user: Koren A Wake
hot night, busload of at least 20 newbies including kids who stayed for the first half. Rejiggered most of the second half, and fit fewer dances with longer water breaks between dances.
this was harder than I should have started with, but it worked OK
did this instead of David K.'s to make it easier; it was still tricky for them -- the progression worked but the A1 visit to the next neighbor was hard to get on time
waltz & break
Face the Music by Bill Olson
hot night, busload of at least 20 newbies including kids who stayed for the first half. Rejiggered most of the second half, and fit fewer dances with longer water breaks between dances.
by: Isaac Banner
this was harder than I should have started with, but it worked OK
introduces moves: long lines, swing, allemande, do si do, chain, right left through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners do si do 1¼
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain to neighbors
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| 8 | right left through ⁋
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Dosido as much as you want, until it’s time to balance - it’s a free country.
by: Yoyo Zhou
introduces moves: circle, roll away
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay on the way back
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| 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | ladles roll away partners with a half sashay on the way back
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | circle right 4 places, turn alone towards partner to take hands with new neighbors ⁋
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introduces moves: slice, petronella
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: box the gnat, hey, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 8 | 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: David Kaynor
did this instead of David K.'s to make it easier; it was still tricky for them -- the progression worked but the A1 visit to the next neighbor was hard to get on time
introduces moves: pull by direction, form a long wave
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pull by right
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| 8 | next neighbors allemande left once
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing (original neighbor)
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | ladles allemande right ¾
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| 0 | ladles form a long wave in the center
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| 4 | ladles allemande left ¾ with the next while gentlespoons slide left to meet their partner ⁋
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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waltz & break
by: Chris Weiler
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B1 | 16 | next neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Joseph Pimentel
introduces moves: Rory O'More, give & take, form an ocean wave
formation: improper
begin in short waves (ladles in center by left, neighbor in right)
| 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
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons give & take partners
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do 1½ and dance forward to ⁋
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| 0 | form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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Mac McKeever note on balances before Rory O'More: first balance is in the direction you will be going
Face the Music by Bill Olson
by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: promenade, slide along set
formation: Becket
Identify next neighbors on left diagonal.
| A1 | 4 | gentlespoons give & take neighbors
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 6 | partners promenade
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| 2 | slide right along set (j-hook) ⁋
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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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Linda's notes:
"Written for our friends Lucia Watson and Jeff Weiler so they could twirl like crazy in the chain. In 2017, I actually switched the sequences: the dance used to start at the B1. I like this much better!"