IsaacB.Beantown.BlueJoy.26.03.14

user: Isaac Banner

Rory O'Most

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: Rory O'More, swing, allemande, chain, hey

formation: improper

Long waves, gentlespoons face out

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
A2 8
balance & Rory O'More right ⁋
8
next neighbors swing
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends into long waves, right hand to new neighbors

Everson Glen

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: revolving door, right left through, mad robin, form a long wave, turn alone, circle, meltdown swing, slide along set

formation: Becket

A1 8
revolving door - ladles take right hands and drop off partners on other side
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
right left through
8
mad robin, ladles in front (CCW)
B1 4
ladles dance in to a long wave in the center
4
ladles turn alone, return to place
8
circle left 3 places single-file, ladles turn over right shoulder to face partners
B2 14
partners meltdown swing
2
slide left along set ⁋

Treasure of the Soda Bar

by: Maia McCormick

introduces moves: box the gnat, square through

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 8
partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center (pass P by R)
8
partners swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B2 16
square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left, then repeat (and look along side for new neighbor) ⁋

A1 is from James Hutson’s “Treasure of the Sierra Madre”. This dance was tested at Soda Bar in Brooklyn, hence the title, and first called at Glen Echo FND in August 2016.

Winter in Summerland

by: Jeff Spero & James Hutson

introduces moves: long lines, form an ocean wave, custom, gyre

formation: Becket

A1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
B1 4
dance forward to next neighbor ⁋
4
neighbors gyre ½
8
three-quarters hey (gentlespoons by left in the center)
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Zag it Back

by: Jacqui Grennan

introduces moves: slice, zig zag

formation: Becket

A1 8
slice left and straight back ⁋
8
ladles allemande left 1½
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 6
circle left 3 places
6
neighbors zig left zag right
4
shadows allemande left once
B2 16
partners balance & swing

The timing is fuzzy in the B1 but it does all fit.

Maliza's Magical Mystery Motion

by: Cary Ravitz

introduces moves: promenade, petronella

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
neighbors promenade
8
ladles chain
B1 8
balance & petronella and turn to face the next ⁋
8
balance & petronella
B2 16
partners balance & swing

"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