user: Isaac Banner
Waltz/Break
B1 dosido var
Backup if we have time for 2 more dances
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: long lines, swing, allemande, do si do, chain, right left through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners do si do 1¼
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain to neighbors
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| 8 | right left through ⁋
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Dosido as much as you want, until it’s time to balance - it’s a free country.
by: Will Mentor
introduces moves: hey, circle, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | neighbors allemande right once
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 4 | neighbors allemande right ½ - ¾
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain to neighbors
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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Optionally replace the second allemande with a right-handed courtesy turn.
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: custom, balance, poussette
formation: improper
Written to go with Steppy Downs Road by Sam Sweeney, empty space added for formatting
| A1 | 12 | gentlespoons start a hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - until partners meet the second time (half hey for ladles, full hey for gentlespoons)
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| 4 | (yo this tune has 12 beat phrases)
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| A2 | 4 | partners balance
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| 8 | partners swing
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| 4 | (also can we talk about sam sweeney?)
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| B1 | 6 | right left through w/o hands
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| 6 | right left through w/o hands
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| 4 | (seriously, like, whoa)
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 6 | half poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then left ⁋
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| 4 | (what a great tune)
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introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 2 | neighbors pull by right
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| 6 | prev neighbors allemande left once
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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Waltz/Break
by: Andy Shore
B1 dosido var
introduces moves: revolving door, pass by, form an ocean wave, custom, mad robin
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 6 | revolving door - ladles take right hands and drop off partners on other side
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| 2 | neighbors pass by right shoulders
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| 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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| 4 | walk forward ⁋
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| A2 | 16 | next neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: square through, form long waves, box circulate
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | left diagonal ladles chain to shadows ⁋
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| 8 | square through two - next neighbors balance & pull by right, then shadows pull by left
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| B1 | 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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| 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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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Joseph Pimentel/Nicholas Rockstroh
Backup if we have time for 2 more dances
introduces moves: Rory O'More, give & take, zig zag
formation: improper, double progression
begin in short waves (ladles in center by left, neighbor in right)
| A1 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| A2 | 16 | 1st neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons give & take partners
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 5 | zig left zag right past 1st neighbors ⁋
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| 5 | zig right zag left past 2nd neighbors ⁋
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| 0 | form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and 3rd neighbors by right hands
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Mac McKeever note on balances before Rory O'More: first balance is in the direction you will be going
by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: promenade, slide along set, petronella
formation: Becket
Identify next neighbors on left diagonal.
| A1 | 4 | gentlespoons give & take neighbors
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 6 | partners promenade
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| 2 | slide right along set (j-hook) ⁋
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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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Linda's notes:
"Written for our friends Lucia Watson and Jeff Weiler so they could twirl like crazy in the chain. In 2017, I actually switched the sequences: the dance used to start at the B1. I like this much better!"