2023-12-02 GP dance

user: Moose Flores

Enchanted Forest, Spicy version--to be tested

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
8
circle left 3 places to be on same side as partner
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
Mad Gentlespoon: like a mad ladle but gentlespoons go in front first
8
Gentlespoons take left hands, balance together and apart, Rory O'moore into the spot vacated by the other gentlespoon
B2 8
neighbors swing
8
Ladles take right hands, balace together and apart, Rory O'Moore into the spot vacated by the other gentlespoon

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.

42 minutes of Puffin Pablo 0.1

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
14
neighbors swing
A2 8
left diagonal ladles chain (to Shadow) ⁋
8
right left through across set
B1 8
ladles start a left diagonal half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends by right shoulder ⁋
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Triple progression (the diagonal half hey is two of them).

Variation of 40 Years of Penguin Pam:
http://contradb.com/dances/74

Barber Teeny's Trampoline 0.1

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 ... ⁋
A2 16
gentlespoons start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - ladles ricochet second time +
B1 8
partners see saw once
8
long lines forward & back
B2 2
neighbors pull by right
4
partners swat the flea
10
partners swing ++

Barberini's Tambourine variation

  • after the two heys, you should be on the opposite side as you started, across from new neighbors, next to your partner, but on the other side of them (half sashayed)

++ 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.

Barber Teeny's Trampoline 0.1 variation

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 ... ⁋
A2 16
Ladles cast (left) behind new neighbor, pass each other left, and loop right around partner to other ladle's place. +
B1 8
partners do si do once
8
long lines forward & back
B2 2
neighbors pull by right
4
partners swat the flea
10
partners swing ++

Barberini's Tambourine variation

  • after the two casting figures, you should be on the opposite side of the line, across from new neighbors, & next to your partner, but on the other side of them ("half sashayed").

++ after swat the flea, a symmetric swing could fit nicely

Four City Swing 0.1

by: Moose Flores

introduces moves: allemande orbit, balance, California twirl

formation: four face four

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
neighbors swing, four couples in a line, end facing your partner
A2 8
circle left 4 places
8
partners swing, end facing up/down
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
right left through, courtesy turn to face the center
B2 8
ladles allemande right ½ around while the gentlespoons orbit counter clockwise ½ around +
4
partners balance gentlespoon's right hand & ladle's left hand
4
partners California twirl to face new neighbors
  • Ladles will briefly form a right hand star & turn half, then give left hand to their partner. Gentlespoons orbit and give right hand to their partner.

Beach Grass 0.1

by: Moose Flores

introduces moves: allemande, form long waves, box circulate

formation: Becket

A1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 8
star left 4 places
0
form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
8
balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop left
B2 8
balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right ⁋
8
partners swing

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/.

Beach Flowers 0.1

by: Moose Flores

introduces moves: petronella, turn alone

formation: Becket

A1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 8
star left 4 places
8
balance & petronella
B2 0
turn alone to face next neighbors
8
balance & petronella, twirl to the LEFT
8
partners swing

Connect Four 0.1

by: Moose Flores

introduces moves: slide along set, meltdown swing

formation: Becket

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
2
circle left 1 place
12
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons chain
B1 16
gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
B2 16
partners meltdown swing

Cerulean 0.1

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 ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
down the hall and turn alone to face ladle no.1
8
dolphin hey - start with twos passing first ladle by right shoulders, halfway until the twos return to the center +
B1 8
up the hall
8
same roles swing
B2 8
gentlespoon 1 and ladle 2 swing (end facing down) ++
8
partners swing
  • A2) Twos pass robin1 by right, ones pass by left, twos pass lark1 by right. The total effect is that ones have swapped ends.

++ B2) The two dancers who need to get to their home side, swing to swap.

"Fall Statement" 0.1

by: Moose Flores

formation: Becket

A1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
right diagonal gentlespoons chain
B1 8
star right - hands across - 3 places
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B2 16
partners balance & swing ⁋

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)

Druzy Green 0.1

by: Moose Flores

introduces moves: balance the ring, poussette

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
gentlespoons balance & pull by left
8
neighbors swing
A2 4
balance the ring
4
circle left 2 places
8
half poussette - ladles pull partners back then left
B1 4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋
8
balance & petronella
B2 16
partners balance & swing

"Does this work?"

by: Moose Flores

introduces moves: facing star

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
circle right 3 places
B1 8
half poussette - ladles pull partners back then right ⁋
8
facing star clockwise 3 places with gentlespoons putting their left hands in and backing up
B2 16
partners meltdown swing

End effect: couples waiting to reenter can either wait half-sashayed, OR wait standard and fix it in the partner swing.

Notorious Second Date 0.1

by: Moose Flores

introduces moves: roll away

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 4
balance the ring
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends ⁋
16
neighbors balance & swing
8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons chain
4
balance the ring
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
8
partners swing
8
gentlespoons chain
8
gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends ⁋

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

Mancala Contra 0.1

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
A2 16
neighbors meltdown swing
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

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.

Hearing Our Voices Shine (Happy Birthday Heidi, from Jeremy)

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 ⁋
8
star right 3 places, ladles turn around
A2 16
neighbors meltdown swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
partners do si do once (option: have one line raise arches over the DSD)
B2 4
shutter balance to the left ++
12
partners swing

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.

Star Colonnade 0.3

by: Moose Flores

Calling by: Joel

introduces moves: custom

formation: Becket ccw

  • Designate ones and twos, then have each set turn 1 quarter to the RIGHT for Becket ccw. Then verify that all the ones are on the same side.
  • It may help to walk through a colonnade once without arches, to demonstrate the very simple paths. (Or have one set demonstrate.)
  • Give the twos a chance to practice arching the colonnade during the walkthrough.
A1 8
gentlespoons balance & pull by left ⁋
8
next neighbors swing
A2 8
gentlespoons chain to partner
8
star right 4 places
B1 16
colonnade - "ones arch, colonnade!" +
B2 16
partners balance & swing
  • Colonnade: ones lift joined hands to make an arch and hold that arch for the entire figure. Gentlespoons trade positions by right-shoulder pass through with gentlespoon two going under the arch (and the arch moves!). Ladles trade by right shoulders with ladle two going under the arch. Gentlespoons trade back; ladles trade back. Each trade has 4 beats of music, so there's no need to rush.

Penny Farthing 0.1

by: Moose Flores

Calling by: Joel

introduces moves: custom

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
oval left
8
oval right, returning to original set
B1 8
circle right 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
gentlespoons chain
8
long lines forward & back ⁋

Chain the Gnat 0.1

by: Moose Flores

Calling by: Joel

introduces moves: box the gnat

formation: improper

A1 4
long lines forward
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
4
gentlespoons pull by left
4
partners box the gnat ("gentlespoons chain the gnat")
A2 16
partners start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
B1 16
partners meltdown swing
B2 2
circle left 1 place
14
neighbors swing ⁋

Flirt Delete Fling

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
8
neighbors promenade
A2 8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋

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.

Tenth Year in Tommerup variation 0.1

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
8
right diagonal gentlespoons chain
A2 8
star right 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella turning extra to face partner
B2 16
partners balance & swing ⁋

Tenth Year in Tommerup variation
https://contradb.com/dances/841