user: Moose Flores
by: Rick Mohr
introduces moves: circle, do si do, allemande, allemande orbit, swing, promenade
formation: scatter mixer
Scattered circles of two or more couples
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| A2 | 8 | partners allemande right 1½
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½ around while the gentlespoons orbit clockwise ½ around. Ladles star if more than two.
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing New partner
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| B2 | 16 | partners promenade to find new group to circle with ⁋
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In this mixer dancers form scattered groups with any number of couples. That makes for fun chaos, less transition panic (compared with 2-couple scatter mixers), and more flavors to enjoy as circle sizes vary.
The A2 allemande ends with ladles in the center facing counterclockwise and gentlespoons on the outside facing clockwise. If there are two ladles they allemande left for 8 beats; if there are more than two they star left for 8 beats. Either way, the gentlespoons orbit clockwise around the ladles. Then all balance and swing a new partner and promenade to a new group.
I tell the dancers it's a zero-stress dance. "If a couple wants to join your circle, let them in!" And no problem if you happen to keep the same partner now and then.
by: Louise Siddons
introduces moves: chain, hey, meltdown swing, long lines
formation: duple minor
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| 8 | gentlespoons chain
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| A2 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B1 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons do si do 1½ OR balance and pull by
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Intended to make a left-hand chain feel good, to be accessible to new dancers, and to have flow that facilitates positional calling. Tested at Dance, Music and Spice Week (Camp Cavell 2019), where dancer Ruth Scodel said that it reminded her why she fell in love with contra dancing.
by: Will Mentor
introduces moves: pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing (face new neighbors)
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| A2 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet second time
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| B1 | 16 | partners meltdown 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
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From Will: “’Butter’ by Gene Hubert has been called thousands of times by many callers to introduce a full hey. I was hashing a dance one night and made up this dance on the fly to compliment ‘Butter.’ Afterward I named it ‘Melted Butter.’”
by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: right left through, custom, balance, Rory O'More
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 | right left through
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| B2 | 4 | Gentlespoons walk, Ladles dodge, forming long wavy lines +
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| 4 | balance the wave
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More right ⁋
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by: Orace Johnson
NO WALKTHROUGH
introduces moves: slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
Designate ones and twos.
The dance begins in lines of four, with the ones in the center.
| A1 | 8 | down the hall and turn as a couple
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| 8 | up the hall and turn alone facing the center
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| A2 | 16 | twos start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B1 | 16 | twos meltdown swing, end facing up, then separate to the sides
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| B2 | 16 | ones meltdown swing, end facing down to pick up next neighbors ⁋
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For Qwill, on their birthday.