user: Nicholas Rockstroh
Waltz
medley
medley
medley
by: David Kaynor
introduces moves: swing, circle, do si do, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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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 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places to new neighbors ⁋
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by: Jim Hemphill
introduces moves: slice, give & take, long lines, allemande
formation: Becket
Identify 1st shadows standing next to you and 2nd shadows standing past your partners.
| A1 | 4 | slice left ⁋
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| 4 | ladles take neighbors
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| B1 | 2 | partners allemande right ½
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| 6 | 1st shadows allemande left once
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| 2 | partners allemande right ½
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| 6 | 2nd shadows allemande left once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: John Coffman
introduces moves: right left through, roll away, petronella, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 4 | ladles roll away neighbors with a half sashay same neighbor
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| B1 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing, form ring
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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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by: Chart Guthrie
introduces moves: hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons right-hand chain
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| A2 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles chain ⁋
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by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall
formation: Becket
start the walkthrough with partners swing, and then form a line of four facing down
| A1 | 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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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | right diagonal ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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One of my favorite dances from Gene. A rare example of a Becket dance with lines of four down and up the hall, and a clever little progression via the right diagonal chain. It's a fantastic dance to inject variety into an event with a mixed crowd, since there's enough unexpected to scintillate experienced folks without overwhelming beginners.
Waltz
medley
introduces moves: balance, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1¾
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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by: Linda Leslie
medley
introduces moves: slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 0 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through (or promenade)
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| 8 | ladles chain to partner
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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A variation of the dance Old Time Elixir by Mike Boerschig. The same dance was also written by Dean Snipes, and is called "Tica Tica Timing".
medley
introduces moves: gyre
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | ladles roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| B1 | 8 | partners gyre once meltdown to
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| 8 | partners swing -end in ring of 4
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella spin right one place
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through ⁋
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Notes: Written to medley with Steve Zakon-Anderson and Louis Cromartie’s dance Salmonella Evening. Preserves the progression from that dance while doing some different stuff beforehand. Perfectly enjoyable on its own, but the name only makes sense in the context of the medley. Inspired by a conversation I had with Josiah Roberts.
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: pass by, custom, poussette
formation: improper
| A1 | 2 | neighbors pass by right shoulders
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| 6 | next neighbors gyre left shoulders once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 6 | gentlespoons chevron into neighbors' place
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| 6 | half poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then left
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| B1 | 4 | ladles take partners
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| 12 | 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 ⁋
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How many ways can we rip off Jurassic Redheads?
(Technically this is ripping off Triassic Poetry, actually)
introduces moves: figure 8
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| 6 | ladles do si do once, end in a line of four with the ladles in the middle
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| A2 | 8 | down the hall and slide doors
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 8 | gentlespoons half figure 8 above, first gentlespoon leading
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Based on my other dance Crossroads Contra. That dance had a lot of action for the ladles and almost none for the gentlespoons, so I decided to fix that. Now with a new title.
by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: star promenade, butterfly whirl
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½, keeping hands, pick up partner
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| 4 | star promenade left ½
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| 4 | butterfly whirl to face in
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| B1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Cary Ravitz notes: This dance is an easier version of Through the Looking Glass, or you
might see it as Amy Kahn's Sweet Music with a different progression,
or Steve Zakon-Anderson's Twirling at the Alter with the progression
moved from the hey to the circle, or David Zinkin's Becky's Becket
with a different A2.