user: Allison Jonjak
Allison
Allison
John Coffman
Kathy Coffman
Bob Green
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John Coffman
Kathy Coffman
Dale calls a new dance with medium difficulty. Unusual, out-of-set move
Wade Pearson, a square
Martha Edwards
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Keith Tuxhorn
by: Paul Balliet
Allison
introduces moves: allemande, promenade, turn alone, gyre, swing, chain, pass through
formation: Becket
On side of the set with your partner, ladles, face your not-your-partner and freeze.
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½ same two. Ladles snatch your neighbor in promenade position as he comes in
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| 8 | neighbors promenade along the set on the right counterclockwise big oval
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| A2 | 2 | ladles turn alone over their right shoulder to ⁋
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| 6 | next neighbors gyre once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | neighbors promenade along the set on the right home (til across from partner)
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| 8 | ladles chain to partner
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| B2 | 4 | pass through across the set
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| 12 | partners swing
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Obsoleted by http://contradb.com/dances/504
During the pass through, have the gentlespoons walk ahead of their partner. This improves the transition into the swing.
Paul Balliet notes: The idea to progress in a promenade came from Gene Hubert's dance, "Gang of Four." I first called this at the 1993(?) "Balance and Swim," a favorite dance party thrown by Charlotte and Rich Cobos in West Virginia.
Fairport Harbor lies east of Cleveland along Lake Erie.
Russel Owen Notes:
Teaching tip (especially helpful for less experienced dancers): while dancers are swinging their new neighbor, mention that if you have your partner then you are about to be out. Otherwise such couples may attempt to join the ladles chain.
Calling tip: remind the dancers who are out to join the promenade. It can be difficult to recover if a couple forgets.
This dance is from American Country Dances On Line
http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/acdol/dance/acd_52.html
by: Maia McCormick
Allison
introduces moves: slide along set, circle, star, box the gnat, do si do
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: Jim Hemphill
introduces moves: meltdown swing, right left through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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John Coffman
Kathy Coffman
Bob Green
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John Coffman
Kathy Coffman
Dale calls a new dance with medium difficulty. Unusual, out-of-set move
Wade Pearson, a square
by: Jim Hemphill
Martha Edwards
introduces moves: form a long wave, long lines
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | star left 3 places
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave ⁋
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| 4 | gentlespoons allemande right ½
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| 8 | next neighbors swing
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 16 | partners balance & swing
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Jim Hemphill notes:
In A2 the neighbor swing tends to end with couples "saw toothed" so during the long lines in B1 couples can shift slightly to the left to re-align across from their partner.
When waiting out at the ends, have the ladle on the left and gentlespoons on the right.
Written in honor of the late, loose parquet floor at the Contra Hilton, home of Bob Green, Martha Edwards, and many a calling party.
first published at: http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/539-parkay-ode-to-a-dance-floor-by-jim-hemphill-ccw-becket
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Keith Tuxhorn