user: Elisabeth Monica
Waltz
Break
Hot Buttered Rolls by Becky Hill https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=66
Waltz
(Alternate Dance)
by: Diane Silver
introduces moves: swing, long lines, allemande, circle, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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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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by: Chris Weiler
introduces moves: right left through
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 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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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Chris's notes:
"Written at the A-1 Diner in Gardiner, ME October 24th, 2008. Called for the first time that same evening at the North Whitefield contra dance. I was looking for a good dance to go either before the break or at the end of the evening. The dance is simple enough for the dancers and lets the band rock with an energetic tune set. Plus it ends with a partner swing without any changes from the caller. Call it in duple improper formation starting with the A2 for a more standard experience."
by: Lisa Greenleaf
introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers, custom, chain, star
formation: improper
Have dancers introduce themselves to their previous neighbor during walkthrough.
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 2 | neighbors pull by right
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| 6 | previous neighbors allemande left once
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Tom Hinds
introduces moves: do si do, down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
Common variation is for long lines forward and back instead of do si do. That version can be found here.
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons do si do once
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 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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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing ⁋
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by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: meltdown swing, hey, promenade, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| B1 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B2 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 6 | circle right 3 places
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| 2 | pass through by the left ⁋
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Written for Brooklyn Contra on 8/4/17, which is Obama's birthday, hence the title. Smooth dance with a hey-like figure up/down the set and a satisfying promenade > circle right transition.
introduces moves: balance, turn alone
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | star right - hands across - 4 places
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| B2 | 4 | balance the star
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| 4 | ladles pull by right "rolling face-to-face like a half gyre"
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| 0 | gentlespoons turn alone over their left shoulder
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| 8 | star left - hands across - 4 places ⁋
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While the ladles swap in the star can be either in the style of a Rory slide (as in "Our House" by Dean Snipes) or the pull by above, Melanie asserts that the pull by was her original intention.
Waltz
Break
by: Robin Banerji
introduces moves: petronella
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & 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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by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: give & take, slide along set
formation: Becket
Identify next neighbors on left diagonal.
| A1 | 4 | gentlespoons give & take neighbors
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 6 | partners promenade
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| 2 | slide right along set (j-hook) ⁋
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Linda's notes:
"Written for our friends Lucia Watson and Jeff Weiler so they could twirl like crazy in the chain. In 2017, I actually switched the sequences: the dance used to start at the B1. I like this much better!"
by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: zig zag
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | zig left zag right, new ladles catch left hands ⁋
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| B2 | 6 | ladles allemande left once
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| 10 | partners swing
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A variation of the dance by Bill Pope and Judy Goldsmith. Progression is indecent.
Hot Buttered Rolls by Becky Hill https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=66
Waltz
by: Gene Hubert
(Alternate Dance)
formation: Becket
| 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 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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