user: Koren A Wake
subbed in for Seven Sevens
waltz & break
subbed in for Everson Glen
subbed in for Winter in Summerland
by: Tom Calwell
introduces moves: swing, down the hall, up the hall, circle, right left through, chain
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing, end facing down
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| A2 | 8 | down the hall and turn alone
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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 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles chain to neighbor, look to the next ⁋
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by: Cis Hinkle
introduces moves: long lines, roll away, allemande, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors
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| 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | ladles roll away neighbors
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| B1 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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The dual long lines with a roll away sets up a nice transition into the ladles allemande.
introduces moves: slice, petronella
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight 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 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Susan Petrick
subbed in for Seven Sevens
introduces moves: poussette, hey, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | half poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then left
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain to partner
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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 then join two hands ⁋
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by: Scott Higgs
introduces moves: pass through, balance, box circulate
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors swing (new neighbor)
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½, hold on & form short waves (R to partner)
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| B1 | 4 | balance the wave
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| 4 | partners allemande right ¾ to long waves (ladles facing out)
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| B2 | 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| 8 | partners swing
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waltz & break
by: William Watson
introduces moves: Rory O'More
formation: improper
Right to neighbor, left to previous neighbor; gentlespoons face out in long waves
| A1 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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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 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends; end with left hand to this neighbor & right hand to the next in long waves (gentlespoons face out) ⁋
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This is a very minor variation; the original A2 is waves balance, neighbor swing. I prefer to call a two-hand balance here instead.
by: Nils Fredland
introduces moves: do si do
formation: improper
Begins hands-4 in a ring.
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once and form a ring
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Variation by Nils.
by: Rick Mohr
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, form long waves
formation: improper
| A1 | 6 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| 10 | neighbors 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 | ladles allemande right 1½ - hold on
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| B2 | 0 | form an ocean wave - ladles by right hands and neighbors by left hands
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| 4 | balance the wave *left* & right
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| 4 | neighbors allemande left ¾ - hold on, join right hand with next neighbors
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out ⁋
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| 4 | balance the wave
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| 4 | next neighbors allemande right ¾
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http://rickmohr.net/Contra/Dances.asp#ChuckTheBudgie
There's a fine fiddle tune called "Pat the Budgie" with sharply punctuated notes in the B2 which cry out for balances. This dance provides the balances in the right spots and otherwise moves along pretty well.
"Budgie" is slang for "Budgerigar" (a type of small parrot) as well as, I'm told, for "logger". Whichever the tune refers to, we're left with the tormenting question of whether it commemorates a notable budgie named Pat or the act of patting some nameless budgie on the head. We may never know; likewise with the dance.
Video: George Marshall & Great Bear Trio at Dance Flurry 2013, Saratoga NY (posted by Doug Heacock)
by: Jim Kitch
subbed in for Everson Glen
introduces moves: box the gnat, mad robin, pass by, meltdown swing
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | star left 4 places to take right hands with next neighbors ⁋
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| B1 | 8 | next neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| B2 | 2 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
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| 14 | partners meltdown swing
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by: David Smukler
subbed in for Winter in Summerland
formation: becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 4 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | ladles allemande right ¾ to new neighbor ladle ⁋
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| 4 | ladles allemande left once, gentlespoons shift left
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| B1 | 16 | partners start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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