user: Thomas Begley
Waltz
Alt Broken Sixpence
by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: do si do, swing, long lines, allemande, circle, pull by dancers
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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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
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 6 | neighbors allemande right once
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| 2 | neighbors pull by right to next neighbors ⁋
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To change from a Becket dance to Reel Easy in a medley, change Reel Easy's first figure to circle left 3/4. From a counter-clockwise Becket dance, change it to
menallemande left 1+1/2.The second half of B2 can be danced as neighbors allemande right 1+1/4, walk straight forward to (A1) do-si-do the next. But I think it is more fun to allemande right 1, lean back a bit, and pull by.
by: Gwyn Williams
formation: Sicilian Circle
Line up improper for a Sicilian circle, then turn to face partners making 2 large circles for A1.
| A1 | 8 | circle left 6 places (2 large counter-rotating circles)
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| 8 | circle right 6 places (2 large counter-rotating circles)
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once ⁋
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| B2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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A1 is large counter-rotating circles, ending up facing partner. B1 is hands-4 circle.
by: unknown
introduces moves: chain, balance the ring, pass through
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 | 8 | ladles do si do once
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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 ⁋
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by: Tony Parkes
introduces moves: star, promenade
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B2 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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Bob Isaacs notes: Tony Parkes of Massachusetts has long been one of America’s best callers of contras and squares, and this glossary dance is a fine way to start an evening.
by: Orace Johnson
introduces moves: slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| 16 | partners balance & swing
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Waltz
by: Mike Boerschig
introduces moves: custom, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 8 | The first gentlespoon and second ladle star left above, and the second gentlespoon and first ladle star left below
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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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by: Lynn Ackerson
introduces moves: custom
formation: four face four
Have dancers note their "trail buddies" and who their corners are. The two dancers in the middle of the line of 4 are corners and the dancers at the ends have their corners in front of them.
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | middle 4 star right 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | partners allemande left 1½
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| 8 | other 4 star right 4 places
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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In this case there are 8 places in the circle, so going 4 places is equivalent to half way.
by: Isaac Banner
Alt Broken Sixpence
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing, end facing down the hall
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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 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends ⁋
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Ladles coming out of the hey look to the right of their partner for new ladles.
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: right left through
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| B1 | 8 | ladles start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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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 | next neighbors do si do once ⁋
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by: Greg Frock
introduces moves: mad robin, pass by
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| B1 | 4 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
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| 12 | 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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Dancers will try to rush the mad robin to include the gentlespoons cross in A2. Remind them there is plenty of time to complete the figure. Written for Robin Wilson in 2011
by: Erik Weberg
introduces moves: meltdown swing, zig zag
formation: improper
double progression
| A1 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 3 | pass through across the set
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| 3 | neighbors allemande right ¾
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| 2 | gentlespoons allemande left ½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 5 | zig left zag right ⁋
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| 5 | zig right zag left ⁋
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zig zag x2 is a weave the line -- zig left, zag all the way right to the other side of the set past N2, zig left to N3