user: Koren A Wake
easy, fairly smooth, solidly phrased
lots of balances, high energy
driving forward
chunky A balances, smooth & moving B
play something hot!
waltz & break
A1 LLFB; B1 needs a solid balance to anchor it. Ideally, start a smidge slow and then speed up once the dancers get the A2 solid
ultra smooth and flowy
Rocket City Romp planned; cut out for time
Balances everywhere! And it WORKED!
no walk through sub for time
by: Cary Ravitz
easy, fairly smooth, solidly phrased
introduces moves: swing, circle, star, allemande, right left through, chain
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | star left - hands across - 4 places and ladles let go
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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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| 8 | ladles chain and look for next neighbors ⁋
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by: Claire Takemori
lots of balances, high energy
introduces moves: balance, petronella, balance the ring, give & take, pass through
formation: improper
Short wave, Neighbor by RH, Ladles by LH in middle
| A1 | 4 | balance wave
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 12 | ladles give & take partners, Swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places, reform short wave
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| 4 | balance wave ⁋
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| 4 | pass through,walk forward to new wave
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Spin off of Spring Break, Tom Lehman, for a super easy, hi-energy dance.
by: Bradley Smith
driving forward
introduces moves: hey
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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by: Cary Ravitz
chunky A balances, smooth & moving B
introduces moves: form a long wave, custom, facing star, do si do
formation: Improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| 8 | gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave (there are interlinked wavy lines)
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| B1 | 0 | gentlespoons drop left hands, ladles drop right hands, to form
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| 8 | facing star counter-clockwise 3 places with ladles putting their right hands in and backing up
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through up and down ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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original at http://www.dance.ravitz.us/#ww2
5-1999
by: Cary Ravitz
play something hot!
introduces moves: long lines, roll away, allemande orbit
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande right 1½
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | circle left 3 places and pass through up and down to a new couple
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| B2 | 8 | ladles allemande left once around while the gentlespoons orbit clockwise ½ around
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| 8 | partners swing
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waltz & break
by: Nils Fredland
A1 LLFB; B1 needs a solid balance to anchor it. Ideally, start a smidge slow and then speed up once the dancers get the A2 solid
introduces moves: form long waves, Rory O'More
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | neighbors swing (new neighbor)
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| A2 | 2 | ladles allemande right ½
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| 6 | partners allemande left ¾
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| 8 | shadows allemande right 1½ - hold on
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| B1 | 0 | form long waves - gentlespoons face in, ladles face out, shadows right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More right past shadows
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing (same neighbor) ⁋
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Written in 2008, after calling the “Dance Awakening” weekend in Harbin Hot Springs, CA.
by: Jim Hemphill
ultra smooth and flowy
introduces moves: mad robin, gyre
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | mad robin, ladles in front clockwise
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - gentlespoons ricochet
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| A2 | 8 | partners gyre once
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| 8 | partners 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 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | mad robin, ladles in front counterclockwise ⁋
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BEFORE CALLING test mad robin direction. In A1, clockwise; in B2, counterclockwise
Rocket City Romp planned; cut out for time
by: Koren Wake
Balances everywhere! And it WORKED!
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, box circulate
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 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 the wave
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| 4 | partners allemande right ¾
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| A2 | 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing (on home side)
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| B2 | 4 | circle left 2 places
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay across the set
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners on the side of the set - no half sashay! and face new neighbors ⁋
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Inspired by Du Quoin Races by Orace Johnson.
B2 progression/teaching point: After balancing the ring, imagine long lines, and imagine the rollaway occurring in long lines, with the gentlespoons not moving. In order to progress the partnership along the side of the set, the gentlespoons need to NOT move left - instruct them to take a small step back/out of the set to make space, and then shift just a smidge further to the right to join the ring with new neighbors. Keep the roll aways tight (arms springy!) to avoid collisions.
B1 partner swing may be a balance and swing or right gyre and swing, depending on the music and the dancers' energy for that many balances in a row.
by: Yoyo Zhou
no walk through sub for time
introduces moves: slice, down the hall, up the hall
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 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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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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