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user: Isaac Banner

A-1 Reel var.

by: Chris Weiler

introduces moves: swing, right left through, allemande, circle, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
right left through
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Love and Twirls

by: James Hutson

introduces moves: Rory O'More, long lines, pull by dancers, form long waves

formation: improper

Starts in long waves, gentlespoons face out

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
4
ladles pull by right across
4
neighbors allemande left ¾ ⁋
0
form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out

Home Cooking

by: Don Flaherty

introduces moves: chain, hey, do si do

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
right left through
8
ladles do si do 1½ ⁋

Helgesson Hall

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: figure 8, down the hall, up the hall

formation: improper

A1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
ones half figure 8 below and step into a line of 4 across
8
down the hall and ones turn as a couple (twos turn alone)
B2 8
up the hall and bend into a ring
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

A1 allemande feels more like once and a quarter, but it's notated here as once and a half since gentlespoons do cross the set.

I haven't tested it, but you should be able to alternate with the twos doing a half figure 8 up through the ones and going up the hall to start. The half fig. 8 plus the turn as a couple in the center just cancel each other out and going up the hall to start should end with the twos above the ones before the California twirl.

Five Minute Warning

by: Nicholas Rockstroh

introduces moves: star

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 6
circle left 3 places
10
partners swing
B1 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

I’m not sure this is original because it seems so simple and obvious that it’s probably been done before, but I’ll claim it until someone tells me otherwise. Written in the five minutes between leaving my workplace and getting home. Not a particularly special dance, but functional as a teaching tool.

Square Through to You by Bob Isaacs

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Waterways by Isaac Banner

Wrinkled Ribbon

by: Melanie Axel-Lute

introduces moves: promenade

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande left 1½
8
ladles chain
A2 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
partners promenade across & loop wide to new neighbors (J-hook) ⁋
8
circle right 3 places

Starfish by Isaac Banner

Old Time Elixir #2

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: slide along set, petronella

formation: Becket

A1 0
slide left along set ⁋
8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
right left through
8
ladles chain to partner
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 16
partners balance & swing

A variation of the dance Old Time Elixir by Mike Boerschig.