user: Moose Flores
"shutter balance to Sw" was good. well-liked dance.
Careful teaching Larks chain & Colonnade. Demos can help. Possible overflow/dizzy
oval to CR is GOOD. "look for partner". when out: may oval, but do not circle.
Great connection, good flow: Box to Prom., Top timing is tight. Good for early in the program. Suggested adjustment: Robins start half hey, pass P by right, then turn over R shoulder into N Swing
N swing is Shadow; strange, but reassuring in a Lost & Found dance. Teach the larks/cw courtesy turn
by: Moose Flores
"shutter balance to Sw" was good. well-liked dance.
introduces moves: hey, star, meltdown swing, long lines, do si do, custom, swing
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 | left shutter balance ++
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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
Careful teaching Larks chain & Colonnade. Demos can help. Possible overflow/dizzy
introduces moves: pull by dancers, chain, 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
oval to CR is GOOD. "look for partner". when out: may oval, but do not circle.
introduces moves: custom, circle
formation: improper
A great big 'circle' & small circle, like the penny farthing bicycle.
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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A2) when oval right, "look for your partner" to know how far to come back.
when out at the ends: you may oval, but do not circle.
B2) gentlespoons chain: courtesy turn is clockwise, and you end up standard (gentlespoon on left), across from your partner (where you were at the end of the neighbor swing).
A short about the Penny Farthing: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4otrEFf_jM0
by: Moose Flores
Great connection, good flow: Box to Prom., Top timing is tight. Good for early in the program. Suggested adjustment: Robins start half hey, pass P by right, then turn over R shoulder into N Swing
introduces moves: box the gnat, promenade, allemande, 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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++ A2) half hey: once across, ladles may turn over their right shoulder for excellent flow into the neighbor swing.
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
N swing is Shadow; strange, but reassuring in a Lost & Found dance. Teach the larks/cw courtesy turn
introduces moves: petronella
formation: Becket ccw
Find your shadow (from becket): face your parter & look past them for the first person looking back at you.
give good teaching for the gentlespoons chain (courtesy turn goes clockwise, end up standard [gentlespoon on the left], across from your shadow).
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 | shadows 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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Inspired by: Tenth Year in Tommerup
https://contradb.com/dances/841