user: Sarah Trop
BREAK
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: long lines, swing, allemande, do si do, chain, right left through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners do si do 1¼
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain to neighbors
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| 8 | right left through ⁋
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Dosido as much as you want, until it’s time to balance - it’s still a free country, for now.
by: John Nance
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: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: star
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back, ladles roll away partners left to right on the way back
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | star left 4 places to new neighbors ⁋
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by: Erik Weberg
introduces moves: balance, custom, form an ocean wave, pass through
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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introduces moves: slice, meltdown swing
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back and gentlespoons pull neighbor ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends left shoulder
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| B2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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Becket-ized version of Tom Hinds' The Carousel, but without the chunky feeling of long lines forward and back (technically the slice is almost lines forward/back, but dancers can ooze it a bit more, especially since it's a slice and take).
Queue-less, not clueless, because this time The Carousel has no lines. Unlike my program, which at the time had 5 LLFB and one just had to go.
introduces moves: balance the ring, 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: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: promenade, petronella
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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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 | 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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"The motion in B1 does seem magical – while the ladles Petronella over and back across the set, the gentlespoons do consecutive Petronellas along the side, in effect progressing behind his partner’s back."
- Rich Goss
BREAK
by: Yoyo Zhou
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | down the hall and turn as a couple
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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introduces moves: pass by, gyre, give & take, square through
formation: improper
| A1 | 2 | neighbors pass by right shoulders
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| 6 | next neighbors gyre left shoulders once
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| 2 | neighbors pass by right shoulders
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| 6 | prev neighbors gyre left shoulders once
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| A2 | 4 | neighbors allemande right ¾
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| 2 | gentlespoons pass by right shoulders
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles give & take neighbors ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors 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: Bob Isaacs
introduces moves: roll away
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors balance and star through (inside hand)
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors across the set
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back ⁋
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends to new neighbors
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