user: Elizabeth Satterly
by: Sam Whited
introduces moves: slice, right left through, down the hall, up the hall, petronella, swing, balance the ring, custom
formation: Duple becket
Neighbor swing variant of "Vivian's Catwalk" by Valerie Young.
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back
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| 8 | right left through, power courtesy turn to end facing down the hall
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| A2 | 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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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 8 | Ladles pull partner to your home side into a swing ⁋
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Power courtesy turn differs in length depending on what side of the set you're on.
by: Lisa Greenleaf
introduces moves: long lines, do si do, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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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 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places and on to the next ⁋
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by: Sue Rosen
introduces moves: promenade, allemande, circle, roll away, cross trails
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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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 | ladles allemande right once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 4 | cross trails - partners across the set right shoulders, neighbors along the set left shoulders ⁋
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With neighbor along the set roll away with half sashay (ladles rolling from left to right)
by: Luke Donforth
introduces moves: hey, meltdown swing
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back, gentlespoons roll new N away
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| 8 | ladles chain to partner
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| B1 | 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| 8 | partners promenade single file ccw 1x, ladles turn around
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| B2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing ⁋
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by: Breaking Up Thanksgiving Dance Writing Workshop 2024
introduces moves: custom, balance, square through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | ladles two-hand turn, once around
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons chain
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| 4 | neighbors balance right hand,
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| 4 | square through three - neighbors pull by right, then partners pull by left, then neighbors pull by right
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| B1 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons chain
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| 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - gentlespoons ricochet, ladles ricochet ⁋
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| 8 | gentlespoons two-hand turn, once around
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| 4 | neighbors balance right hand
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| 4 | square through three - neighbors pull by right, then partners pull by left, then neighbors pull by right
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| 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - ladles ricochet, gentlespoons ricochet ⁋
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*Balance & Square Through Three: just one balance, and the third hand will be in the B1, but meltdown swing is elastic.
Breaking Up Thanksgiving, Dance Writing Workshop 2024: Adam, Coleman, Cristy, Dave, Dylan, Joel, Laura, Moose, Summer, Victoria
by: Moose Flores
formation: Becket
Triple progression (sometimes there will be a couple out at the ends)
If you are out, wait on the side, ready for the left diagonal.
If there is no one at all on your left diagonal, WAIT 8 beats & resume dancing.
(If you get completely wonky and you have no neighbors at A1, EJECT and rejoin the bottom of the line.)
| A1 | 2 | circle left 1 place
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| 14 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | left diagonal ladles chain (to Shadow) ⁋
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| 8 | right left through across set
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| B1 | 8 | ladles start a left diagonal half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends by right shoulder ⁋
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Triple progression (the diagonal half hey is two of them).
Variation of 40 Years of Penguin Pam:
http://contradb.com/dances/74
by: Eric Black
introduces moves: gyre, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain to partners
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| 8 | ladles gyre once in the center
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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 | pass through ⁋
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by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: custom
formation: Becket
| A1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | star right 4 places
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | top 2 couples form line of 4 with arches, dance to the bottom, arching over everyone's heads. MEANWHILE everyone else step up the hall ⁋
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A good friend asked for a version of Riverside Jig that had a swing. I didn't want to lose the rest of the dance, so I rearranged the pieces.
Riverside Jig: https://contradb.com/dances/1918