user: Elisabeth Monica
Coke the Floor
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Welcome Home by Tom Lehmann https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=928
Summer of 84
Announcements
Waltz
Break
Partner Dance
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Some Pig
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Waltz
Coke the Floor
by: Tom Hinds
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introduces moves: do si do, allemande, swing, down the hall, up the hall, circle
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: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: hey, right left through, pass 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 start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center +
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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Bob Isaacs notes: One of Gene Hubert’s best, which is really saying something. As good a full hey dance as any ever written.
+partners right, ladles left, neighbor right, gentlespoons left
by: Bill Olson
introduces moves: box the gnat, star, promenade
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | star right - wrist grip - 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles do si do 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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Welcome Home by Tom Lehmann https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=928
Summer of 84
Announcements
by: Andrea Nettleton and Jeffrey Spero
introduces moves: petronella, balance the ring, roll away
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends to new neighbors, take hands in a ring ⁋
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay across the set
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| B2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 12 | partners swing
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Shared in a facebook thread.
Waltz
Break
Partner Dance
by: Robin Banerji
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introduces moves: California twirl
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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Some Pig
introduces moves: box circulate, chain, form long waves
formation: improper
Start in a long wave taking right hands with current neighbors
| A1 | 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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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 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left - wrist grip - 4 places
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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Written for Andrea Craft from Chicago when they needed a straightforward dance with box circulates in it. Very similar to “Minimum Fuss, Maximum Fun” by Dean Snipes, which differs slightly in the A1 and A2.
by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: long lines
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons right-hand chain
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| A2 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing ⁋
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Maia's site: https://contra.maiamccormick.com/dances.html#icantbelieveitsnotbutter
Maia's notes:
"It's basically "Butter" by Gene Hubert, only... not!"
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: Rory O'More
formation: improper
A dance re-imagining of A Midsummer Night's Dream, written for Rosalie Banner on her 20th birthday. "Give me your hands [four], may we be friends, and Robin shall restore amends."
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella to long waves, gentlespoons face out
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| A2 | 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| B1 | 16 | partners long swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through ⁋
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When teaching this one I make a point of identifying who is chasing whom in the box circulate, otherwise dancers will often find themselves a bit lost when they circulate away from their partner.
by: Sarah Kaiser
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introduces moves: slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set - look across to see your neighbors ⁋
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| 6 | star right 3 places and look back
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| 8 | star left 4 places with prev neighbors
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Waltz