user: Koren A Wake
waltz & break
Var. B2 give and take to robins' side
by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: circle, pass through, do si do, swing, down the hall, up the hall, balance the ring, give & take
formation: Becket
| A1 | 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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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & 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 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons take partners
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| 8 | partners swing
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No long lines
by: Sue Rosen
introduces moves: box the gnat, allemande, long lines, chain, petronella
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella; turn to face next neighbor ⁋
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by: Tanya Rotenberg
introduces moves: hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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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 long swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½ ⁋
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Written in 1985 for the 20th anniversary of her parents' wedding, these being their wedding flowers.
by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: roll away, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay as long lines go back
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| 8 | gentlespoons right-hand chain
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| B2 | 8 | star left 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½ (CURRENT neighbor) ⁋
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Written January 2017, called shortly thereafter at Brooklyn Contra. I wanted a dance with a gentlespoons' right-hand chain to a neighbor that was otherwise dead easy, and this is what I came up with. (There are lots of great dances with a gentlespoons' right-hand chain to their partner, but chaining to a neighbor lets dancers practice the move with lots of different folks.) Note that the allemande in B2 is with your CURRENT neighbor, i.e. the one you starred with (this is the biggest point of confusion for experienced dancers used to looking for new neighbors out of a left-hand star).
by: Cis Hinkle
introduces moves: square through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | square through two - neighbors balance & pull by right, then partners pull by left
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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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 to new neighbors ⁋
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by: Linda Leslie
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | left diagonal ladles chain to shadow
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella across
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| 8 | balance & petronella turning extra to face partner
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing ⁋
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waltz & break
by: Sarah Kaiser
Var. B2 give and take to robins' side
introduces moves: box circulate, form long waves
formation: improper
long waves, neighbor right, ladles face in
| A1 | 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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| A2 | 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out, next neighbor by right ⁋
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by: Martha Wild
introduces moves: meltdown swing
formation: Becket
| 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 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½, face partner (gentlespoons stand back to back)
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| B1 | 16 | partners start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center - gentlespoons ricochet first time, ladles ricochet second time (see note)
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| B2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing... then slide left ⁋
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B1: partners pass right on the sides; ladles pass left for 1/2 hey, gentlespoons ricochet, then ladles ricochet while gentlespoons 1/2 hey.
Original dance progresses in A1 with circle 3 places & pass through to swing next neighbor. I prefer this slide & circle variation.
by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: slide along set, right left through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 0 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles chain to partner
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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A variation of the dance Old Time Elixir by Mike Boerschig.
by: Jacqui Grennan
introduces moves: slice, zig zag
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 6 | neighbors zig left zag right
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| 4 | shadows allemande left once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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The timing is fuzzy in the B1 but it does all fit.