user: Cherylyn Geers
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by: Nils Fredland
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introduces moves: petronella, swing, pull by dancers, allemande, circle, balance the ring, pass through
formation: improper
Begins hands-4 in a ring.
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 2 | gentlespoons pull by left
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| 2 | partners pull by right
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| 4 | ladles allemande left once
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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 | pass through and form a ring ⁋
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One of Nils’ first dance compositions.
https://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2013.pdf
by: Bill Olson
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introduces moves: box the gnat, star, right left through, do si do, promenade
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | star right - wrist grip - 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles do si do 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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by: Anet Levgard
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introduces moves: slide along set, hey, balance
formation: Becket CW
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set to new neighbors ⁋
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| 2 | circle left 1 place
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½ to partner
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| 8 | partners allemande right 1¼ so Ladles are facing in
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| B1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B2 | 4 | partners balance (or right gyre )
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| 12 | partners swing
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Written to be an undistracting first hey dance for newer dancers, it also is quite flowy.
Let your music's vibe dictate whether to balance and swing or right gyre
Video: https://youtu.be/H8Z3IdI2Wb8
by: Yoyo Zhou
Aspirational
introduces moves: roll away, chain
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners left to right along
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors left to right across
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain to neighbors
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends to face next neighbors ⁋
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by: James Hutson
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formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½, end back to back facing partners in a line of four
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| A2 | 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places to next neighbors ⁋
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One of my favorite dances. A pure groove dance from top to bottom.
by: Bill Pope and Judy Goldsmith
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introduces moves: long lines, zig zag
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay Across the set
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| 8 | zig left zag right ⁋
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once Next Gentlespoons, once and a bit
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Nathaniel Jack
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, Rory O'More
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
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| 4 | Rory O'More right, gentlespoons continue past each other, but catch left hands
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| 16 | partners balance & swing
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left 1¾ to next neighbors ⁋
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http://lists.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers-sharedweight.net/2009-August/002149.html
Who doesn't like pirates? Not me. This dance was meant to be as raucous as I could make it, filled with stomping, spinning and swinging. It's fun.
by: Isaac Banner
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formation: improper
Starts in short waves, right hands to neighbors
| A1 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right, gentlespoons keep sliding past each other to catch left hands
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| 8 | star left - hands across - 4 places, ladles falling in behind partners
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| A2 | 4 | balance the star
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| 4 | ladles Rory O'More left, gentlespoons turn over right shoulders
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| 8 | star right - hands across - 4 places ⁋
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| B1 | 6 | gentlespoons allemande left ¾ with next gentlespoon
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do 1¼ to short waves
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Inspired by Catch a Falling Star, by Melanie Axel-Lute
by: Jim Hemphill
Aspirational
introduces moves: slice, give & take
formation: Becket
Identify 1st shadows standing next to you and 2nd shadows standing past your partners.
| A1 | 4 | slice left ⁋
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| 4 | ladles take neighbors
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| B1 | 2 | partners allemande right ½
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| 6 | 1st shadows allemande left once
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| 2 | partners allemande right ½
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| 6 | 2nd shadows allemande left once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Colin Hume
formation: square dance
| A1 | 8 | along the set right left through (HEADS)
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| 8 | neighbors swing (SIDES with OPPOSITE) face the nearest HEAD couple in ring of four
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B1 | 4 | balance
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| 2 | pass through
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | neighbors allemande left once (corners)
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| 8 | partners promenade to home (half-way)
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https://colinhume.com/insts.htm#ChippenhamSquare
Non-progressive, so I would do Break, Figure for Heads, Figure for Sides, all that again, final Break.
Based on “Petronella Square” by Becky Hill and first called at Chippenham Folk Festival.