user: Nicholas Rockstroh
by: David Kaynor
introduces moves: swing, circle, do si do, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing 
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places 
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| 8 | partners do si do once 
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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 new neighbors ⁋ 
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introduces moves: long lines, right left through, allemande
formation: improper
Note the hand in which the next neighbor's hand will be held in the long lines
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back 
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| 8 | neighbors swing 
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| A2 | 8 | right left through 
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½ 
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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 and take hands with next neighbors in long lines ⁋ 
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I was taking a course on gender and sexuality at the time I wrote this. The title is a double pun; "Contra is essential" is one meaning, "against cultural/biological essentialism" is another.
by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: hey, pass through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | ladles chain 
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends 
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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 | 7 | circle left 3 places 
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| 2 | pass through ⁋ 
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| 7 | circle right 3 places 
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circle mixer
by: Bill Pope and Judy Goldsmith
introduces moves: balance the ring, 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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by: Tom Hinds
introduces moves: pass by, balance, California twirl
formation: progressed improper
from improper, trade places with neighbors and face back into the same group of 4
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places 
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| 8 | partners swing 
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places 
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| 8 | neighbors swing 
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back 
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| 3 | partners pass by right shoulders 
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| 3 | neighbors pass by left shoulders 
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| 2 | partners pass by right shoulders, stay facing out 
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| B2 | 4 | neighbors balance 
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay ⁋ 
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| 4 | next neighbors balance 
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| 4 | next neighbors California twirl 
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