user: Dane Wallinga
by: David Kaynor
introduces moves: swing, circle, do si do, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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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 to new neighbors ⁋
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by: Orace Johnson
introduces moves: meltdown swing, allemande, down the hall, up the hall, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners 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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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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by: Tom Lehmann
introduces moves: petronella
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella to a left hand star
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| B1 | 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½ with next ladle; gentlespoons slide left 1 place
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Tom Calwell
introduces moves: long lines, roll away, hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | long lines forward ⁋
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay as lines back up *
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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* This is how the dance was originally written, but some find that ladles rolling away gentlespoons flows better into the ladles chain. I think that variation also goes by the name "Rollin' to the Grey Eagle", written by Hank Morris.
by: Lindsey Dono
introduces moves: box circulate
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | star right 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| A2 | 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| B1 | 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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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: Don Flaherty
introduces moves: pass by, give & take
formation: improper
| A1 | 2 | neighbors pass by right shoulders
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| 6 | next neighbors allemande left once
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| 2 | neighbors pass by right shoulders
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| 6 | prev neighbors allemande left once
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | ladles take partners
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| 8 | 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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by: Jean Gorrindo
introduces moves: mad robin, allemande orbit
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | mad robin, ladles in front
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| A2 | 6 | ladles allemande left once around while the gentlespoons orbit clockwise ½ around
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing ⁋
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Written for the choreographer's grandson, Hunter, who was born two days after the big eclipse of 2017.
Can also be made a double progression dance by having the ladles move on to their next neighbor coming out of the hey.
by: Jim Hemphill
introduces moves: right left through, square through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons give & take neighbors
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | left diagonal ladles chain to shadow
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | square through two - next neighbors balance & pull by right, then shadows pull by left ⁋
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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