user: Chet Gray
Cutaway + swing the next square, Ladies to the middle & gents sashay break
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Ted Told Me So by Susan Moffett
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by: Tony Parkes
introduces moves: long lines, swing, allemande, circle, star, promenade, chain
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B2 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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Bob Isaacs notes: Tony Parkes of Massachusetts has long been one of America’s best callers of contras and squares, and this glossary dance is a fine way to start an evening.
by: Jim Hemphill
introduces moves: meltdown swing, right left through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Becky Hill
introduces moves: petronella
formation: Becket ccw
| 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 | 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Will Mentor
introduces moves: see saw, give & take, zig zag
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | circle right 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors see saw once
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles give & take partners
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 10 | circle left 5 places to original position
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| 6 | zig left zag right into a ring ⁋
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Cutaway + swing the next square, Ladies to the middle & gents sashay break
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Ted Told Me So by Susan Moffett
by: Bradley Smith
introduces moves: hey, roll away, mad robin, turn alone
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet second time to neighbors
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| B1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay on the way back (roll right to left)
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front (CCW around current neighbors, facing partners)
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| B2 | 0 | turn alone to face Next neighbors ⁋
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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Written for the Wise family.
introduces moves: do si do, gyre, balance the ring, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | ladles roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| B1 | 8 | partners gyre once meltdown to
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| 8 | partners swing -end in ring of 4
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella spin right one place
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through ⁋
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Notes: Written to medley with Steve Zakon-Anderson and Louis Cromartie’s dance Salmonella Evening. Preserves the progression from that dance while doing some different stuff beforehand. Perfectly enjoyable on its own, but the name only makes sense in the context of the medley. Inspired by a conversation I had with Josiah Roberts.
by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: custom, balance
formation: square dance
| A1 | 8 | Heads forward & back
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| 8 | right left through Heads
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| A2 | 6 | circle left 3 places Heads
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| 2 | pass through to face Sides
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| 8 | neighbors do si do 1¼ to a wave of 4 (2 ladles in the middle by the left, neighbor right)
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| B1 | 4 | balance right & left
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| 2 | neighbors allemande right ½
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| 2 | gentlespoons allemande left ½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 16 | partners promenade along the set on the right to home
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by: Chris Page
formation: square dance
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | neighbors swing (CORNER)
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | next neighbors swing (NEXT CORNER)
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | next neighbors swing (NEXT NEXT CORNER)
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | partners swing
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http://chrispagecontra.awardspace.us/dances/#petronella-swing-break
As long as they know petronella turns and who their corner is, they're set to go. If they're aware of the concept that a corner is a place rather than a face, then there's no need to walk through any of this.
This is a quick way to swing everyone. gentlespoons go nowhere, ladles go around the square.
by: Jerome Grisanti
introduces moves: custom
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay (roll left to right)
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | right left through (with courtesy turn)
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| 8 | ladles chain (to neighbor)
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| B2 | 8 | circle right 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors two-hand turn **counterclockwise** 1/2/3+ times - end with gentlespoon on the left and ladle on the right, like a swing ⁋
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Original B2 has a neighbors swing instead of my "reverse" two-hand turn.
by: Gene Hubert
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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