user: Abigail Golden
announcements
waltz + break
by: Lisa Greenleaf
introduces moves: swing, long lines, allemande, circle, do si do
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: Rhiannon Giddens
introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 2 | neighbors pull by right to prev neighbors
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| 6 | prev neighbors allemande left once - return to current neighbors
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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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 - reach right hand to next neighbors ⁋
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by: David Smukler
introduces moves: hey
formation: becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 4 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | ladles allemande right ¾ to new neighbor ladle ⁋
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| 4 | ladles allemande left once, gentlespoons shift left
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| B1 | 16 | partners start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: balance the ring, form an ocean wave, Rory O'More, custom
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through to an ocean wave - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More right and gentlespoons keep sliding past each other
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| B1 | 0 | gentlespoons catch left hands
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places and pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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by: John Coffman
introduces moves: right left through, roll away
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - gentlespoons ricochet first time, ladles ricochet first time, gentlespoons ricochet second time, ladles ricochet second time
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B2 | 6 | right left through
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay
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| 6 | star right - wrist grip - 3 places; gentlespoons look to new neighbor gentlespoons to start hey ⁋
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announcements
by: Donna Hunt
introduces moves: zig zag, petronella
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 balance & swing new neighbor
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| B1 | 4 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | partners allemande left ¾
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| 8 | ladles allemande right once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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*March 2015 Dedicated to all the musicians from Brooklyn that I’ve called with over the years. When asked which musicians I wanted to work with for the March 2015 gig in Brooklyn, I said, “Those Brooklyn boys” so they hired Danny, Marco, Jody, Sam, Bob and Michael.
A1 credit to John Coffman
waltz + break
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: meltdown swing, give & take
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back, gentlespoons roll away partners right to left
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| 8 | long lines forward & back, ladles roll away partners right to left
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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 | 2 | neighbors pull by left ⁋
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| 14 | next neighbors meltdown swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles give & take partners
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| 8 | partners swing
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*Instruct dancers to enter at the top and bottom with the gentlespoons on the right and the ladles on the left.
by: Lindsey Dono
introduces moves: custom
formation: improper
Begins in short wave, ladles by the left in middle.
| A1 | 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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| 4 | petronella to end in a diamond shape +
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| 4 | balance the ring (diamond)
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| 4 | petronella
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring (diamond)
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| 4 | gentlespoons take neighbors
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 0 | ladles ricochet to a
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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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/+ ladles facing across, gentlespoons facing up/down- gentlespoons are facing the same direction that they do in the short wave.
Inspired by Jerome Grisanti’s Kimmswick Diamonds, http://contradb.com/dances/263
by: Martha Wild
introduces moves: mad robin, pass by, pass through, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | mad robin, ladles in front
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| A2 | 2 | ladles pass by left shoulders
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| 14 | partners meltdown swing
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| B1 | 4 | pass through across the set
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| 4 | partners California twirl
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| B2 | 2 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
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| 14 | neighbors meltdown swing ⁋
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by: Tony Parkes
introduces moves: custom
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing end facing up or down with ladles closer to center
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| A2 | 6 | promenade along the line
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| 4 | turn as a couple, gentlespoons closer to center
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| 6 | promenade back to partner
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through ⁋
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| 8 | ladles chain
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by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: promenade
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella and turn to face the next ⁋
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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"The motion in B1 does seem magical – while the ladles Petronella over and back across the set, the gentlespoons do consecutive Petronellas along the side, in effect progressing behind his partner’s back."
- Rich Goss