user: Moose Flores
Calling by: Moose
Calling by: Joel
Calling by: Joel
Calling by: Joel
Calling by: Jo Tweaked the hey; works fine right? Move along.
Calling by: Jo Can I get it to work? (NB: star 3/4, who do you swing?) Who is your shadow?
by: Anet Levgard
introduces moves: star, circle, swing, custom
formation: Becket CCW
Dancers should already know Rory O'Moore. There are two-person, same-role, diagonal Rory's O'Moore in this dance. The medium spicy version of this dance may be accessible to newer dancers.
A1 | 8 | star left 3 places to new neighbors ⁋
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8 | circle left 3 places to be on same side as partner
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A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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B1 | 8 | Mad Gentlespoon: like a mad ladle but gentlespoons go in front first
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8 | Gentlespoons take left hands, balance together and apart,
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B2 | 8 | neighbors swing
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8 | Ladles take right hands, balace together and apart,
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Note the flow from a swing into gentlespoons going in front for the mad gentlespoon.
When the gentlespoons spin into one another's spots, neighbors can try to catch each other for the swing.
by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: chain, right left through, hey
formation: Becket
Triple progression (sometimes there will be a couple out at the ends)
If you are out, wait on the side, ready for the left diagonal.
If there is no one at all on your left diagonal, WAIT 8 beats & resume dancing.
If you get completely wonky and you have no neighbors at A1, EJECT and rejoin the bottom of the line.
A1 | 2 | circle left 1 place
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14 | neighbors swing
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A2 | 8 | left diagonal ladles chain (to Shadow) ⁋
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8 | right left through across set
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B1 | 8 | ladles start a left diagonal half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends by right shoulder ⁋
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8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Triple progression (the diagonal half hey is two of them).
Variation of 40 Years of Penguin Pam:
http://contradb.com/dances/74
by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: see saw, long lines, pull by dancers, swat the flea
formation: Becket ccw
A1 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - gentlespoons ricochet second time, then with new neighbors ... ⁋
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A2 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - ladles ricochet second time +
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B1 | 8 | partners see saw once
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8 | long lines forward & back
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B2 | 2 | neighbors pull by right
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4 | partners swat the flea
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10 | partners swing ++
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Barberini's Tambourine variation
++ after swat the flea, a symmetric swing could fit nicely
ALTERNATE A1&A2, BASED ON ORIGINAL:
A1 16 Gentlespoons cast (left) around partner, pass each other left,
and loop right around neighbor to other gentlespoon's place. *
A2 16 Ladles cast (left) around new neighbor, pass each other left,
and loop right around partner to other ladle's place.
by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: custom, do si do
formation: Becket ccw
A1 | 16 | Gentlespoons cast (left) behind partner, pass each other left, and loop right around neighbor to other gentlespoon's place., then with new neighbors ... ⁋
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A2 | 16 | Ladles cast (left) behind new neighbor, pass each other left, and loop right around partner to other ladle's place. +
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B1 | 8 | partners do si do once
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8 | long lines forward & back
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B2 | 2 | neighbors pull by right
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4 | partners swat the flea
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10 | partners swing ++
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Barberini's Tambourine variation
++ after swat the flea, a symmetric swing could fit nicely
by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: allemande orbit, balance, California twirl
formation: four face four
A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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8 | neighbors swing, four couples in a line, end facing your partner
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A2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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8 | partners swing, end facing up/down
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B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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8 | right left through, courtesy turn to face the center
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B2 | 8 | ladles allemande right ½ around while the gentlespoons orbit counter clockwise ½ around +
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4 | partners balance gentlespoon's right hand & ladle's left hand
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4 | partners California twirl to face new neighbors ⁋
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by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: allemande, form long waves, box circulate
formation: Becket
A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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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 | star left 4 places
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0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop left
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B2 | 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right ⁋
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8 | partners swing
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Note that the two box circulates are different. The first has gentlespoons looping to the /left/, while the second has ladles looping to the /right/.
by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: petronella, turn alone
formation: Becket
A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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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 | star left 4 places
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8 | balance & petronella
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B2 | 0 | turn alone to face next neighbors ⁋
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8 | balance & petronella, twirl to the LEFT
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8 | partners swing
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by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: slide along set, meltdown swing
formation: Becket
A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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2 | circle left 1 place
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12 | neighbors swing
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A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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8 | gentlespoons chain
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B1 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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B2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: down the hall, dolphin hey, up the hall, custom
formation: Becket
Designate ones & twos before turning to becket. (Ones progress left down the hall, Twos progress left up the hall)
A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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6 | circle left 3 places
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8 | neighbors swing
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A2 | 8 | down the hall and turn alone to face ladle no.1
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8 | dolphin hey - start with twos passing first ladle by right shoulders, halfway until the twos return to the center +
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B1 | 8 | up the hall
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8 | same roles swing
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B2 | 8 | gentlespoon 1 and ladle 2 swing (end facing down) ++
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8 | partners swing
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++ B2) The two dancers who need to get to their home side, swing to swap.
by: Moose Flores
formation: Becket
A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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8 | neighbors swing
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A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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8 | right diagonal gentlespoons chain
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B1 | 8 | star right - hands across - 3 places
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8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing ⁋
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At ends: wait on the side for the diagonal chain, and courtesy turn. THEN star right 3/4 with two "phantom" dancers.
(to wait out half-sashayed)
by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: balance the ring, poussette
formation: Becket ccw
A1 | 8 | gentlespoons balance & pull by left
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8 | neighbors swing
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A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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4 | circle left 2 places
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8 | half poussette - ladles pull partners back then left
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B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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8 | balance & petronella
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B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: facing star
formation: Becket ccw
A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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8 | neighbors swing
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A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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8 | circle right 3 places
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B1 | 8 | half poussette - ladles pull partners back then right ⁋
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8 | facing star clockwise 3 places with gentlespoons putting their left hands in and backing up
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B2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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End effect: couples waiting to reenter can either wait half-sashayed, OR wait standard and fix it in the partner swing.
by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: roll away
formation: improper
A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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8 | ladles chain
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B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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8 | partners swing
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B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends ⁋
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16 | neighbors balance & swing
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8 | long lines forward & back
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8 | gentlespoons chain
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4 | balance the ring
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4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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8 | partners swing
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8 | gentlespoons chain
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8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends ⁋
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Original: Notorious First Date by Steve Zakon-Anderson
https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=13325
The location of partner swing alternates, but everything else should work alright
by: Moose Flores
formation: improper
The A1 hey is up & down along the sides of the set (and around the corner at the ends), including dancers out at the ends, with next neighbor and next-next neighbor.
A1 | 16 | neighbors start an along the set full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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A2 | 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 | 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 who come out at the end should immediately turn & treat their partner as a neighbor, passing right shoulders for the full hey, coming back for the meltdown swing.
by: Moose Flores
Calling by: Moose
introduces moves: custom
formation: Becket ccw
Becket CCW, so a quarter to the right.
Double progression; no one out at the top.
A1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a right diagonal half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends ⁋
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8 | star right 3 places, ladles turn around
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A2 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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8 | partners do si do once (option: have one line raise arches over the DSD)
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B2 | 4 | shutter balance to the left ++
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12 | partners swing
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Written & named for the winning bidder at the 2023 Dance, Music, & Spice Camp Live Auction.
Flowy A, marchy B, a place for optional arching flourish.
The title is a lyric from a song by Heidi Wilson.
++ Shutter Balance (like the shutter of a camera): join hands in a ring, and simultaneously circle left 1 place WHILE balancing the ring. (4) It may have the feel of a ricochet in a hey (in at one angle, change momentum, back out at a different angle).
Taken from a move in ECD, the name of which is unknown.
by: Moose Flores
Calling by: Joel
introduces moves: custom
formation: Becket ccw
A1 | 8 | gentlespoons balance & pull by left ⁋
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8 | next neighbors swing
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A2 | 8 | gentlespoons chain to partner
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8 | star right 4 places
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B1 | 16 | colonnade - "ones arch, colonnade!" +
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B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Moose Flores
Calling by: Joel
introduces moves: custom
formation: improper
A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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A2 | 8 | oval left
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8 | oval right, returning to original set
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B1 | 8 | circle right 3 places
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8 | partners swing
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B2 | 8 | gentlespoons chain
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8 | long lines forward & back ⁋
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by: Moose Flores
Calling by: Joel
introduces moves: box the gnat
formation: improper
A1 | 4 | long lines forward
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4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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4 | gentlespoons pull by left
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4 | partners box the gnat ("gentlespoons chain the gnat")
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A2 | 16 | partners start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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B1 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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B2 | 2 | circle left 1 place
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14 | neighbors swing ⁋
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by: Moose Flores
Calling by: Jo Tweaked the hey; works fine right? Move along.
introduces moves: promenade, pass through
formation: improper
A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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8 | neighbors promenade
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A2 | 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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8 | neighbors swing
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B1 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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8 | partners swing
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B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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6 | circle left 3 places
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2 | pass through ⁋
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The first half of the dance is focused on your neighbor.
The second half is a return to focusing on your partner.
Named after an autocowreck of the name of a certain dance weekend.
by: Moose Flores
Calling by: Jo Can I get it to work? (NB: star 3/4, who do you swing?) Who is your shadow?
formation: Becket ccw
A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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8 | right diagonal gentlespoons chain
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A2 | 8 | star right 3 places
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8 | neighbors swing
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B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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8 | balance & petronella turning extra to face partner
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B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing ⁋
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Tenth Year in Tommerup variation
https://contradb.com/dances/841