user: Thomas Begley
Chain intro
Short waves prep for CC
Alt above
Hey intro
Alt above
Waltz
4x4
Alt above
Lamb
No walkthru
by: Chris Page
introduces moves: long lines, allemande, swing, promenade
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B2 | 16 | neighbors long swing
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by: Scott Higgs
Chain intro
introduces moves: chain, circle, do si do
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 6 | ladles allemande right once
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| 10 | partners 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: Linda Leslie
Short waves prep for CC
introduces moves: Rory O'More, form an ocean wave, custom
formation: improper
Dance starts in short wavy lines: from improper formation, neighbors take right hands, ladles take left in the 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
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places and walk forward
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| 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands -forward and back
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| 4 | walk forward to ⁋
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| 0 | form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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by: Roger Diggle
Alt above
introduces moves: form a long wave, pull by dancers
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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| 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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| 4 | neighbors allemande right ½
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| 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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| B1 | 2 | ladles pull by left
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| 14 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | ladles chain ⁋
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Bob Fab notes: While it does not have waves at the sides, it has them in the middle so you can use it when the hall is too short for everyone to be in the same waves.
It is an excellent dance for incorporating a large group of beginners, because you hardly ever are without someone in your hand, and the storyline is nice.
by: Isaac Banner
Hey intro
introduces moves: right left through, hey, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| B1 | 8 | ladles start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 6 | 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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by: Bill Olson
Alt above
introduces moves: box the gnat
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing ⁋
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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: Jim Hemphill
introduces moves: star, meltdown swing, arch & dive
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | star right 3 places
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| B1 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | twos arch ones dive ⁋
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Can be called without role terms (but still requires that the neighbor swing ends in the progressed position).
Waltz
by: Yoyo Zhou
introduces moves: 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.
4x4
introduces moves: custom
formation: four face four
| A1 | 8 | lines of 4 forward and back
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| 8 | corners swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles star right once around, give left hand to corner in perpendicular waves
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| B1 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | corners allemande left to face partners
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| B2 | 8 | grand right and left (four changes)
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| 8 | partners swing, face direction of progression ⁋
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by: Cary Ravitz
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | 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 | 8 | balance & petronella and turn to face the next ⁋
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Louise Siddons
formation: duple minor
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| 8 | gentlespoons chain
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| A2 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B1 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons do si do 1½ OR balance and pull by
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Intended to make a left-hand chain feel good, to be accessible to new dancers, and to have flow that facilitates positional calling. Tested at Dance, Music and Spice Week (Camp Cavell 2019), where dancer Ruth Scodel said that it reminded her why she fell in love with contra dancing.
by: Hank Morris
Alt above
introduces moves: roll away
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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Lamb
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
Line of four going down the hall has ones in the middle: W2-M1-W1-M2.
| A1 | 8 | down the hall and turn alone
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| 8 | up the hall; end facing neighbor
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 12 | circle left 5 places
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| 4 | twos arch ones dive ⁋
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by: Orace Johnson
No walkthru
introduces moves: slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| 16 | partners balance & swing
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