user: Dane Wallinga
by: David Kaynor
introduces moves: swing, circle, do si do, chain, star
formation: improper
A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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8 | partners do si do once
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B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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8 | star left 4 places to new neighbors ⁋
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by: Orace Johnson
introduces moves: meltdown swing, allemande, down the hall, up the hall, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
A1 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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8 | partners 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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4 | balance the ring
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4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: slide along set, long lines, hey
formation: Becket
A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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6 | 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 | ladles chain
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B1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Dean Snipes
introduces moves: promenade, petronella
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
by: Bob Dalsemer
introduces moves: 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: Dugan Murphy
introduces moves: give & take
formation: improper
A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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B1 | 8 | ladles give & take partners
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8 | partners swing
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B2 | 8 | partners promenade, shifting right along the side to face new neighbors ⁋
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8 | circle right 3 places
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by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: box the gnat
formation: Becket
Shadow is next to you.
A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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6 | circle left 3 places
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8 | neighbors swing
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A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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8 | star left 4 places
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B1 | 8 | shadows right hand balance & box the gnat
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8 | shadows do si do 1½
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B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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In the second half of B1, pull by R at the start of the do-si-do for some extra momentum.
Written on a stuck train to Princeton, NJ, late 2014, and first called March 2015 in Silver Spring, MD.
by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, balance
formation: Becket
A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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B1 | 4 | pass through to an ocean wave - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
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4 | balance
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4 | pass through ⁋
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4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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B2 | 4 | ladles allemande left ½
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12 | partners swing
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