladles' choice variation for B1 is ladles turn in and partners
gypsyleft / partners turn alone clockwise and swing.
by: Tony Parkes
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | down the hall and turn alone
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| 8 | up the hall and end facing neighbor
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| B1 | 8 | neighbors gyre once
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| 8 | neighbors swing, end facing across the set
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ones swing, end facing down ⁋
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by: Dugan Murphy
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through to an ocean wave
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| 4 | balance right and then left
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| 2 | neighbors allemande right ½
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| 2 | gentlespoons allemande left ½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: star promenade, butterfly whirl
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½, keeping hands, pick up partner
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| 4 | star promenade left ½
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| 4 | butterfly whirl to face in
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| B1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Cary Ravitz notes: This dance is an easier version of Through the Looking Glass, or you
might see it as Amy Kahn's Sweet Music with a different progression,
or Steve Zakon-Anderson's Twirling at the Alter with the progression
moved from the hey to the circle, or David Zinkin's Becky's Becket
with a different A2.
by: Becky Hill
no walk-through or quick
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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| B2 | 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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