user: Dan Kappus
substitute with a different mixer
lower in challenge is Heartbeat. Greater challenge in Flaherty Will Get You Everywhere
up in challenge is Ad Vielle. Down in challenge is 20 Below or Lambertville
smooth, teaches hey
lost my partner, what should I do? Downgrade to The Reunion also by Hubert
by: Bill Olson
introduces moves: circle, do si do, swing, allemande, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once as couples
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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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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B2 Circle L 3/4 (8), Balance the ring (4), Calif Twir
Bill Olson notes: The A part of this dance came from Vermont fiddler, Amy Cann. The rest kind of came together before a Concord (MA) Scouthouse gig on Feb 23, 2004. I used this easy dance to start off the evening that night. It is dedicated to my good friends from the venerable Boston area band, Yankee Ingenuity: Peter Barnes (who always enjoys a good pun), Mary Lea, Jack O'Conner and Cal Howard.
by: Martha Wild
substitute with a different mixer
introduces moves: custom
formation: circle mixer
| A1 | 8 | into the middle and come back out!
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| 8 | into the middle again with a great big shout!
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 8 places whole circle set circle left
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| 8 | turn by the individual right shoulder to walk single file counterclockwise around the ring
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| B1 | 1 | robins tap
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| 8 | This one is the new neighbor. Do Si Do
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| 8 | Promenade and walk that ring (counterclockwise) ⁋
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by: Cary Ravitz
lower in challenge is Heartbeat. Greater challenge in Flaherty Will Get You Everywhere
introduces moves: long lines, chain, petronella
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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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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by: Rick Mohr
up in challenge is Ad Vielle. Down in challenge is 20 Below or Lambertville
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, form long waves, balance
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: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: slide along set, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 4 | circle left 2 places
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| 2 | slide left along set with your neighbor to face a new couple
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | neighbors California twirl to face your partner
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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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from "Dizzy Dances, vol. II"
by: Roger Diggle
smooth, teaches hey
introduces moves: hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | 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 chain
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| B2 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends turn away from this neighbor to a new neighbor to progress
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by: Gene Hubert
lost my partner, what should I do? Downgrade to The Reunion also by Hubert
introduces moves: custom, pass through
formation: Becket cw
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | left diagonal gentlespoons allemande left 1½ to next neighbors
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| A2 | 16 | next neighbors balance & swing, face shadows across the set
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through with shadows ⁋
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 8 | partners two hand turn twice and open into long lines
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One of Gene's best dances. The end effects are surprisingly minimal. When there's no diagonal gentlespoon to allemande with, balance and swing your partner and face your shadow across; when there's a diagonal gentlespoon on the end, balance and swing their partner as usual and face in improper, not becket, so that the pass through will work correctly. The dancers tend to like to try to migrate when they're swinging. Make sure to emphasize that the ladles have to hold their places firmly and that you're facing the same shadows across the set after the neighbor swing every time.
by: Kathy Anderson
introduces moves: box the gnat, contra corners
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ones right hand balance & box the gnat
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| B1 | 16 | ones contra corners
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| B2 | 16 | ones balance & swing ⁋
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| 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | twos right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 16 | twos contra corners
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| 16 | twos balance & swing ⁋
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by: Eric Conrad
introduces moves: up the hall, down the hall, custom
formation: proper mixer
all face up, inside hands joined
| A1 | 4 | up the hall 4 steps forward
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| 4 | down the hall backward 4 steps back
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| 4 | up the hall 4 steps forward
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| 4 | down the hall backward 4 steps back
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| A2 | 6 | partners do si do once
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| 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 8 | partners swing (new partner)
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| B1 | 16 | "lonesome one, ride the ferry" ⁋
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back (adjust)
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| 8 | partners swing
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Start teaching dance at the "slide left along the set". Most of you are facing a new partner, but at the top and the bottom are 'lonesome ones'. Lonesome ones will 'ride the ferry (weave your own line to the top or bottom)
notice which side you're on.
5-7 couples, 6 ideal
learned from Lynn at Breaking Up Thanksgiving 2022, an ideal dance for letting barn dancers practice swings ending on correct side, because there is lots of practice but no harm if it goes wrong.
by: Ted Sannella
introduces moves: custom
formation: triplet
all proper, ending 2-3-1 but improper will do fine, also
| A1 | 8 | star left 4 places couples 1 and 2
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| 8 | star right 4 places couples 1 and 1 all the way back
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| A2 | 16 | down the center, cross over, back outside
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| B1 | 16 | dip and dive six center couple arches, face up to start
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| B2 | 8 | cast down the outside to bottom
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| 8 | all swing
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by: Ted Sannella
introduces moves: pass by, custom, turn alone
formation: improper
be alert on the ends!
| A1 | 2 | ones pass by right shoulders
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| 6 | and go left around one person to form a ladle facing down, gentlespoon facing up diamond +
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| 8 | balance & petronella around the diamond
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 0 | ones turn alone an extra half-turn to
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | down the hall ones in the middle. Ones turn as a couple, twos turn alone
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| 8 | up the hall, ones cast
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| B2 | 4 | circle left 2 places to original places
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| 12 | neighbors swing on the sides ⁋
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+Ones cross over (passing right) and go left around one person into the middle of the set, ladle facing down, gentlespoon facing up so you form a diamond, the first gentlespoon with his original twos, but the first ladle with the twos above
https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/dances/ted_sannella/fiddleheads.html
and mentioned in Colin Hume's teaching on End Effects https://colinhume.com/dtendeffects.htm