user: Koren A Wake
waltz & break
by: Larry Jennings
introduces moves: swing, down the hall, up the hall, circle, chain, long lines
formation: improper
A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing, end facing down the hall
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A2 | 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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B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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8 | partners swing
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B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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8 | long lines forward & back - ID next neighbors ⁋
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by: Joseph Pimentel
introduces moves: Rory O'More, give & take, do si do, 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
introduces moves: allemande, hey, promenade
formation: improper
A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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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 | partners promenade across & loop wide to new neighbors (J-hook) ⁋
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8 | circle right 3 places
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by: Jim Hemphill
introduces moves: mad robin, gyre, right left through
formation: improper
A1 | 8 | mad robin, ladles in front clockwise
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8 | ladles start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - gentlespoons ricochet
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A2 | 8 | partners gyre once
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8 | partners swing
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B1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet
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8 | neighbors swing
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B2 | 8 | right left through
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8 | mad robin, ladles in front counterclockwise ⁋
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BEFORE CALLING test mad robin direction. In A1, clockwise; in B2, counterclockwise
by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: petronella
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 | left diagonal ladles chain to shadow
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B1 | 8 | balance & petronella across
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8 | balance & petronella turning extra to face partner
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B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing ⁋
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waltz & break
by: unknown
introduces moves: poussette, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
A1 | 6 | half poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then left
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10 | neighbors swing
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A2 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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B1 | 8 | partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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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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Collected from a dancer in Texas, who transcribed it from a video in which it was danced to the tune "Yellow Rose of Texas." He did not have a name for the dance. As taught to me, it began with a full do si do as couples; I changed it to a half poussette.
introduces moves: pull by dancers, box the gnat
formation: improper
A1 | 4 | 1st neighbors balance & pull by right
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4 | 2nd neighbors pull by left
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8 | 3rd neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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A2 | 4 | 3rd neighbors pull by right
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4 | 2nd neighbors pull by left
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8 | 1st neighbors swing
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B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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8 | partners swing
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B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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8 | ladles do si do 1½ ⁋
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by: Chris Page
introduces moves: custom, star
formation: improper
the 'single file promenade clockwise' can be drawing your neighbor/partner across the set with eye contact gravity
A1 | 4 | neighbors gyre ½
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4 | single file promenade clockwise 1/2 (facing neighbor) [1]
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8 | neighbors swing
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A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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8 | ladles allemande right 1½ [2]
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B1 | 4 | partners gyre ½
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4 | single file promenade clockwise 1/2 (facing partner) [3]
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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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Chris Page notes:
[1] While looking at your neighbor. Gentlespoons backing up across the set (carefully), ladles follow them to the other side.
[2] A little different from the normal ladle's allemande, as here dancers don't adjust. Gentlespoons should stay put, and stay on the slight diagonal, rather than adjusting to be across from each other. Ladles allemande right 1 & 1/2, then ease out to the sidelines, having traded places, and now facing their partner on the side of the set.
[3] While looking at your partner. Ladles backing up across the set (carefully), gentlespoons follow them to the other side.
An auction dance written for Heather Visscher. She really liked the A2 move from "A Rare Bird" by Bob Isaacs.
Original at http://chrispagecontra.awardspace.us/dances/#heart-of-joy
Called by Andy Shore on tour with Polaris in 2018.
by: David Smukler
formation: becket
A1 | 6 | circle left 4 places
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10 | neighbors swing
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A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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4 | ladles allemande right ¾ to new neighbor ladle ⁋
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4 | ladles allemande left once, gentlespoons shift left
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B1 | 16 | partners start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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