user: Chet Gray
Cutaway & Ladies Trade (square), Rip & Snort (break)
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by: Julian Blechner
introduces moves: custom, turn alone, allemande, do si do, swing, promenade
formation: circle mixer
| A1 | 8 | ladles to the center and back
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| 2 | gentlespoons to the center
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| 4 | gentlespoons turn alone
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| 2 | gentlespoons go back
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| A2 | 8 | partners allemande left 1½ (gentlespoons progress CCW, ladles progress CW) ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once (now your partner)
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 16 | partners promenade along the set on the right
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by: Erik Hoffman
introduces moves: chain, right left through, long lines
formation: improper
Identify ones and twos
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain (to partner)
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| 8 | ladles chain (to neighbor)
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| B1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | right left through OR partners promenade across
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ones swing (ones face down, twos face up) ⁋
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by: Greg Frock
introduces moves: mad robin, pass by, circle, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| B1 | 4 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
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| 12 | partners swing
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| B2 | 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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Dancers will try to rush the mad robin to include the gentlespoons cross in A2. Remind them there is plenty of time to complete the figure. Written for Robin Wilson in 2011
by: Grant Goodyear
introduces moves: petronella
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | left diagonal ladles chain
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain across the set
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| 8 | right left through, end in a ring
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing ⁋
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Written for Sarah Robertson (now Goodyear) after she agreed to marry me!
Partners are in different sets during the Petronella twirls, so dancers should twirl either not quite once or once and a half for the second twirl to find their partners.
During the long lines in A1 dancers should make sure that they are facing a new couple. Alternatively, a reasonable variation is to replace the long lines with a circle to the left with new neighbors.
by: Lynn Ackerson
introduces moves: star, custom, meltdown swing
formation: Becket
Note future neighbors on left diagonal
| A1 | 8 | partners promenade in courtesy turn position - loop wide left ⁋
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| 8 | star left - hands across - 3 places
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| A2 | 0 | gentlespoons turn out over right shoulder on home side
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| 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 4 | ladles allemande right once returning to partner
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| 4 | partners courtesy turn to face across (hold courtesy turn position)
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Written for the band "The Figments" made up of Anna Patton, Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, and Owen Morrison
by: Tony Parkes
introduces moves: square through
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain, end facing partner across, give right hand to partner
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| B2 | 16 | square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left, then repeat ⁋
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Cutaway & Ladies Trade (square), Rip & Snort (break)
by: Becky Hill
introduces moves: balance, custom
formation: improper
Gentlespoons ID home side
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do 1¼ to a wave of 4
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| 4 | balance right and left
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| 4 | neighbors allemande right once
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| A2 | 6 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | star right - hands across - 4 places, until gentlespoons are on their home side
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| B2 | 0 | gentlespoons drop out at home
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| 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Nils Fredland
introduces moves: hey, pass through
formation: improper
Begins hands-4 in a ring.
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once and form a ring
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Variation by Nils.
by: Becky Hill
introduces moves: custom, roll away, box the gnat
formation: four face four
| A1 | 4 | lines of four forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay (roll right to left) on the way back
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once (facing neighbor)
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| A2 | 0 | INSIDE FOURSOME:
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| 0 | square through four - neighbors balance & pull by right, then shadows pull by left, then repeat to face partner
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| 0 | WHILE OUTSIDE TWOSOMES:
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| 16 | neighbors balance & swing end facing partner
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| B1 | 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | grand right and left 1/2 to meet partner on opposite side
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing ⁋
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by: Bradley Smith
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: Rick Mohr
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, form long waves
formation: improper
| A1 | 6 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| 10 | neighbors 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 allemande right 1½ - don't let go
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| B2 | 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by right hands and neighbors by left hands
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| 4 | neighbors allemande left ¾ to long wavy lines
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out ⁋
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| 4 | balance
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| 4 | next neighbors allemande right ¾
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by: Ron Buchanan
introduces moves: custom
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 4 | pass through to an ocean wave - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
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| 4 | balance right & left
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| 0 | "swing through":
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| 2 | neighbors allemande right ½
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| 2 | gentlespoons allemande left ½
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| 4 | partners allemande right ¾
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| B1 | 8 | shadows allemande left once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 4 | pass through to an ocean wave - ladles by left in the center, partners by right on the sides
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| 4 | balance right & left
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| 0 | "swing through":
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| 2 | partners allemande right ½
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| 2 | gentlespoons allemande left ½
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| 4 | neighbors allemande right ¾ ⁋
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by: Myra Hirschberg
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 8 | star left - hands across - 4 places, then ladles drop out
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| B1 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing ⁋
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Note: Dancers should be warned to end the neighbor swing in good time for the neighbor allemande.
Written for the wedding of our friends Eric and Heather.
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