user: Mary Beth Emerton
chose this instead of pooh bear's holiday because too many down-the-halls in the evening is a bad look
chose this over Atlantic Mixer because it teaches balancing the wave
Error here in teaching it with half a hey at first, but corrected.
One dancer thanked me for the variety, which was the point of including a four-facing-four, but I worried if I required too much from the dancers.
A quick walkthru dance, a barnburner, after something more difficult.
Moved up as a simpler substitute for overly-fussy "Starburst"
Substituted to make an easier dance for the first after the break
Blissful. Balance forward and back, walk to new wave, shadow allemande to partner B&S
Fast and easy dance for the end
by: Mike Richardson
chose this instead of pooh bear's holiday because too many down-the-halls in the evening is a bad look
introduces moves: swing, long lines, allemande, do si do, circle, pull by dancers
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons do si do once
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | neighbors pull by right
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by: Bill Olson
introduces moves: 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: Al Green
chose this over Atlantic Mixer because it teaches balancing the wave
introduces moves: custom, balance, promenade
formation: Circle Mixer
In this dance, neighbor becomes partner. Gentlespoons or left-hand side dancers are progressing clockwise, which may be off brand. Ladles are progressing counterclockwise. At the beginning of the dance, next partner (neighbor) is the dancer closest to each dancer who is not that dancer's partner.
| A1 | 8 | ladles into the center and come back clap at the center
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| 8 | gentlespoons into the center and turn to face out (clap at the center)
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| A2 | 4 | ____ balance the wave
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| 4 | partners allemande left ½ (go halfway)
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| 4 | ____ balance the wave
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| 4 | partners allemande left ½ (go halfway)(face neighbor)
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 16 | neighbors promenade (henceforth, this neighbor is new partner)
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by: Tony Parkes
Error here in teaching it with half a hey at first, but corrected.
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, hey, gyre
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | down the hall and turn alone
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| 8 | up the hall and end facing neighbor
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| B1 | 8 | neighbors gyre once
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| 8 | neighbors swing, end facing across the set
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ones swing, end facing down ⁋
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by: Rich Mohr
One dancer thanked me for the variety, which was the point of including a four-facing-four, but I worried if I required too much from the dancers.
introduces moves: custom
formation: four face four
Have dancers note their "trail buddies" and who their corners are. The two dancers in the middle of the line of 4 are corners and the dancers at the ends have their corners in front of them.
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | corners swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles star right once
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| 8 | corners allemande left 1.25
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| B1 | 10 | partners pull by right for grand right and left until they meet their partner
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| 6 | partners do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing and end facing new lines of 4 ⁋
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In the grand right and left dancers end up traveling half way around the circle.
by: Becky Hill
A quick walkthru dance, a barnburner, after something more difficult.
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & 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 to neighbor
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| B2 | 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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by: Cary Ravitz
Moved up as a simpler substitute for overly-fussy "Starburst"
introduces moves: pass through, star promenade, butterfly whirl
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½, keeping hands, pick up partner
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| 4 | star promenade left ½
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| 4 | butterfly whirl to face in
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| B1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Cary Ravitz notes: This dance is an easier version of Through the Looking Glass, or you
might see it as Amy Kahn's Sweet Music with a different progression,
or Steve Zakon-Anderson's Twirling at the Alter with the progression
moved from the hey to the circle, or David Zinkin's Becky's Becket
with a different A2.
by: Cary Ravitz
Substituted to make an easier dance for the first after the break
introduces moves: 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: Greg Frock
introduces moves: mad robin, pass by
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| B1 | 4 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
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| 12 | 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 will try to rush the mad robin to include the gentlespoons cross in A2. Remind them there is plenty of time to complete the figure. Written for Robin Wilson in 2011
by: Erik Weberg
Blissful. Balance forward and back, walk to new wave, shadow allemande to partner B&S
introduces moves: custom, form an ocean wave
formation: Becket, indecent
Start in wavy line across; gentlespoons take right in center, give left to partners. ID shadow in next wave.
| A1 | 4 | balance the wave forward and back
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| 4 | drop hands, walk forward along the set
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| 0 | form an ocean wave - gentlespoons by right hands and shadows by left hands
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| 4 | balance the new wave forward and back
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| 4 | shadows allemande left ¾
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through to next neighbors ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners allemande left 1½ - hold on
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| 0 | form an ocean wave - gentlespoons by right hands and prev neighbors by left hands
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by: Donna Calhoun
Fast and easy dance for the end
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | down the hall and turn alone 1s in center
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing NEW Neighbor
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ones swing end facing down ⁋
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Written one night when I left my cards on the kitchen table. Sent a friend
to retrieve them, but in the meantime wrote this as a stopgap. It remained
nameless for a couple of years till Robert Cromartie called it and afterward
Gene Hubert asked "What was the name of that Awesome Double
Progression Dance?"