user: Noah Natzke
by: Carol Ormand
balances throughout the As
introduces moves: balance, allemande, form long waves, form an ocean wave, swing, circle, do si do
formation: improper
Begin in short wavy lines with ladles in the center and ones facing down the set.
| A1 | 4 | balance the wave
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| 4 | neighbors allemande right ¾ to
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out the wave
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| 4 | balance
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| 4 | neighbors allemande right ¾
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| A2 | 0 | form an ocean wave - gentlespoons by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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| 4 | balance the wave
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| 12 | 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 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do 1¾ ⁋
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| 0 | form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands in short waves
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by: Erik Weberg
smooth
introduces moves: gyre, mad robin, poussette, hey, pass by, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors gyre once
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| 8 | mad robin, ladles in front
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| A2 | 8 | half poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then left
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| 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B1 | 2 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
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| 14 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places to next neighbor ⁋
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This is one of the most flowing dances I’ve written (2007…?) and dancers have expressed appreciation for the connectedness and satisfying feel. After the half pousette with partner, the ladles should let go and take a step back and to the left in order to leave room in the middle for the gentlespoons to begin the hey. The timing of this dance has been described as “squishy”, which is ok. Encourage dancers to stretch out the Mad Robin, the Pousette and the Hey and use all the music provided.
*I’ve recently been teaching this dance the way I initially intended it; with the fifth change of the hey and then the swing in the B1 part of the dance. I’ve found that as I get better at teaching it, it has become easier to convince dancers to suspend their hurry in getting to the next figure during the A parts. As dancers relax into the flow they seem to enjoy it more, and saving that last crossing by the gentlespoons until the B1 seems to enhance the joy.
Ryan Smith notes in a facebook thread: One of my favorite dances of all time is Joyride. It starts with a face-to-face, transitions into a mad robin, then to a half pousette, then to a hey (or at least 7/8ths of one) and then into a swing. Then the ladles chain across and you star to the next neighbor. With the right hall and the right partner, you can lock eyes halfway through A1 and not look away until the end of B1. Because the vast majority of the moves are not moves where you are connected to the other dancers physically, it requires extra effort for the caller. Because the first move needs to take up 8 counts of music, but that most dancers will try to do it in 6 means that there's some more extra work for the caller.
Original at http://www.erikweberg.com/joyride/
by: Becky Hill
balances throughout the As
introduces moves: box the gnat, right left through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
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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 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles chain (to neighbor) ⁋
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by: Mike Boerschig
sort of a contingency, don't expect to call it
introduces moves: custom, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 8 | The first gentlespoon and second ladle star left above, and the second gentlespoon and first ladle star left below
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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 | partners California twirl ⁋
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by: Chris Weiler
introduces moves: petronella
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B1 | 16 | next neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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