user: Cherylyn Geers
by: James Hutson
introduces moves: box the gnat, allemande, hey, swing, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½, end back to back facing partners in a line of four
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| A2 | 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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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 next neighbors ⁋
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One of my favorite dances. A pure groove dance from top to bottom.
by: Shannon Horst
introduces moves: down the hall, pass through, up the hall, circle, do si do
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing, end facing down the hall
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| B1 | 6 | down the hall and bend into a ring (gentlespoon 2, ladle 2, gentlespoon 1 ladle 1)
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| 2 | pass through across the set, reform line across coming up the hall (ladle 1, gentlespoon 1, ladle 2, gentlespoon 2)
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 6 | next neighbors do si do once
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B1, pass through across the set by the right shoulder
by: [none]
introduces moves: promenade
formation: square dance break
| A1 | 8 | star right 3 places ladles
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| 8 | 1st neighbors swing (Corners)
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| A2 | 8 | star left 3 places gentlespoons
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| 8 | 2nd neighbors swing (Opposites, but not in opposite place)
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| B1 | 8 | star right 3 places ladles
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| 8 | 3rd neighbors swing ("that other gentlespoon")
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| B2 | 8 | star left 3 places gentlespoons
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| 8 | partners promenade along the set on the right to home (halfway around)
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by: Colin Hume
introduces moves: right left through, petronella, balance
formation: square dance
| A1 | 8 | along the set right left through (HEADS)
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| 8 | neighbors swing (SIDES with OPPOSITE) face the nearest HEAD couple in ring of four
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B1 | 4 | balance
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| 2 | pass through
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | neighbors allemande left once (corners)
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| 8 | partners promenade to home (half-way)
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https://colinhume.com/insts.htm#ChippenhamSquare
Non-progressive, so I would do Break, Figure for Heads, Figure for Sides, all that again, final Break.
Based on “Petronella Square” by Becky Hill and first called at Chippenham Folk Festival.
by: Don Flaherty
introduces moves: balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
Please walk this dance thru before taking to the dance floor, any feed back would be appreciate you can E-mail do14flah@aol.com
thanks Don Flaherty
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once (do si do as a couple with partner around neighbors )
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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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 ⁋
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New and experienced dancers seem to like this dance for its wonderful flow
couple do si do this was the first dance to have this figure in it 35 years ago this was probably the first dance with a couple do si do
by: Bill Pope and Judy Goldsmith
introduces moves: long lines, roll away, zig zag
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay Across the set
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| 8 | zig left zag right ⁋
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once Next Gentlespoons, once and a bit
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| 8 | partners swing
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