user: Moose Flores
Jo - Bringing one
Moose
Moose - Need clarity on the rollaway/twirl. WHO??
Susan - It’s OK to Be Ruthless by EBA
Susan - Balance Beams? Olympic Rings? by Susan
Marc
Marc - ?LHBalance to swing? mainly: <3<3
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Joel K - <3<3 Jo wants it. New name??
Wren
Wren
Jo
Susan - Seesaw in the Pantry
UP FOR GRABS - Drop the LLFB! Maybe drop the dosido?
Moose
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Jo - Bringing one
by: Fiona Carey and Qwill Duvall
Moose
introduces moves: hey, gyre, mad robin, balance the ring, give & take, swing, circle
formation: Becket
Double progression in A1
At start, to find shadow: face partner, look past them to your shadow looking back at you.
After diagonal half hey: your shadow is next to you.
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a left diagonal half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends ⁋
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| 8 | partners gyre once, then face neighbors across
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| A2 | 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front, around shadow
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front around partner
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | ladles give & take neighbors
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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dancers are encouraged to take their time and let stuff stretch to fill the space
by: Moose Flores
Moose - Need clarity on the rollaway/twirl. WHO??
Susan - It’s OK to Be Ruthless by EBA
Susan - Balance Beams? Olympic Rings? by Susan
by: Bradley Smith
Marc
introduces moves: meltdown swing, long lines, roll away, turn alone
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet second time to neighbors
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| B1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay on the way back (roll right to left)
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front (CCW around current neighbors, facing partners)
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| B2 | 0 | turn alone to face Next neighbors ⁋
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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Written for the Wise family.
by: Moose Flores
Marc - ?LHBalance to swing? mainly: <3<3
introduces moves: pull by dancers, poussette, California twirl, petronella
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons balance & pull by left
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | circle left 2 places
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| 8 | half poussette - ladles pull partners back then left
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Ask the band for a reel.
Simpler variation: Lady Mondegreen
https://contradb.com/dances/2469
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by: Moose Flores
Joel K - <3<3 Jo wants it. New name??
introduces moves: allemande, chain, star
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.
Wren
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, custom, slice
formation: Becket
Start in a line of 4, facing down the hall
| A1 | 8 | down the hall and turn alone, ends fall in behind partners
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| 8 | up the hall, two by two
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| A2 | 0 | front couple: down the outsides and turn alone, return up the outsides
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| 16 | MEANWHILE: other two dancers swing, end facing down
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | slice left and diagonal back (double progression) ⁋
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| 8 | circle left 4 places
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Two things to try:
• Instead of Double Slice Left in B2, standard-issue Single Slice Left ??
• After the Double Slice Left (instead of circling left) the up-hall dancers enjoy a
short swing in center of the set while their partners hang back and watch ??
Wren
formation: improper
beginning formation: with ones in-between the twos, as a couple with your neighbor face CCW around the oval. The A1 moves are "Gay Gordons promenade" around the oval.
| A1 | 8 | down the hall forward then backward
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| 8 | up the hall forward then backward
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| A2 | 16 | ones start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B1 | 8 | ones gyre left shoulders once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ones swing, end facing next neighbors (twos: be ready to start ccw, GG promenade) ⁋
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by: Grace Hendrickson-Jones and Qwill Duvall
Jo
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, form long waves, Rory O'More
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 6 | ladles allemande right 1½ ++
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| 2 | ladles pull by right
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| 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by right hands and shadows by left hands
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| 4 | shadows allemande left ¾
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| B1 | 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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++ A2 has to move quickly
End Effects: wait out w/Ladle on the left, Ladle are out until they walk fwd to join a short wave with shadow.
If no one is waiting out, Ladles loop to join the short wave w/ their shadow (and partner)
Susan - Seesaw in the Pantry
by: Moose Flores
UP FOR GRABS - Drop the LLFB! Maybe drop the dosido?
introduces moves: custom, do si do
formation: four face four
Inspired by a French court dance from Versailles.
In A1, try a shuffle step
| A1 | 16 | as couples, mad ladle clockwise (think: 8 count sliding door, twice)
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| A2 | 0 | Center four dancers: star right, star left
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| 16 | meanwhile, at ends: neighbors allemande left once, allemande right once.
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| B1 | 6 | partners do si do once
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| 10 | Grand right and left halfway around
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| B2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing, end facing new neighbors ⁋
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Inspired by La Tempete
https://youtu.be/vmiq0m7JTzM
by: Moose Flores
Moose
introduces moves: allemande orbit, form a long wave, pass by
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1¼ around while the ladles orbit clockwise ½ around
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| A2 | 4 | gentlespoons form a long wave in the center - balance the wave, then "cut the diamond" ...
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| 4 | partners pass by left shoulders
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 2 | circle left 1 place
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| 14 | partners swing
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Written for Annie, the winning bidder at the Dance Music & Spice auction.
Earlier, we had an excellent game of cribbage, hence the title.
by: Aden Water
UP FOR GRABS
introduces moves: right left through
formation: Becket
Involves 2-person diagonal Rorys with satisfying catches, will work best if the dancers have done Rorys already that night. Perhaps you want dancers to practice the catch.
| A1 | 8 | star right - hands across - 4 places -Ladles drop out, Gentlespoons stay connected
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| 8 | gentlespoons do si do once then finish with right hands linked, diagonally across set
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| A2 | 8 | balance & gentlespoons Rory O'More right -Ladles catch
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | balance & ladles Rory O'More right diagonally across the set, ladles have to spin extra, Gentlespoons catch.
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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Moose, I most want to know how smooth this is, the catches should feel great. So please let it go at least 4-5 repeats of music. When the ladles rory spin to partner, does it feel like a big adjustment to be facing the partner?
by: Aden Water
UP FOR GRABS
introduces moves: promenade
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through -you pull past your partner
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| 8 | circle right 3 places
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| 8 | partners promenade then loop large to the left to progress. (Single prog.)
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Walked in dirt at Pinewoods, I don't know how it feels to dance it.
by: Grace Hendrickson-Jones, Qwill Duvall and Bob Velwest
UP FOR GRABS
introduces moves: custom
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | ladles left-hand chain to neighbor
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| B1 | 8 | ladles allemande left once around while the gentlespoons orbit clockwise ½ around
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 6 | circle right 3 places
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| 2 | partners Nevada twirl (ladle twirl the gentlespoon to swap & face next neighbors) ⁋
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