user: Koren A Wake
Koren
Koren
Jack
Jack
Jack
Koren
waltz & break
Koren, something with ocean wave
Koren
Jack
Koren or Jack; Call Me backup
Jack
by: Becky Hill
Koren
introduces moves: swing, allemande, chain, petronella, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Chris Page
Koren
introduces moves: box circulate, circle, long lines, square through, form long waves
formation: improper
begin in long waves---right hand to neighbor, gentlespoons face out, ladles face in.
| 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 | 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left to ⁋
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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In the pull-by left, keep left hands and take right hands with a new neighbor to reform long waves.
For better entry, consider an allemande left 1/2 rather than a pull-by left, so that all hands are at the correct height for long waves.
Written for Joyce Fortune of the Bay Area, won at the auction of the 2010 Spring Fever dance camp at Monte Toyon, CA. She requested a dance with long lines, some balances, and a swing/circle/swing transition. (A surprisingly tough set of requirements to fulfill.) This sequence was the option she liked best.
by: Gene Hubert
Jack
introduces moves: slide along set, hey
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 6 | 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 | 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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by: Koren Wake
Jack
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, Rory O'More, pass through, California twirl, balance, custom
formation: improper
start in a short wave, right hand to neighbor, ladles left in middle
| A1 | 0 | form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| A2 | 2 | neighbors allemande right ½
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| 2 | gentlespoons allemande left ½
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| 12 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | pass through across the set
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| 4 | partners California twirl
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places and collapse to a wave (same wave you started in)
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| 4 | balance the wave fwd & back
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| 4 | walk forward 4 steps to new wave with next neighbors ⁋
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A combination of "Good Friday" by Kirston Koths, and "You Can Get There From Here" by Linda Leslie. I'm sure I'm not the first person to combine these!
B1 is not quite the same as a right-and-left through; it's worth specifically teaching the CA twirl to face back in (instead of a regular courtesy turn or courtesy twirl) because it gives much better momentum to flow into the circle left.
by: Jack Laurel
Koren
introduces moves: pull by dancers, swat the flea
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles balance & pull by right to face new neighbor (gentlespoons look left) ⁋
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors left hand balance & swat the flea; gentlespoons reach right hand across
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| 8 | gentlespoons balance & pull by right; let go and turn to face back in
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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This is exactly the same dance as the original, it's just rewritten with phrasing I find easier to call from.
waltz & break
by: Isaac Banner
Koren, something with ocean wave
introduces moves: balance the ring, custom, do si do
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through to an ocean wave - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More right and gentlespoons keep sliding past each other
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| B1 | 0 | gentlespoons catch left hands
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places and pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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by: Jim Hemphill
Koren
introduces moves: mad robin, gyre, right left through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | mad robin, ladles in front clockwise
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - gentlespoons ricochet
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| A2 | 8 | partners gyre once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | mad robin, ladles in front counterclockwise ⁋
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BEFORE CALLING test mad robin direction. In A1, clockwise; in B2, counterclockwise
by: Koren Wake
Jack
introduces moves: roll away
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through to an ocean wave - ladles by left in the center, partners by right on the sides
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| 4 | balance the wave
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| 4 | partners allemande right ¾ to long waves (gentlespoons face out)
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| A2 | 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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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing (on home side)
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| B2 | 4 | circle left 2 places
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay across the set
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners on the side of the set - no half sashay! and face new neighbors ⁋
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Inspired by Du Quoin Races by Orace Johnson.
B2 progression/teaching point: After balancing the ring, imagine long lines, and imagine the rollaway occurring in long lines, with the gentlespoons not moving. In order to progress the partnership along the side of the set, the gentlespoons need to NOT move left - instruct them to take a small step back/out of the set to make space, and then shift just a smidge further to the right to join the ring with new neighbors. Keep the roll aways tight (arms springy!) to avoid collisions.
B1 partner swing may be a balance and swing or right gyre and swing, depending on the music and the dancers' energy for that many balances in a row.
by: Gene Hubert
Koren or Jack; Call Me backup
introduces moves: box the gnat
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: Cary Ravitz
Jack
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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