user: Isaac Banner
ISN'T IT GREAT THAT BOB ISAACS TOOK ALL HIS DANCES AWAY
Waltz
Frog Safari In Pasadena by Elizabeth Bloom Albert
ISN'T IT GREAT THAT BOB ISAACS TOOK ALL HIS DANCES AWAY
Waltz
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 neighbor ⁋
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by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: meltdown swing, hey, petronella, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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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 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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Scratched this together for the PDX Contra Dance. It probably already existed from someone else, but I couldn't find it when I was looking for a dance to put in this slot.
introduces moves: pass through, allemande, Rory O'More
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors allemande right 1½ to long waves, ladles facing out
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| A2 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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by: Lynn Ackerson
introduces moves: promenade, custom, right left through
formation: Becket
Note future neighbors on left diagonal
| A1 | 8 | partners promenade in courtesy turn position - loop wide left ⁋
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| 8 | star left - hands across - 3 places
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| A2 | 0 | gentlespoons turn out over right shoulder on home side
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| 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 4 | ladles allemande right once returning to partner
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| 4 | partners courtesy turn to face across (hold courtesy turn position)
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Written for the band "The Figments" made up of Anna Patton, Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, and Owen Morrison
introduces moves: slice
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back and gentlespoons pull neighbor ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends left shoulder
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| B2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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Becket-ized version of Tom Hinds' The Carousel, but without the chunky feeling of long lines forward and back (technically the slice is almost lines forward/back, but dancers can ooze it a bit more, especially since it's a slice and take).
Queue-less, not clueless, because this time The Carousel has no lines. Unlike my program, which at the time had 5 LLFB and one just had to go.
ISN'T IT GREAT THAT BOB ISAACS TOOK ALL HIS DANCES AWAY
Waltz
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: balance, custom
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places and step into a wave
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| 4 | balance short waves
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 2 | neighbors allemande right ½
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | revolving door
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| 8 | partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| B2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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Ladles pass straight past their partner out of the revolving door, rather than weaving around them. Otherwise the gentlespoons feel like they're getting jerked back over their shoulder and it's pretty inelegant.
Written on the way to the CFOOTMAD dance in Boulder, CO.
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, custom
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through to an ocean wave - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More right and gentlespoons keep sliding past each other
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| B1 | 0 | gentlespoons catch left hands
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places and pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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Frog Safari In Pasadena by Elizabeth Bloom Albert
ISN'T IT GREAT THAT BOB ISAACS TOOK ALL HIS DANCES AWAY
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: long lines, mad robin, pass by
formation: Becket
Written for a dancer who lived too far away.
| A1 | 8 | right left through
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | partners California twirl ⁋
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 2 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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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 and swing
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by: Cary Ravitz
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella and turn to face next
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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"The motion in B1 does seem magical – while the ladles Petronella over and back across the set, the gentlespoons do consecutive Petronellas along the side, in effect progressing behind his partner’s back."
- Rich Goss
Waltz