user: Chet Gray
Chet
Susan
Greer
Megan
Chet
Nicholas
Cherylyn
Nicholas
Cherylyn
Chet
by: Sherry Nevins
Chet
introduces moves: balance, circle, do si do
formation: improper or proper
Begin joined hands four
| A1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 8 | circle left 4 places
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 8 | circle right 4 places
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| B1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | partners do si do once (across the set)
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| B2 | 16 | neighbors do si do 1½ as couples (holding partner's hand) ⁋
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by: Lisa Greenleaf
Susan
introduces moves: swing, long lines, allemande
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & 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 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do 1½ ⁋
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by: Chestnut
Greer
introduces moves: custom
formation: circle mixer
Couples in a circle around the room facing anti-clockwise, ladles on the right.
Hold: Right hands joined over ladle's shoulder (gentlespoon's arm behind ladle's back), and left hands joined in front.
| A1 | 8 | walk forward
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| 8 | pivot to walk backward (still counterclockwise)
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| A2 | 8 | walk forward
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| 8 | pivot to walk backward (still clockwise)
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| B1 | 8 | step together, step apart
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| 8 | pass ladle to the center
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| B2 | 8 | step together, step apart
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| 8 | ladle turn back
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If not progressing, ladle twirl back to "outside".
by: Chart Guthrie
Chet
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: Robert Cromartie
Nicholas
introduces moves: see saw, pass through, right left through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors see saw once
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | ladles balance & swing in the center, end by partners
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 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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| 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| 16 | gentlespoons balance & swing in the center, end by partners
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| 16 | partners balance & swing
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| 8 | right left through
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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Written and first called on Sunday, September 5, 1993, the last day of the first annual Harvest Moon Festival, put on by the Greenville, SC contra dance group. Intended to be done as a medley. I usually start with an unrelated dance, then change to Moon Dance, then after a few times do Sun Dance, and finally alternate between the two. I know of callers who walk through both dances, then alternate between them throughout. I like the surprise factor. Callers: watch out for the beginning of the B2 -- the dances are different.
by: Yoyo Zhou
Cherylyn
introduces moves: petronella, balance the ring, roll away
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners left to right along
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors left to right across
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain to neighbors
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends to face next neighbors ⁋
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Nicholas
introduces moves: California twirl, zig zag, pull by dancers
formation: Becket cw
Shadow 1 is next to you, shadow 2 is past shadow 1
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl and face next neighbors ⁋
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| 8 | circle right 3 places with next neighbors
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| B1 | 8 | neighbors zig right zag left zig right around two couples to 2nd shadow
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| 6 | 2nd shadows allemande left once
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| 2 | 1st shadows pull by right
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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For those unfamiliar, the California twirl here is a Nevada twirl, which is a California twirl with the opposite hands. The end effects here are doubly screwy. If you're out after the partner swing, the ladles need to go on the left and the gentlespoons on the right. If you're out after the Nevada twirl, you have to immediately switch again to have the ladles on the right and the gentlespoons on the left. Named after The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim and a line in Miracle of Sound’s “Sovngarde Song” based on the game.
by: Bill Olson
Cherylyn
introduces moves: box the gnat, star, promenade
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | star right - wrist grip - 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles do si do 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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by: Perry Shafran
Chet
introduces moves: Rory O'More, form an ocean wave
formation: improper
start in ocean wave, ladles by lefts in center
| 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, form a ring
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | 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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| 0 | form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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