user: Chet Gray
by: Erik Hoffman
introduces moves: swing, chain, circle, balance the ring, arch & dive
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors long swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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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 | twos arch ones dive ⁋
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by: Julian Blechner
introduces moves: custom, turn alone, allemande, do si do, promenade
formation: circle mixer
| A1 | 8 | ladles to the center and back
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| 2 | gentlespoons to the center
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| 4 | gentlespoons turn alone
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| 2 | gentlespoons go back
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| A2 | 8 | partners allemande left 1½ (gentlespoons progress CCW, ladles progress CW) ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once (now your partner)
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 16 | partners promenade along the set on the right
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by: Ridge Kennedy
introduces moves: Rory O'More, give & take, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 4 | gentlespoons give & take partners
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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 | pass through to new waves ⁋
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Can also make waves in B2 and balance those
by: Chart Guthrie
introduces moves: hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & 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 and face next neighbors ⁋
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From Michael Fuerst's compilation of easy dances: http://aptsg.org/Dance/easy_dances.rtf
The Long Island dances are or were once held in a barn (in Syosset)
by: Chestnut
introduces moves: custom, form long waves, balance, form an ocean wave, down the hall, up the hall, right left through
formation: proper
| A1 | 4 | ones cross down between twos
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| 0 | form long waves - twos face in, ones face out
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| 4 | balance the wave right & left
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| 4 | neighbors allemande right once (right hand neighbors could be current or next neighbors)
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| 0 | form long waves - twos face in, ones face out (same waves)
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| 4 | balance the wave left & right
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| A2 | 4 | neighbors allemande left ¾ (left hand neighbors could be current or next neighbors)
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| 0 | form a left diagonal ocean wave - ones by right hands and neighbors by left hands
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| 4 | balance the wave right & left
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| 8 | ones swing, end facing down
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| B1 | 8 | ones down the center and turn as a couple
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| 8 | ones up the center to original neighbors and hand cast off
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | right left through and look for next neighbors ⁋
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by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: petronella
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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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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"The motion in B1 does seem magical – while the ladles Petronella over and back across the set, the gentlespoons do consecutive Petronellas along the side, in effect progressing behind his partner’s back."
- Rich Goss
by: Rick Mohr
introduces moves: custom, roll away
formation: triplet
ones improper, twos & threes proper (though it isn't imperative to begin that way, as the A1 resets to this)
| A1 | 16 | partners balance & swing - ones face down, others face up
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| A2 | 16 | dip and dive, 6 changes - inside couple arch, turn as a couple on the ends
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| B1 | 0 | top two couples form a ring of four
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| 4 | balance in a ring of four
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay - top two ladles from left to right along the set
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| 0 | all form a ring of six
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| 4 | balance in a ring of six
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away next neighbors (bottom two with neighbor along the set, top with partner across the set)
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| B2 | 4 | balance in a ring of six
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| 12 | circle left 6 places ⁋
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http://rickmohr.net/Contra/Dances.asp#RicksTriplet1:
Ted Sannella wrote many wonderful triplets and popularized the formation for contra dancers. The best triplets give a short intimate dancing experience with a zesty all-moving contra feel and the added variety of 3-couple figures.
A2's "dip and dive" starts with couples 1 and 2 trading places, couple 1 ducking under couple 2's arch. Then couples 1 and 3 trade places, couple 1 arching over couple 3, while couple 2 does a California twirl at the top. Then couple 3 arches over couple 2 while couple 1 does a California twirl at the bottom. After 6 such changes everyone is back home. (This figure works best if the preceding dance had a California twirl so everyone can do it smoothly!)
In B1, couple 1 moves to the middle during the first roll away and to the bottom during the second roll away. In both rollaways the ladles move to their right while the gentlespoons move to their left.
In terms of the original numbering, once through the dance leaves the couples in a 2, 3, 1 sequence.
Video: Rick Mohr & Crowfoot at Au Contraire 2011, Atlanta GA
by: Chris Weiler
introduces moves: long lines
formation: improper
start in long waves, gentlespoons facing out, neighbor in right hand
| A1 | 4 | balance the wave
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| 4 | neighbors allemande right ¾
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½, hold on
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| 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by right hands and neighbors by left hands
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| 4 | neighbors allemande left ¾, hold on
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out, next neighbors in right hand
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http://caller.chrisweiler.ws/dances.htm#amherstwooster
Written as an auction item for CDSS during English and American Week at Pinewoods, 2010. The winning bidders, Alex Barron and Jenna Henderson, gave this dance to their friends Dr. Andrew Noble (from Wooster) and Dr. Emily Riddle (from Amherst) on the occasion of their wedding. Written 8/23/10. First called 8/28/10 at the Concord Scout House.