user: Allison Jonjak
by: Martha Wild
introduces moves: chain, do si do, allemande, allemande orbit, swing, square through
formation: improper
ensure space along lines
| A1 | 8 | along the set ladles chain +
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| A2 | 8 | partners allemande right 1½
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½ around while the ladles orbit clockwise ½ around
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left ⁋
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/+ along the set is still within the minor set. After the chain you're on the same side of the set as your partner.
Martha Wild notes: I usually call the whole A2 sequence “orbit”. This dance requires space along the lines for the chain up and down. I like the half square through into ladles chain up and down transition - bit of a surprise at first.
This dance was written in honor of the late great physicist Richard Feynman, who taught at Cal Tech. There were only two questions on his Quantum Mechanics final exam - the first was “Consider hydrogen.” Of course, if you really look at this dance, perhaps it should be called “Consider Helium” or at least consider helium without the neutrons.... But that is hard on helium, so after a brief attempt at fusion (after building up spin energy in the do-si-do and allemande right), the combined orbits undergo fission and we’re back to hydrogen atoms in balance and swing your partner. By the way, the second question was “Do something elegant.”
by: Susan Kevra
introduces moves: circle, form an ocean wave, promenade, custom
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once to
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| A2 | 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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| 4 | ladles allemande left once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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| 4 | gentlespoons allemande right ¾ to a fleeting long line ⁋
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| 4 | gentlespoons allemande left ½ immediately with the next
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| B2 | 0 | meanwhile ladles slide left to meet partner for a
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| 16 | partners balance & swing
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Susan notes "at the end, wait out on side in Becket formation, so the gentlespoons can join in on the "zig-zag chain"* in B1. Next round of the dance starts with the couple containing the gents from the allemande Left.
*a la Mary Cay's Reel by David Kaynor
by: Bill Olson
introduces moves: box the gnat, star, right left through, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | star right - wrist grip - 4 places +
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles do si do 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through to new neighbors ⁋
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/+ star back where you came from
Collected from Liz Burkhart at MMiSL 2018.
by: Sue Rosen
introduces moves: roll away, cross trails
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 8 | ladles allemande right once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 4 | cross trails - partners across the set right shoulders, neighbors along the set left shoulders ⁋
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With neighbor along the set roll away with half sashay (ladles rolling from left to right)
by: Ron Buchanan
introduces moves: custom
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | neighbor star through +
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| 4 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners do si do once on gentlespoon's side of the set
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing, face neighbor
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| B1 | 4 | star through with neighbor +
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| 4 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once on original side for all
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| B2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing, face new neighbor ⁋
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/+star through is a handy-hand California Twirl. (use inside hands, so in improper formation, ladle's left with neighbor gentlespoon's right)
by: Jim Hemphill
introduces moves: long lines, give & take, star promenade, butterfly whirl
formation: Becket
| A1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons take neighbors
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons take partners
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | right left through
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay
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| 4 | star right 3 places ⁋
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½ next gentlespoons
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| 4 | star promenade left ½
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| 4 | butterfly whirl
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first dance Allison Jonjak ever called, at a Pigtown Fling afterparty. Learned from Rachel (Stubbs) Bergin.