user: Sarah Trop
BREAK
by: David Kaynor
introduces moves: swing, circle, pass through, allemande, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 7 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through past partners
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| 7 | shadows allemande left once
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain to neighbors
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| 8 | star left 4 places - look away to next neighbors ⁋
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by: John Nance
introduces moves: hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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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 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½ ⁋
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by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: slide along set, box the gnat, do si do
formation: Becket
Shadow is next to you.
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B1 | 8 | shadows right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | shadows do si do 1½
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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In the second half of B1, pull by R at the start of the do-si-do for some extra momentum.
Written on a stuck train to Princeton, NJ, late 2014, and first called March 2015 in Silver Spring, MD.
by: Erik Weberg
introduces moves: balance, custom, form an ocean wave
formation: Becket, indecent
Start in wavy line across; gentlespoons take right in center, give left to partners. ID shadow in next wave.
| A1 | 4 | balance the wave forward and back
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| 4 | drop hands, walk forward along the set
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| 0 | form an ocean wave - gentlespoons by right hands and shadows by left hands
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| 4 | balance the new wave forward and back
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| 4 | shadows allemande left ¾
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through to next neighbors ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners allemande left 1½ - hold on
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| 0 | form an ocean wave - gentlespoons by right hands and prev neighbors by left hands
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by: Yoyo Zhou
introduces moves: balance the ring, California twirl, square through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 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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| A2 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | square through two - neighbors balance & pull by right, then partners pull by left
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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a request was made on the Contra Callers facebook group for any easy dances with balances halfway through both A1 and A2. Yoyo wrote this and commented it on the Facebook thread on October 23, 2019.
BREAK
by: Lisa Greenleaf
introduces moves: long lines
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do 1½ ⁋
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by: Yoyo Zhou
introduces moves: pull by direction, promenade
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | star right 4 places
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| A2 | 4 | pull by right across the set w/partner
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 6 | star left 3 places
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| 2 | pull by left w/neighbor ⁋
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Composed September 11, 2012
Choreographer's notes:
Often, when we pull across by the right hand, if we hold on too long, it
leadsto ladles turning over their right shoulder, which is bad for e.g.a right and left thru. But in this dance, it's good flow for the ladles to keep turning right into the neighbor swing.
Teaching notes:
* B2 needs to be zippy. After the star 3 places, we've come to original place.
by: Gene Hubert
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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introduces moves: custom
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through across the set
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| 8 | promenade single file around the circle 3 places
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing (on the
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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From Michael Fuerst's compilation of easy dances: http://aptsg.org/Dance/easy_dances.rtf
by: Rich Goss
introduces moves: roll away, give & take
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay along
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay across
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 4 | gentlespoons give & take partners
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| 12 | 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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