user: Moose Flores
Announcements
Waltz & Break
Warm Up (4F4) https://www.billolsondance.com/newdances.html
Waltz & Goodnight
Trip to Morgantown by Elizabeth Bloom Albert https://sites.google.com/view/lizalbertcontra/lizs-dances?authuser=0#h.25tjsxqxusm0
by: unknown
introduces moves: circle, allemande, do si do, swing, right left through, chain, long lines, star
formation: circle
Lesson: Circle, give weight, stay connected, AR, AL, DSD, Swing, courtesy turn & chain, better never than late.
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left once
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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Lesson: Circle L/R, F&B, give weight, stay connected, DSD, AL, AR, Swing, courtesy turn & chain, star. Better never than late, keep moving, "Keep smiling and all is forgiven", Everyone makes mistakes!
Anyone can dance either role, or both. Anyone can ask anyone to dance. You can always say “no thank you” for any or no reason.
by: Tom Hinds
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back ⁋
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners 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 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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Bradley Smith Notes: The first time through the dance, the ladles allemande Left in A1 is with the couple that you start the dance with. Every time after that, the ladles have to look to the right to find the next ladle to allemande. It's a very simple progression that just requires reminding the ladles to look for the next ladle in line after the forward and back
by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: slide along set, box the gnat
formation: Becket
Shadow is next to you.
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B1 | 8 | shadows right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | shadows do si do 1½
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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In the second half of B1, pull by R at the start of the do-si-do for some extra momentum.
Written on a stuck train to Princeton, NJ, late 2014, and first called March 2015 in Silver Spring, MD.
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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: Rick Mohr
introduces moves: form a long wave
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| 8 | ladles dance out while gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| A2 | 4 | gentlespoons allemande left ¾
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| 4 | neighbors start a hey - rights on ends, lefts in center - until partners meet (pass neighbor by right; gentlespoons loop right while ladles pass by left in the center)
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| B2 | 6 | next neighbors allemande left once
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| 10 | neighbors swing ⁋
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by: Andy Shore
introduces moves: promenade, mad robin
formation: Becket
| 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 | mad robin, ladles in front
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| B1 | 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | right left through - courtesy turn new neighbor ⁋
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| B2 | 8 | ladles do si do 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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when out with partner, cross over and get in with Balance & Box the Gnat
(if you miss that, you'll still be in position to courtesy turn new neighbor)
Waltz & Break
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: meltdown swing
formation: Becket
2x progression
| A1 | 8 | ladles chain to 1st neighbors
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| 8 | mad robin, ladles in front
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| A2 | 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat across
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| 8 | star right 4 places ⁋
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| B1 | 8 | right left through with next neighbors
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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| B2 | 2 | circle left 1 place single-file with 3rd neighbors
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| 14 | partners meltdown swing
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Taking inspiration from Pete’s Dark Roast by Andy Shore and True Grit by Chris Page. Andy’s dance has this really cool box the gnat to right left through progression, but I wanted to hide a star to star inversion/progression inside it to make the dance even more flowy. Be sure to really assert the single-file with 3rd neighbors to make sure your sets don’t end up sawtooth.
by: Bill Olson
Warm Up (4F4) https://www.billolsondance.com/newdances.html
by: Chris Page
introduces moves: box circulate, square through, form long waves
formation: improper
begin in long waves---right hand to neighbor, gentlespoons face out, 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 | 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 | square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left to ⁋
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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In the pull-by left, keep left hands and take right hands with a new neighbor to reform long waves.
For better entry, consider an allemande left 1/2 rather than a pull-by left, so that all hands are at the correct height for long waves.
Written for Joyce Fortune of the Bay Area, won at the auction of the 2010 Spring Fever dance camp at Monte Toyon, CA. She requested a dance with long lines, some balances, and a swing/circle/swing transition. (A surprisingly tough set of requirements to fulfill.) This sequence was the option she liked best.
by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, balance, pass through
formation: improper
End of B1) hey: partner allemande is just enough to form the wave.
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends at end, partners allemande right to put gentlespoons back in the center
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| B2 | 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by left hands and partners by right hands
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| 4 | partners box the gnat, & reform wave
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| 4 | balance the wave
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| 2 | ladles allemande left ½
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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O-be-joyful: n. An intoxicating drink
Waltz & Goodnight
Trip to Morgantown by Elizabeth Bloom Albert https://sites.google.com/view/lizalbertcontra/lizs-dances?authuser=0#h.25tjsxqxusm0
by: Chris Weiler
introduces moves: Rory O'More
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do 1¼ to
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| B1 | 0 | form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| B2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing, ladles look on slight right diagonal for a new ladle to allemande ⁋
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Chris Weiler notes:
Written at the Down East Country Dance Festival in Topsham, ME on March 28th, 2009 during the rehearsal period for the Festival Orchestra. Called later that afternoon during the Festival Orchestra slot in the main hall. Named for my host's new kitten (Earl of Grey was his full name) and the baby flying squirrel that he thought would be a better snack than playmate.
This was another case of creating a dance to fit the need. The title of the session was "Well Balanced Contras" and the tune sets had been chosen. I needed a dance with a <u>Rory O'More</u> style <u>balance</u> in the B1 to fit the music and the rest of the session and did not have one in my repertoire.