user: Sarah Trop
(last in first half)
(first in second half)
by: Scott Higgs
introduces moves: swing, long lines, chain, allemande, circle, do si do
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 6 | ladles allemande right once
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do 1½ ⁋
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by: Robert Cromartie
introduces moves: balance
formation: improper
Starts in ocean waves, ladles in the middle taking left hands, neighbors taking right hands, 1s facing down
| A1 | 4 | balance wave right, then left
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| 4 | neighbors allemande right ½ (and reform wave with gentlespoons in the middle)
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| 4 | balance wave left, then right
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| 4 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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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 and step into original ocean wave ⁋
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| 4 | balance wave forward and back, and walk forward to new waves
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The A1 balance LEFT then right is editorial; I think it flows better but as far as I can tell it wasn't specified in the original dance. (Also, experienced dancers often balance to the right here out of instinct, so either really emphasize the balance left or don't bother.)
by: Bob Isaacs
introduces moves: hey, box the gnat, meltdown swing, slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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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 | 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 14 | partners meltdown swing
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| 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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by: Rhiannon Giddens
introduces moves: pull by dancers, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 2 | neighbors pull by right to prev neighbors
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| 6 | prev neighbors allemande left once - return to current neighbors
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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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 - reach right hand to next neighbors ⁋
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by: Dean Snipes
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, Rory O'More
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once and a little bit more to
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| A2 | 0 | form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 4 | neighbors allemande left ¾
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| 4 | prev neighbors allemande right once
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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transcribed from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm3vHyd6njI
by: Maia McCormick
(last in first half)
introduces moves: petronella, balance the ring, roll away
formation: Becket ccw
At beginning, shadow is beyond your partner.
Re-enter the dance WRONG (i.e. ladle on the left, gentlespoon on the right)
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella (spinning extra to face new neighbors; no claps) ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 2 | gentlespoons pull by right
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| 6 | shadows allemande left once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing (or meltdown swing)
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Depending on tune bounciness, can call B2 as either balance and swing or walk-around and swing (or leave it as dancers' choice).
Written in summer 2015 for Kate Fais on the occasion of her dying her hair pink, and first called January 2016 at the Youth Trad Song Weekend contradance.
by: Bob Golder
(first in second half)
introduces moves: pass by
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 4 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
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| 4 | ladles pass by right shoulders and take RH as they pass
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| 8 | star right - hands across - 4 places and walk along the set to find the next couple (ladles behind partner) ⁋
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Written by Bob Golder for a friend with some mobility issues, and so contains only moves that she could do comfortably.
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: gyre, box circulate
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles gyre once and walk on to next neighbors ⁋
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| A2 | 16 | next neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends, end in long waves w/ gentlespoons facing in
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| B2 | 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right and ricochet back to partners
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| 8 | partners swing
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Ladles ricochet in B2 should be left-to-right, similar to a ricochet hey
by: Hank Morris
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | ladles roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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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 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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by: Dean Snipes
introduces moves: promenade
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 14 | partners balance & swing
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| 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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Julian Bee notes that swapping the promenade for a R+L Thru is Linda Leslie's "Old Time Elixir #2", written in 1998. It's unclear when Dean wrote TTT, so both deserve a cross-reference. https://contradb.com/dances/474