user: Koren A Wake
waltz & break
alternate #9 (was hoping to do 99999 but decided not to, for time)
by: Luke Donforth
introduces moves: long lines, swing, allemande, do si do, promenade, chain
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | neighbors swing (this is a new neighbor)
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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 | partners promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain ⁋
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by: Sue Rosen
introduces moves: box the gnat, petronella
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella; turn to face next neighbor ⁋
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by: Carol Kopp
introduces moves: hey, pass by, circle, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full 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 | 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: Dean Snipes
introduces moves: box circulate, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| A2 | 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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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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by: Susan Petrick
introduces moves: poussette
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | half poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then left
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain to partner
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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 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl then join two hands ⁋
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by: Jim Hemphill
introduces moves: give & take, right left through, square through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons give & take neighbors
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | left diagonal ladles chain to shadow
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | square through two - next neighbors balance & pull by right, then shadows pull by left ⁋
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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waltz & break
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: 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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alternate #9 (was hoping to do 99999 but decided not to, for time)
introduces moves: pull by dancers
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | 1st neighbors balance & pull by right
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| 4 | 2nd neighbors pull by left
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| 8 | 3rd neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| A2 | 4 | 3rd neighbors pull by right
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| 4 | 2nd neighbors pull by left
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| 8 | 1st 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 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles do si do 1½ ⁋
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by: Koren Wake
introduces moves: balance, roll away
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through to an ocean wave - ladles by left in the center, partners by right on the sides
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| 4 | balance the wave
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| 4 | partners allemande right ¾ to long waves (gentlespoons face out)
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| A2 | 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing (on home side)
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| B2 | 4 | circle left 2 places
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay across the set
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners on the side of the set - no half sashay! and face new neighbors ⁋
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Inspired by Du Quoin Races by Orace Johnson.
B2 progression/teaching point: After balancing the ring, imagine long lines, and imagine the rollaway occurring in long lines, with the gentlespoons not moving. In order to progress the partnership along the side of the set, the gentlespoons need to NOT move left - instruct them to take a small step back/out of the set to make space, and then shift just a smidge further to the right to join the ring with new neighbors. Keep the roll aways tight (arms springy!) to avoid collisions.
B1 partner swing may be a balance and swing or right gyre and swing, depending on the music and the dancers' energy for that many balances in a row.
by: Tom Lehmann
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | left diagonal ladles chain (to shadow) ⁋
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella, turn to face partner
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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