user: Koren A Wake
waltz & break
by: Jim Hemphill
introduces moves: swing, long lines, star, meltdown swing, circle, balance the ring, arch & dive
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | star right 3 places
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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 | twos arch ones dive ⁋
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Can be called without role terms (but still requires that the neighbor swing ends in the progressed position).
by: Luke Donforth
introduces moves: allemande, do si do, promenade, chain
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 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain ⁋
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by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: petronella
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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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 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing ⁋
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by: Susan Petrick
introduces moves: poussette, hey, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | half poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then left
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain to partner
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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 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl then join two hands ⁋
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by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: slide along set, 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.
waltz & break
by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: square through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 8 | partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center (pass P by R)
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 16 | square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left, then repeat (and look along side for new neighbor) ⁋
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A1 is from James Hutson’s “Treasure of the Sierra Madre”. This dance was tested at Soda Bar in Brooklyn, hence the title, and first called at Glen Echo FND in August 2016.
by: Bob Isaacs & Chuck Abell, var from Cis Hinkle
introduces moves: mad robin, gyre, revolving door
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | mad robin, ladles in front
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors gyre once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | revolving door - ladles take right hands and drop off neighbors on other side; return to partner
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain (to neighbor)
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| 8 | mad robin, ladles in front (take your time) ⁋
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Works better in an uncrowded hall where the dancers can make the mad ladles big and swoopy to take up the full time.
by: David Smukler
formation: becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 4 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | ladles allemande right ¾ to new neighbor ladle ⁋
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| 4 | ladles allemande left once, gentlespoons shift left
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| B1 | 16 | partners start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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