user: Sarah Trop
BREAK
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: David Harris
introduces moves: form a long wave, down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| 8 | gentlespoons dance out while ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing and end facing down
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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 | neighbors swing ⁋
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by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: hey
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: 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: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: slide along set, star, 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: Tanya Rotenberg
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 long swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½ ⁋
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Written in 1985 for the 20th anniversary of her parents' wedding, these being their wedding flowers.
BREAK
by: Lisa Greenleaf
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & 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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| 8 | neighbors do si do 1½ ⁋
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by: Evan Shepherd
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | star right - hands across - 4 places
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| A2 | 4 | ladles allemande right ½ to partner, while gentlespoons drop out
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| 12 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B2 | 8 | neighbors balance and star through to face in
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| 6 | circle left 3 places ⁋
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| 2 | slide left along set to the next
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by: Becky Hill
introduces moves: promenade, right left through, pass through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | right left through
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| B2 | 7 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through
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| 7 | circle right 3 places with new neighbors
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Based on: "Connecticut to Quebec" by Becky Hill
by: Jim Kitch
introduces moves: Rory O'More
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners allemande right 1½ to long waves
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| B1 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Dean Snipes
introduces moves: 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