user: Allison Jonjak
by: Martha Wild
introduces moves: chain, 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 allemande right 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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Variation of https://contradb.com/dances/321 eliminates do-si-do for use outdoors
/+ 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: Jim Hemphill
introduces moves: long lines, give & take, right left through, roll away, star, 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.
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 allemande right 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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Variation of https://contradb.com/dances/157 eliminates the do-si-do for outdoor use
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: Orace Johnson
introduces moves: balance the ring, balance, form long waves, box circulate, slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through to an ocean wave - ladles by left in the center, partners by right on the sides
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| 4 | balance
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| 4 | partners allemande right ¾ to
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| A2 | 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| B1 | 8 | partners swing (on your home side)
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| 4 | circle left 2 places
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay across the set
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| B2 | 4 | circle left 2 places
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay
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| 4 | circle left 2 places
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| 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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Orace Johnson note (that helps date the dance): To “pass through to an ocean wave," begin to pass through across the set. Ladles catch each other's left hand and turn just 1/4 as the gentlespoons cross all the way, turn right, and take partners’ right hands to form wavy lines-of-4 across.
available: http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/205-duquoin-races
by: Sue Rosen
introduces moves: cross trails
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 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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Variation of https://contradb.com/dances/39 eliminates do-si-do for use outdoors
With neighbor along the set roll away with half sashay (ladles rolling from left to right)
by: Bill Olson
introduces moves: box the gnat, 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 allemande right 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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Variation of https://contradb.com/dances/542 eliminates do-si-do for use outdoors
/+ star back where you came from
Collected from Liz Burkhart at MMiSL 2018.
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 allemande right 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 allemande right once on original side for all
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| B2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing, face new neighbor ⁋
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Variation of https://contradb.com/dances/658 eliminates do-si-do for use outdoors
/+star through is a handy-hand California Twirl. (use inside hands, so in improper formation, ladle's left with neighbor gentlespoon's right)
by: Bob Green
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | star promenade left once
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| 8 | butterfly whirl
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | long lines forward & back ⁋
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A waltz-time contra, can be danced and dissolved into a free waltz
Video available: http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/527-allison-wonderland-by-bob-green-duple-improper