user: Dane Wallinga
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: Orace Johnson
introduces moves: meltdown swing, allemande, down the hall, up the hall, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 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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| 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: Tom Calwell
introduces moves: long lines, roll away, hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | long lines forward ⁋
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay as lines back up *
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 16 | ladles 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 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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* This is how the dance was originally written, but some find that ladles rolling away gentlespoons flows better into the ladles chain. I think that variation also goes by the name "Rollin' to the Grey Eagle", written by Hank Morris.
by: Jacqui Grennan
introduces moves: slice, zig zag
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.
by: Martha Wild
introduces moves: mad robin, pass by, pass through
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: Tavi Merrill
introduces moves: turn alone
formation: Becket
Identify shadow beside you in original Becket
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 6 | circle right 4 places ladles
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| 2 | turn alone
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| 8 | neighbors swing your new neighbor
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | partners pass by right shoulders along the set
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| 8 | shadows do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing ⁋
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by: Dean Snipes
introduces moves: promenade, petronella, slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | 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
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 14 | partners balance & swing
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| 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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Julian Bee notes that swapping the promenade for a R+L Thru is Linda Leslie's "Old Time Elixir #2", written in 1998. It's unclear when Dean wrote TTT, so both deserve a cross-reference. https://contradb.com/dances/474
by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, balance
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 4 | pass through to an ocean wave - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
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| 4 | balance
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| 4 | pass through ⁋
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| 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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| B2 | 4 | ladles allemande left ½
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| 12 | partners swing
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