user: Nicholas Rockstroh
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2011
by: Traditional
old
introduces moves: swing, custom, chain
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| A2 | 16 | ones long swing
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| B1 | 16 | Actives down the center, turn alone, cast off with neighbor
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles chain traditional "full chain": across and back
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by: Chestnut
old
introduces moves: custom, petronella, balance the ring, down the hall, up the hall, right left through
formation: proper
| A1 | 4 | ones spin right to form a diamond, gentlespoon below, ladle above
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| A2 | 4 | petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| B1 | 8 | ones down the center and turn alone while the twos petronella back to place
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| 8 | ones up the center and hand cast off with twos
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | right left through and look for next neighbors ⁋
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by: Pat Shaw
1974
introduces moves: custom, circle, do si do, promenade
formation: five couple horseshoe
In a five couple longways set, the top couple is facing down the hall while the couples below them take hands four improper and Becketize so there are two couples on each side of the set in a horseshoe shape.
| A1 | 8 | right left through (side couples)
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| 0 | top couple walk to the middle of the set after the sides pull by
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| 8 | right left through (side couples)
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| A2 | 0 | top couple walks to the bottom of the set after the sides pull by
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| 8 | circle left 4 places (side couples)
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| 0 | top couple (at the bottom) separates and goes back home up the outside of the set
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B1 | 8 | five
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| 8 | five
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| B2 | 4 | partners promenade along the set on the right 1 place ⁋
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| 12 | partners balance & swing
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Written in 1974 and published in 1975 for the Levi Jackson state park in Berea, KY. The open-air dance hall there has large, vertical, wooden posts around which the dance is written to be performed. The matching tune of the same name is an essential part of the experience, and I strongly advise against calling this dance if the band is not prepared to play it.
by: Bob Dalsemer
1989
introduces moves: allemande, star promenade, butterfly whirl, pass through, turn alone, custom
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 4 | star promenade left ½ scooping your partner
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| 4 | butterfly whirl
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| A2 | 8 | ladles do si do once
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| 8 | partners swing, form a ring
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 2 | pass through across the set to face out
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| 2 | turn alone to face around the ring (gentlespoons 90*, ladles 180*) +
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| 8 | single file promenade three places
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| B2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing ⁋
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by: Chris Bischoff
1998
introduces moves: form long waves, balance, hey, long lines
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| 0 | form long waves - gentlespoons face in, ladles face out
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| 4 | balance
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| 4 | neighbors allemande right ½
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| A2 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B1 | 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain ⁋
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by: Jerome Grisanti and Susan Moffett
2007
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, custom
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | circle left 2 places
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| 4 | ladles allemande left ½
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| 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and partners by right hands
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| A2 | 8 | partners allemande right 1½
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| 8 | gentlespoons 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 | ladles chain
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 8 | cloverleaf turn single (face to face with partners) to face next neighbors ⁋
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Jerome's notes: "Notes: Symmetrical turn single can be prompted as "flirt and twirl." The A1 transition from the circle to the allemande is the "hook.""
waltz
by: Bradley Smith
2013
introduces moves: star
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & 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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2019
introduces moves: slide along set, custom, dolphin hey, meltdown swing
formation: Becket cw
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing, end in a line of four facing down
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| A2 | 8 | down the hall and turn as a couple
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| 0 | Alternate: down the hall and turn alone
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| 8 | up the hall and ones face second ladle
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| B1 | 0 | Alternate: up the hall and twos face first ladle
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| 16 | dolphin hey - start with ones passing second ladle by right shoulders and do one extra pass to home sides
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| B2 | 0 | Alternate: dolphin hey - start with twos passing first ladle by right shoulders and do one extra pass to home sides
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| 16 | partners meltdown swing
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This dance holds a special place in my heart. I wrote it to commemorate my time in Louisville, KY when I realized I would be leaving. This was the last dance I called on a Monday night there before moving to Cincinnati, OH. Named after the famous line from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I spent seven years as a native in the Louisville Contra scene and nine in the Louisville folk dance scene in general. It's the place where I found my love of country dance and learned my craft as a caller and choreographer. It is, undoubtedly, one of the best dance scenes in the country, and I look forward to returning as often as possible.
Update: I moved back to Louisville in 2020, so I guess I get to return to dance there every week now.
2024
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | next neighbors meltdown swing
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B2 | 8 | star right 4 places with prev neighbors
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½ ⁋
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Inspired by Lisa Greenleaf's classic dance Poetry in Motion. I wanted something which captured that same star -> star -> allemande feeling while also incorporating Petronella spins. Not quite as beginner friendly as I had initially hoped due to the frequent redirections in the B section. Keep for more experienced crowds or later in the evening when you need something with simple figures but an interesting flow.
by: Cary Ravitz
2011
introduces moves: roll away, Rory O'More
formation: Becket
| A1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay
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| 8 | circle right 3 places - hands free zombie walk ⁋
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places - hands free zombie walk
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| 0 | form an ocean wave - gentlespoons by right hands and partners by left hands ¹
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More right - ladles travel two places to neighbor gentlespoon's side
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors long swing or meltdown
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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