user: Moose Flores
give weight, stay connected, better never than late, "keep moving, smile, and all is forgiven."
Circle Waltz Mixer by New England Dance Masters (FOUR TIMES?) https://youtu.be/V9atws7Z-pw
Kinda a train wreck, but everything else was MUCH better after this.
Mesozoic Redheads by David Gilks Tune: Ask for smooth/slinky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITxFob0YOLk
(substitute out: Hey For Forty by Carol Ormand) http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=10491
waltz & break
Do What the 2's Say by unknown (NB: NO CONTRA moves in B1. Macarena, etc. instead) https://lists.sharedweight.net/hyperkitty/list/contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net/message/JWUTF4YCG766O7QWCFPXOETWYKAZK66D/
waltz & goodnight
by: unknown
give weight, stay connected, better never than late, "keep moving, smile, and all is forgiven."
introduces moves: circle, allemande, do si do, swing, chain, right left through
formation: circle
Lesson: Circle, give weight, stay connected, AR, AL, DSD, Swing, courtesy turn & chain, better never than late.
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left once
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | right left through
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Lesson: Circle, give weight, stay connected, AR, AL, DSD, Swing, courtesy turn & chain, better never than late.
Circle Waltz Mixer by New England Dance Masters (FOUR TIMES?) https://youtu.be/V9atws7Z-pw
by: Moose Flores
Kinda a train wreck, but everything else was MUCH better after this.
introduces moves: custom, long lines
formation: improper
A great big 'circle' & small circle, like the penny farthing bicycle.
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | oval left
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| 8 | oval right, returning to original set
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| B1 | 8 | circle right 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons chain
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| 8 | long lines forward & back ⁋
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A2) when oval right, "look for your partner" to know how far to come back.
when out at the ends: you may oval, but do not circle.
B2) gentlespoons chain: courtesy turn is clockwise, and you end up standard (gentlespoon on left), across from your partner (where you were at the end of the neighbor swing).
A short about the Penny Farthing: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4otrEFf_jM0
by: Don Flaherty
introduces moves: hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B2 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends look for new neighbors in line of progression on the side of set
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by: David Gilks
Mesozoic Redheads by David Gilks Tune: Ask for smooth/slinky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITxFob0YOLk
by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing end facing down the hall
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| A2 | 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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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Becky Hill
(substitute out: Hey For Forty by Carol Ormand) http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=10491
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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| B2 | 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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waltz & break
by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: petronella, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once as couples
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once
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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 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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Optional: last time
B1) Long lines forward & back, Gentlespoons allemande left 1 1/2
B2) Partners balance & swing
Variation on Cherokee Shuffle
https://contradb.com/dances/509
by: unknown
Do What the 2's Say by unknown (NB: NO CONTRA moves in B1. Macarena, etc. instead) https://lists.sharedweight.net/hyperkitty/list/contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net/message/JWUTF4YCG766O7QWCFPXOETWYKAZK66D/
introduces moves: custom
formation: improper
Note ones and twos
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | ones swing
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| A2 | 8 | ones down the center and turn alone
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| 8 | ones up the center, twos gate the ones
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| B1 | 16 | "do what the twos say"
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | twos swing ⁋
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++ During the walkthrough, have the Twos decide on a move or two moves that will put everyone back where they started (the progressed position). Each two must tell their neighbor what to do during the gate.
When a couple gets to the bottom of the line, they become twos and must think up (or steal) moves to tell the ones to do.
NB: dancers are not limited to contra moves! Some suggestions:
baby shark
bend and snap
birdy in the cage
bunny hop
cabbage patch
cha-cha slide
chicken dance
cupid shuffle
dougie
electric slide
funky chicken
gangnam style
hand jive
harlem shake
hokey pokey
hully gully
jerk
jump on it (apache)
kick ups
lawn mower
Loco-motion
macarena
madison
make it rain
mashed potato
MC Hammer
moonwalk
nitty gritty
pony
pop & lock
pulp fiction
raise the roof
robot
roger rabbit
running man
saturday night fever
shimmy twist
single ladies
soulja boy (super man)
sprinkler
stanky legg
stroll
swim
thriller
time warp
tootsie roll
tucca tucca
twist
vogue
walk like an egyptian
watusi
whip & nae nae
wobble
YMCA
yoga pose
by: Linda Leslie
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | left diagonal ladles chain to shadow
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella across
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| 8 | balance & petronella turning extra to face partner
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing ⁋
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waltz & goodnight