user: Dane Wallinga
by: Lisa Greenleaf
introduces moves: swing, long lines, allemande, right left through, circle, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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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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by: Don Flaherty
introduces moves: petronella, balance the ring, gyre, balance, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles gyre 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | partners balance
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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by: Hank Morris
introduces moves: roll away, chain, hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | ladles roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 16 | ladles start a full 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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| 8 | neighbors swing
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by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: form a long wave, pass by, do si do
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| 8 | ladles dance out while gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| A2 | 4 | gentlespoons allemande left ¾
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| 2 | neighbors pass by right shoulders
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| 2 | ladles pass by left shoulders
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing ⁋
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introduces moves: custom, star
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: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: form an ocean wave
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do 1¼ to
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| A2 | 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands and walk forward to ⁋
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| 12 | next neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½ to face partner
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| 8 | partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Couples wait out improper to come in for neighbor swing after wave balance.
by: Chris Page
introduces moves: poussette
formation: improper
| A1 | 6 | half poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then left clockwise ⁋
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| B1 | 6 | half poussette - gentlespoons pull neighbors back then left clockwise
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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| 8 | circle right 4 places
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Notes from Bob Isaacs: Written on August 7, 2012 as a smushing together of the B2/A1 of "A Sure Thing" and A2/B1 of "Trust," to put both transitions in the same dance. Chris learned to dance and call at Glenside before moving to San Diego a decade ago. This dance has it all; a new transition, good flow into both swings, and the beautiful/circle R/pousette progression.
by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: Rory O'More, form long waves
formation: improper
start in long waves, neighbors by right, ladles face in
| 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
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left 1¾ ⁋
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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by: Dean Snipes
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
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| 8 | ladles chain left diagonal to shadow
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay (across, maybe past/future neighbors)
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away shadows with a half sashay (along)
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing ⁋
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via Bradley at Meet Me In Saint Louis
by: Andrea Nettleton
introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers, square through
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | neighbors box the gnat
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| 2 | gentlespoons pull by left
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| 10 | partners swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 16 | square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left, then repeat ⁋
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by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: slide along set
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: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: zig zag
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | zig left zag right, new ladles catch left hands ⁋
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| B2 | 6 | ladles allemande left once
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| 10 | partners swing
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A variation of the dance by Bill Pope and Judy Goldsmith. Progression is indecent.
by: Lisa Greenleaf
introduces moves: give & take
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | star right 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1¼
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| A2 | 8 | next neighbors gyre left shoulders once
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| 8 | neighbors swing original neighbor
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons give & take partners
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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Bob Isaacs notes: The give and take figure originated from Larry Jennings, the great caller and writer from Boston. End the neighbor swing in shoulder/waist position, take two steps forward, and the gentlespoons take their partner’s hand and lead her to his side for a swing. Some “hard-to-get” playfulness usually goes along with this. In this dance the figure is a good alternative to circle L ¾, and in other dances can go to either side of the set.
This smooth-flowing dance was written by one top caller for the marriage of two other outstanding callers, Linda Leslie and Bob Golder, all of whom are from eastern Massachusetts.
by: Chris Weiler
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B1 | 16 | next neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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