user: Koren A Wake
alternating
waltz & break
by: Yoyo Zhou
introduces moves: swing, allemande, do si do, circle, 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 do si do once
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & 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 to progress
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by: Tony Parkes
alternating
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, hey, gyre, long lines
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | down the hall and turn alone
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| 8 | up the hall and end facing neighbor
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| B1 | 8 | neighbors gyre once
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| 8 | neighbors swing, end facing across the set
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ones swing, end facing down ⁋
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by: Cis Hinkle
introduces moves: roll away, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors
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| 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | ladles roll away neighbors
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| B1 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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The dual long lines with a roll away sets up a nice transition into the ladles allemande.
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: zig zag, meltdown swing, mad robin
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 6 | zig left zag right, trailing two catching hands ⁋
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| 2 | gentlespoons allemande left ½
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| B1 | 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| B2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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by: Lisa Greenleaf
introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers, custom
formation: improper
Have dancers introduce themselves to their previous neighbor during walkthrough.
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 2 | neighbors pull by right
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| 6 | previous neighbors allemande left once
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Luke Donforth
introduces moves: slide along set, promenade, square through
formation: Becket
| 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 | neighbors promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain to partner
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| B1 | 8 | square through two - neighbors balance & pull by right, then partners pull by left along
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| 8 | shadows do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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waltz & break
by: Claire Takemori
introduces moves: balance, petronella, give & take, pass through
formation: improper
Short wave, Neighbor by RH, Ladles by LH in middle
| A1 | 4 | balance wave
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 12 | ladles give & take partners, Swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places, reform short wave
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| 4 | balance wave ⁋
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| 4 | pass through,walk forward to new wave
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Spin off of Spring Break, Tom Lehman, for a super easy, hi-energy dance.
by: Dugan Murphy
introduces moves: form long waves, box circulate
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| B2 | 0 | form long waves - gentlespoons face in, ladles face out
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right, look to next neighbors ⁋
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by: Koren Wake
formation: Becket double progression
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| A2 | 8 | partners gyre 1½
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends, look to the right diagonal ⁋
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| B1 | 8 | ladles start a right diagonal half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends, look straight across ⁋
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet, gentlespoons ricochet
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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My flight was delayed due to "a pigeon on the jetway." The phrase stuck in my head, and I had to write a dance to go with it. Long lines establish the setting, and then the ladles lead the gentlespoons in quite a chase!
by: Jacqui Grennan
introduces moves: slice
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 6 | neighbors zig left zag right
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| 4 | shadows allemande left once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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The timing is fuzzy in the B1 but it does all fit.