user: Koren A Wake
no walkthrough (just taught slice)
waltz, break, hambo
no walkthrough (taught R<)
by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: swing, down the hall, up the hall, circle, chain, star
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 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: long lines, hey, allemande
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors swing (this is a new neighbor)
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles 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 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing (the one you already swung)
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Written for a workshop at YDW '17 to practice communication with neighbors.
by: Erik Hoffman
introduces moves: pass through, form long waves, Rory O'More
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 4 | ladles allemande left ½
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| 4 | partners allemande right ¾ to
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| A2 | 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out. The person in one's left hand is a shadow.
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out with partner and second shadow
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left +
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| B1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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+slide past partner nose to nose and take partner's right hand to pull ladles into a hey for four
Erik notes,"The allemandes in A1 are snappy and potentially confusing, especially for the ladles. When I want to simplify the dance, I use the original version:
https://contradb.com/dances/690
Erik writes, "I've been sworn to secrecy about the origins of the title, so don't bother to ask! However, The Duck Returns is related."
Entered from https://www.prismnet.com/contradance/sequences/missing-duck.html
by: Nils Fredland
introduces moves: petronella, do si do
formation: improper
Begins hands-4 in a ring.
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & 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 | partners swing
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once and form a ring
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Variation by Nils.
by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: mad robin
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| A2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | right diagonal ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing ⁋
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by: Yoyo Zhou
no walkthrough (just taught slice)
introduces moves: slice
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 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 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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waltz, break, hambo
by: Cis Hinkle
introduces moves: roll away
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors
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| 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | ladles roll away neighbors
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| B1 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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The dual long lines with a roll away sets up a nice transition into the ladles allemande.
by: Dale Rempert
introduces moves: balance, custom, give & take, balance the ring
formation: improper
form wavy line of 4, right to neighbor & ladles left in the middle
| A1 | 4 | balance the wave right & back
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| 4 | dance fwd on the right diagonal to form waves with neighbor 2 (left to neighbor, gentlespoons right in the middle)
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| 4 | balance the wave left & right
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| 4 | neighbors allemande left ¾ (this is neighbor 2)
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors long swing (this is original neighbor 1)
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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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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through and form a wave with new neighbors - right to neighbor, ladles left in the middle ⁋
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by: Chris Page
introduces moves: gyre, custom
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: Linda Leslie
no walkthrough (taught R<)
introduces moves: slide along set, right left through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 0 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through (or promenade)
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| 8 | ladles chain to partner
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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A variation of the dance Old Time Elixir by Mike Boerschig. The same dance was also written by Dean Snipes, and is called "Tica Tica Timing".