user: Moose Flores
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m: Sicilian Circle
waltz & break
square
double boomerang
waltz & goodnight
by: unknown
introduces moves: circle, allemande, do si do, swing, right left through, chain, long lines, star
formation: circle
Lesson: Circle, give weight, stay connected, AR, AL, DSD, Swing, courtesy turn & chain, better never than late.
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left once
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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Lesson: Circle L/R, F&B, give weight, stay connected, DSD, AL, AR, Swing, courtesy turn & chain, star. Better never than late, keep moving, "Keep smiling and all is forgiven", Everyone makes mistakes!
by: Gene Hubert
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introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing end facing down the hall
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| A2 | 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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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Moose Flores
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introduces moves: petronella, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once as couples
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once
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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 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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Optional: last time
B1) Long lines forward & back, Gentlespoons allemande left 1 1/2
B2) Partners balance & swing
Variation on Cherokee Shuffle
https://contradb.com/dances/509
by: Lynn Ackerson
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introduces moves: custom
formation: four face four
Have dancers note their "trail buddies" and who their corners are. The two dancers in the middle of the line of 4 are corners and the dancers at the ends have their corners in front of them.
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | middle 4 star right 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | partners allemande left 1½
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| 8 | other 4 star right 4 places
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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In this case there are 8 places in the circle, so going 4 places is equivalent to half way.
by: Breaking Up Thanksgiving Dance Writing Workshop 2022
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introduces moves: mad robin, hey, custom, slice
formation: Becket CW
No neighbor swing.
When out wait in Becket, ready for the slice left.
| A1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 8 | mad robin, ladles in front
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| 6 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| 2 | Ladles cross directly to Partner
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | slice left and straight back with new neighbors ⁋
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by: Jane Ewing
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formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | mad robin, ladles in front
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| 8 | circle left 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | 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 | star left 4 places
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| 8 | mad robin, ladles in front ⁋
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Note that the mad robin in B2 is with old neighbors, then the next mad robin in A1 is with new neighbors. Over the two mad robins, everyone's individual footpaths will describe a figure 8.
Found elsewhere:
http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/486-sharon-of-the-green-contra
(different B1) http://squash.1gainesville.com/contradance.dances-composers.html#n
m: Sicilian Circle
waltz & break
square
double boomerang
waltz & goodnight
by: David Kaynor
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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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 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places to new neighbors ⁋
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introduces moves: balance, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1¾
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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by: Sue Rosen
introduces moves: cross trails
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | cross trails - partners across the set right shoulders, neighbors along the set left shoulders ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Chris Page
introduces moves: gyre, custom
formation: improper
the 'single file promenade clockwise' can be drawing your neighbor/partner across the set with eye contact gravity
| A1 | 4 | neighbors gyre ½
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| 4 | single file promenade clockwise 1/2 (facing neighbor) [1]
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½ [2]
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| B1 | 4 | partners gyre ½
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| 4 | single file promenade clockwise 1/2 (facing partner) [3]
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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Chris Page notes:
[1] While looking at your neighbor. Gentlespoons backing up across the set (carefully), ladles follow them to the other side.
[2] A little different from the normal ladle's allemande, as here dancers don't adjust. Gentlespoons should stay put, and stay on the slight diagonal, rather than adjusting to be across from each other. Ladles allemande right 1 & 1/2, then ease out to the sidelines, having traded places, and now facing their partner on the side of the set.
[3] While looking at your partner. Ladles backing up across the set (carefully), gentlespoons follow them to the other side.
An auction dance written for Heather Visscher. She really liked the A2 move from "A Rare Bird" by Bob Isaacs.
Original at http://chrispagecontra.awardspace.us/dances/#heart-of-joy
Called by Andy Shore on tour with Polaris in 2018.
by: Erik Weberg
introduces moves: poussette, pass by
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors gyre once
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| 8 | mad robin, ladles in front
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| A2 | 8 | half poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then left
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| 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B1 | 2 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
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| 14 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places to next neighbor ⁋
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This is one of the most flowing dances I’ve written (2007…?) and dancers have expressed appreciation for the connectedness and satisfying feel. After the half pousette with partner, the ladles should let go and take a step back and to the left in order to leave room in the middle for the gentlespoons to begin the hey. The timing of this dance has been described as “squishy”, which is ok. Encourage dancers to stretch out the Mad Robin, the Pousette and the Hey and use all the music provided.
*I’ve recently been teaching this dance the way I initially intended it; with the fifth change of the hey and then the swing in the B1 part of the dance. I’ve found that as I get better at teaching it, it has become easier to convince dancers to suspend their hurry in getting to the next figure during the A parts. As dancers relax into the flow they seem to enjoy it more, and saving that last crossing by the gentlespoons until the B1 seems to enhance the joy.
Ryan Smith notes in a facebook thread: One of my favorite dances of all time is Joyride. It starts with a face-to-face, transitions into a mad robin, then to a half pousette, then to a hey (or at least 7/8ths of one) and then into a swing. Then the ladles chain across and you star to the next neighbor. With the right hall and the right partner, you can lock eyes halfway through A1 and not look away until the end of B1. Because the vast majority of the moves are not moves where you are connected to the other dancers physically, it requires extra effort for the caller. Because the first move needs to take up 8 counts of music, but that most dancers will try to do it in 6 means that there's some more extra work for the caller.
Original at http://www.erikweberg.com/joyride/