user: Koren A Wake
waltz & break
by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: long lines, circle, pass through, do si do, swing, down the hall, up the hall, balance the ring, give & take
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| A2 | 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors 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 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons take partners
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Cis Hinkle
introduces moves: roll away, allemande, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors
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| 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | ladles roll away neighbors
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| B1 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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The dual long lines with a roll away sets up a nice transition into the ladles allemande.
by: Don Flaherty
introduces moves: petronella, gyre, balance, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles gyre 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | partners balance
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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by: Bob Isaacs and Chris Weiler
introduces moves: slide along set, box the gnat, pull by dancers
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 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½ to face partner (gentlespoons back-to-back)
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| B1 | 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat (ladles back-to-back)
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| 2 | partners pull by right (to start half-hey with hands)
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| 2 | gentlespoons pull by left
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| 2 | neighbors pull by right
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| 2 | ladles pull by left
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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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 to new neighbor ⁋
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by: Jack Laurel
introduces moves: 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: Nils Fredland
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: Maia McCormick
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors swing (this is a new neighbor)
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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 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing (the one you already swung)
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Written for a workshop at YDW '17 to practice communication with neighbors.
by: Cis Hinkle
introduces moves: square through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | square through two - neighbors balance & pull by right, then partners pull by left
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left to new neighbors ⁋
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by: Lisa Greenleaf
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | star right 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1¼
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| A2 | 8 | next neighbors gyre left shoulders once
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| 8 | neighbors swing original neighbor
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons give & take partners
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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Bob Isaacs notes: The give and take figure originated from Larry Jennings, the great caller and writer from Boston. End the neighbor swing in shoulder/waist position, take two steps forward, and the gentlespoons take their partner’s hand and lead her to his side for a swing. Some “hard-to-get” playfulness usually goes along with this. In this dance the figure is a good alternative to circle L ¾, and in other dances can go to either side of the set.
This smooth-flowing dance was written by one top caller for the marriage of two other outstanding callers, Linda Leslie and Bob Golder, all of whom are from eastern Massachusetts.
by: Yoyo Zhou
introduces moves: slice
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right once
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| 8 | neighbors 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 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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