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Table of Contents

  1. Simplicity Swing by Becky Hill

  2. Easy half hey
  3. United We Dance by Bob Isaacs
  4. The Carousel by Tom Hinds
  5. Kennebunk Plaza by Isaac Banner
  6. Homeward Bound by Andrea Nettleton

    Ben calls this one?

  7. Waltz/Break
  8. A Long Way to Glow by Isaac Banner
  9. The Nameless Crosstrek by Isaac Banner
  10. Balance and Cross by Rick Mohr
  11. Butter by Gene Hubert

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Simplicity Swing

by: Becky Hill

introduces moves: swing, circle, long lines, chain, star, do si do

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain to neighbor
B2 8
star left 4 places ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do once

Easy half hey

United We Dance

by: Bob Isaacs

introduces moves: Rory O'More

formation: long waves, larks facing out

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right (in long waves)
8
balance & Rory O'More left (in long waves)
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 6
circle left 3 places
10
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places, to long waves

The Carousel

by: Tom Hinds

introduces moves: allemande, hey

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back ⁋
8
ladles allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing

Kennebunk Plaza

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: see saw

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons chain
B2 8
star right 4 places ⁋
8
next neighbors see saw once

You know I think Becky Hill was onto something.

There’s no reason why a see-saw to a neighbor balance/swing shouldn’t work, but for some reason it’s got me skittish. Someone try it out and let me know.

Homeward Bound

by: Andrea Nettleton

Ben calls this one?

introduces moves: petronella, slide along set

formation: Becket

A1 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½ to trade places
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 14
partners balance & swing
2
slide left along set ⁋

Waltz/Break

A Long Way to Glow

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: form an ocean wave, box circulate, revolving door, pass through

formation: improper

A1 4
form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
2
neighbors allemande right ½
2
gentlespoons allemande left ½
4
form an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by left hands and partners by right hands
1
partners allemande right ¼
3
box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
revolving door - ladles take right hands and drop off neighbors on other side
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
6
next neighbors do si do once

The Nameless Crosstrek

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: gyre, zig zag

formation: improper

Starts with gentlespoons face-to-face in the center, or you can teach the allemande as 1.5x the first time through

A1 6
gentlespoons allemande left once
10
partners swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
gentlespoons chain
8
gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
B2 8
partners gyre once
2
circle left 1 place
6
zig left zag right, trailing two catching hands (gentlespoons left) ⁋

Balance and Cross

by: Rick Mohr

introduces moves: balance the ring, pass by, down the hall, up the hall

formation: improper

A1 4
balance the ring
2
gentlespoons pass by right shoulders
10
partners swing, end facing down in lines of four
A2 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B1 4
balance the ring
2
ladles pass by right shoulders
10
neighbors swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - and look for next neighbors ⁋

Rick notes, "A straightforward dance with good symmetry and timing."

Sometimes, that's all you have to say.

Butter

by: Gene Hubert

Alt A1 robins alle?

formation: Becket

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B2 16
partners balance & swing

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