user: Moose Flores
NO LESSON
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6) Dance All Night https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=10369
break & waltz
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Waltz & goodnight
NO LESSON
by: Moose Flores
1)
introduces moves: swing, star, long lines, do si do, custom
formation: Becket
| A1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | star right 4 places
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | top 2 couples form line of 4 with arches, dance to the bottom, arching over everyone's heads. MEANWHILE everyone else step up the hall ⁋
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A good friend asked for a version of Riverside Jig that had a swing. I didn't want to lose the rest of the dance, so I rearranged the pieces.
Riverside Jig: https://contradb.com/dances/1918
by: Jim Gregory
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introduces moves: circle, promenade, custom
formation: Circle mixer
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | circle right 4 places - single file, ladles tap shoulder of new partner ⁋
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| A2 | 8 | partners do si do once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | partners promenade, then face the center
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| 8 | couples go forward & back
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| B2 | 8 | ladles go forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons go forward & back
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by: Tony Parkes
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introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ones do si do once
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors 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 4 places
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| 8 | circle right 4 places ⁋
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/Contra Dance Calling: A Basic Text/ p.220
by: Carol Ormand
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introduces moves: gate
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back ⁋
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| 8 | twos gate ones to face down the set
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| A2 | 8 | down the hall and turn alone
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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JoLaine Jones Pokorney notes that this is a good dance for enabling dancers of limited mobility to keep up. Here are some more: http://jolainejonespokorney.blogspot.com/2018/03/if-you-stumble-make-it-part-of-dance.html?m=1
by: Cary Ravitz
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introduces moves: allemande
formation: Becket ccw
| 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 | 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Rich Mohr
6) Dance All Night https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=10369
introduces moves: custom
formation: four face four
Have dancers note their "trail buddies" and who their corners are. The two dancers in the middle of the line of 4 are corners and the dancers at the ends have their corners in front of them.
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | corners swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles star right once
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| 8 | corners allemande left 1.25
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| B1 | 10 | partners pull by right for grand right and left until they meet their partner
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| 6 | partners do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing and end facing new lines of 4 ⁋
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In the grand right and left dancers end up traveling half way around the circle.
break & waltz
by: Moose Flores
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introduces moves: pull by dancers, petronella
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons balance & pull by left
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | long lines forward & back ⁋
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Ask the band for a reel.
Simpler variation on Druzy Green
https://contradb.com/dances/2038
by: Moose Flores
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introduces moves: chain
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 | right diagonal gentlespoons chain to shadow
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| B1 | 8 | star right - hands across - 3 places, gentlespoons drop out
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing ⁋
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At ends: wait on the side for the diagonal chain, and courtesy turn. (you may also star right 3/4 with two "phantom" dancers) then wait out half-sashayed.
Named after my grandmother's afghan.
9)
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: Tom Hinds
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formation: Becket
| 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 | long lines forward & back ⁋
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Bradley Smith Notes: The first time through the dance, the ladles allemande Left in A1 is with the couple that you start the dance with. Every time after that, the ladles have to look to the right to find the next ladle to allemande. It's a very simple progression that just requires reminding the ladles to look for the next ladle in line after the forward and back
Waltz & goodnight