user: Koren A Wake
B2 var: circle to wave, balance wave, walk fwd to new wave
progression var: slide left & circle w/ new neighbors (instead of pass through)
waltz & break
by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, circle, pass through, do si do, swing, allemande
formation: becket
Start in short lines four with dancers next to their partner, as though following a partner swing, and ending to face down the hall.
| A1 | 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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| A2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Chart Guthrie
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: Rich Goss
introduces moves: balance the ring, roll away, give & take, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay along
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay across
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 4 | gentlespoons give & take partners
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| 12 | 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 | partners California twirl ⁋
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by: Seth Tepfer
B2 var: circle to wave, balance wave, walk fwd to new wave
introduces moves: Rory O'More
formation: improper
Starts in short waves, right hand to neighbors
| A1 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do 1¼ to short waves
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Based on Apples and Chocolate by Sue Rosen
by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: turn alone, allemande orbit
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 4 | pass through across the set (partner right)
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| 0 | turn alone
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| 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 4 | pass through along the set (neighbor right)
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| B2 | 8 | ladles allemande left once around while the gentlespoons orbit clockwise ½ around (next neighbor ladles)
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| 8 | partners swing ⁋
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by: Susan Kevra
progression var: slide left & circle w/ new neighbors (instead of pass through)
introduces moves: long lines, balance
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through
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| 8 | next neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 6 | ladles allemande right once
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| 6 | partners allemande left 1½
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| 4 | gentlespoons allemande right once
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| B2 | 4 | partners balance
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| 12 | partners swing
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The allemands aren't exactly as indicated above - the idea is to make sure all three happen in time for the Balance at the top of the B2
waltz & break
by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: slide along set, star, box the gnat
formation: Becket
Shadow is next to you.
| 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 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B1 | 8 | shadows right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | shadows do si do 1½
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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In the second half of B1, pull by R at the start of the do-si-do for some extra momentum.
Written on a stuck train to Princeton, NJ, late 2014, and first called March 2015 in Silver Spring, MD.
by: Chris Page
introduces moves: box circulate
formation: improper
starts in long waves, right hand to neighbor w/ gentlespoons facing out & ladles facing 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 | gentlespoons give & take neighbors
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½ to take hands in long waves with next neighbor, ladles facing in and gentlespoons facing out ⁋
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If anyone knows who wrote this variant of Chinese New Year, please let me know! I'd like to credit it appropriately.
by: Bill Olson
introduces moves: petronella
formation: Becket
My own personal-choreography-discovered-accidental-variation of Weeks on the Road by Bill Olson, this one keeps the energy driving in the B1 leading up to the partner swing much better than the original choreography, which replaces the balance/spin right with a circle left 3/4.
| A1 | 8 | left diagonal ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | neighbors California twirl
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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The person you chain / chain to in A1 is the neighbor you swing in A2.
by: Jacqui Grennan
introduces moves: mad robin
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½ around while the ladles orbit clockwise ½ around
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | ladles take partners
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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The title is a play on words. Robin + Orbit = Orbin
by: Isaac Banner
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through ⁋
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande left 1½ (new ladles)
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| 4 | balance short waves
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| 4 | partners allemande right ¾
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| B1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Based on Paul Balliet's First Hey, shifted and with one phrase changed. Offers an opening that works much better with a barn-burner of a tune, with a runaway B section. Manages the energy throughout the sequence better than Paul's original dance, in my opinion. At the very least it offers a distinctly more driving and chunky feel compared to the original.