user: Sarah Trop
BREAK
by: Robert Cromartie
introduces moves: star, allemande, swing, circle, long lines
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | star left - wrist grip - 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | star right - wrist grip - 4 places ⁋
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Author's Notes:
The transition from left hand star to allemande left is especially nice if a New England style (hand on wrist) star is used. This is the only dance I can think of for which I specifically request that type of star in those parts of the country where the default is hands-across.
Unfortunately, the origin of the name is lost in the mists of time. All I can say is that "Al" is not Al Olson, although had I known who he is when I wrote this, it might have been. Composed sometime around 1989.
This dance is from William Watson's mirror of American Country Dances On Line
All rights reserved by the author; used by permission.
Added to database 9/14/1997; last revised 3/5/1999; edited by Russell Owen
by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: chain, petronella
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing ⁋
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by: Susan Petrick
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: David Kaynor
introduces moves: pull by direction, form a long wave
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pull by right
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| 8 | next neighbors allemande left once
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing (original neighbor)
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | ladles allemande right ¾
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| 0 | ladles form a long wave in the center
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| 4 | ladles allemande left ¾ with the next while gentlespoons slide left to meet their partner ⁋
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Michael Karcher
introduces moves: right left through, custom
formation: becket
| A1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | star left - hands across - 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | single file promenade along major set to new neightbors ⁋
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| 8 | star left - hands across - 4 places with the new
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors long swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Andrea Nettleton
introduces moves: balance, slide along set, give & take, pull by dancers
formation: improper
start in long waves, neighbor in right hand, ladles facing in
| A1 | 4 | balance wave
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| 4 | slide right along set past neighbor
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| 4 | balance wave
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| 4 | slide left along set past neighbor
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 4 | ladles give & take partners
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| 12 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain ⁋
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| 6 | partners balance & pull by right
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| 2 | neighbors pull by left to new long waves
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BREAK
by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: box the gnat
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 8 | partners 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 ⁋
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by: Will Mentor
introduces moves: mad robin, custom, form long waves, box circulate
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 6 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| 2 | gentlespoons walk across the set while ladles step left, partners take right hands
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| B1 | 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center +
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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Bob Isaacs notes: One of Gene Hubert’s best, which is really saying something. As good a full hey dance as any ever written.
+partners right, ladles left, neighbor right, gentlespoons left
by: Perry Shafran
introduces moves: Rory O'More, do si do, form an ocean wave
formation: improper
start in ocean wave, ladles by lefts in center
| 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, form a ring
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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| 0 | form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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