user: Elisabeth Monica
Knits and Purls by Bradley Smith
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Break
Love at First Swing by Bob Isaacs
Waltz
by: Tom Hinds
introduces moves: do si do, allemande, swing, down the hall, up the hall, circle
formation: improper
Common variation is for long lines forward and back instead of do si do. That version can be found here.
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons do si do once
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | down the hall and turn as a couple
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing ⁋
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Knits and Purls by Bradley Smith
by: Bill Olson
introduces moves: box the gnat, star, right left through, promenade, pass through
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: Cary Ravitz
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 8 | star left 4 places look for new neighbor ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: pull by dancers
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | neighbors box the gnat
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| 4 | gentlespoons pull by left
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| 8 | partners swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B1 | 4 | partners box the gnat
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| 4 | ladles pull by left
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Robin Banerji
introduces moves: petronella, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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Break
by: Gene Hubert
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center +
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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Bob Isaacs notes: One of Gene Hubert’s best, which is really saying something. As good a full hey dance as any ever written.
+partners right, ladles left, neighbor right, gentlespoons left
introduces moves: box circulate, form long waves
formation: improper
Start in a long wave taking right hands with current neighbors
| A1 | 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left - wrist grip - 4 places
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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Written for Andrea Craft from Chicago when they needed a straightforward dance with box circulates in it. Very similar to “Minimum Fuss, Maximum Fun” by Dean Snipes, which differs slightly in the A1 and A2.
by: Joseph Pimentel
introduces moves: zig zag
formation: Sicilian Circle
| A1 | 8 | star left 4 places to prev neighbors
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| 8 | star right 4 places with prev neighbors back to original neighbors
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 10 | circle left 5 places
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| 6 | zig left zag right to next neighbors ⁋
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Love at First Swing by Bob Isaacs
by: Al Olson
introduces moves: custom
formation: Improper
With a partner swing in the middle of the set, this dance requires extra room up and down the se
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 16 | Ladles chain over and back
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| B1 | 8 | Partners do-si-do once and bit more, finishing with all dancers in a single wavy line in center, right hands joined with partner and left hands joined with same role person who had been to dancers' left of partner
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| 8 | balance right and left, quick allemande right with partner, end facing person who had been in left hand
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| B2 | 8 | left shoulders around person who had been in left hand
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| 8 | Partners swing in center, end facing original direction ⁋
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Before teaching B1's do-si-do, have dancers note the person to their left of their partner
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