user: Koren A Wake
by: William Watson
introduces moves: Rory O'More, swing, allemande, chain, hey
formation: improper
Right to neighbor, left to previous neighbor; gentlespoons face out in long waves
| A1 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends; end with left hand to this neighbor & right hand to the next in long waves (gentlespoons face out) ⁋
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This is a very minor variation; the original A2 is waves balance, neighbor swing. I prefer to call a two-hand balance here instead.
by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: right left through, petronella, turn alone
formation: Becket ccw
Double progression.
In long lines, your partner is in one hand, your shadow is in the other hand.
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | left diagonal ladles chain to shadow (only if there is someone there) ⁋
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 0 | turn alone to face a new neighbor ⁋
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 0 | turn alone to face your partner
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| 16 | partners balance & swing
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http://www.dance.ravitz.us/#pp3
Note the similarity to Maliza's Magical Mystery Motion. The chain is to the diagonal left here, so at the end of B1 you must face a new set of four to find your partner.
by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, circle, pass through, do si do
formation: becket
Start in short lines four with dancers next to their partner, as though following a partner swing, and ending to face down the hall.
| A1 | 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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| A2 | 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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| B1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Susan Petrick
introduces moves: poussette, meltdown swing, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 6 | half poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then left
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 6 | half poussette - ladles pull partners back then left
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| 10 | ladles start a hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - until partners meet the second time
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| B1 | 16 | partners meltdown 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: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: long lines, roll away, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay as long lines go back
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| 8 | gentlespoons right-hand chain
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| B2 | 8 | star left 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½ (CURRENT neighbor) ⁋
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Written January 2017, called shortly thereafter at Brooklyn Contra. I wanted a dance with a gentlespoons' right-hand chain to a neighbor that was otherwise dead easy, and this is what I came up with. (There are lots of great dances with a gentlespoons' right-hand chain to their partner, but chaining to a neighbor lets dancers practice the move with lots of different folks.) Note that the allemande in B2 is with your CURRENT neighbor, i.e. the one you starred with (this is the biggest point of confusion for experienced dancers used to looking for new neighbors out of a left-hand star).
by: Jacqui Grennan
introduces moves: slice, zig zag
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 6 | neighbors zig left zag right
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| 4 | shadows allemande left once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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The timing is fuzzy in the B1 but it does all fit.