user: Emily Meredith
Oh Susanna
Gothic Dance
Jed's Reel
Waltz
Waltz
Waltz
Dance All Night circle version
Oh Susanna
Gothic Dance
by: Lisa Greenleaf
introduces moves: swing, long lines, allemande, circle, do si do
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & 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 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do 1½ ⁋
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Jed's Reel
by: Sue Rosen
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, balance the ring, turn alone
formation: improper
Starts with line of four facing down, #1s in center
| A1 | 8 | down the hall forward then backward [Gay Gorden]
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| 8 | up the hall forward then backward and bend into a ring {Gay Gorden]
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | turn alone [turn towards partner]
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors long swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ones swing, end facing down ⁋
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Waltz
Waltz
by: Chestnut
introduces moves: custom
formation: Longways Sets, 4-6 Couples
| A1 | 16 | top ladle
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| A2 | 16 | top gentlespoon
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| B1 | 8 | top couple sashay down the middle & back
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| 8 | top couple separate, cast, walk down to the bottom ⁋
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| B2 | 8 | partners do si do once
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| 8 | partners swing
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alternate B2 is sashay down & back as long lines holding hands (requires more space)
introduces moves: petronella, balance, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1¾
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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by: Don Flaherty
introduces moves: gyre, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles gyre 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | partners balance
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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by: Rick Mohr
introduces moves: pass by, roll away, promenade
formation: circle mixer
| A1 | 8 | partners do si do once
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| 8 | partners allemande right 1½
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| A2 | 2 | 2nd neighbors pass by left shoulders
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| 6 | 3rd neighbors gyre once
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| 8 | circle left 4 places
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| B1 | 4 | gentlespoons roll away 2nd neighbors
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| 12 | partners swing
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| B2 | 14 | partners promenade
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| 2 | ladles turn alone to meet next partners ⁋
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by: Yoyo Zhou
introduces moves: slice, chain
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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Waltz
Dance All Night circle version
by: Rich Mohr
introduces moves: custom
formation: four face four
Have dancers note their "trail buddies" and who their corners are. The two dancers in the middle of the line of 4 are corners and the dancers at the ends have their corners in front of them.
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | corners swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles star right once
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| 8 | corners allemande left 1.25
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| B1 | 10 | partners pull by right for grand right and left until they meet their partner
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| 6 | partners do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing and end facing new lines of 4 ⁋
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In the grand right and left dancers end up traveling half way around the circle.
by: Robert Cromartie
formation: improper
Starts in ocean waves, ladles in the middle taking left hands, neighbors taking right hands, 1s facing down
| A1 | 4 | balance wave right, then left
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| 4 | neighbors allemande right ½ (and reform wave with gentlespoons in the middle)
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| 4 | balance wave left, then right
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| 4 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places and step into original ocean wave ⁋
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| 4 | balance wave forward and back, and walk forward to new waves
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The A1 balance LEFT then right is editorial; I think it flows better but as far as I can tell it wasn't specified in the original dance. (Also, experienced dancers often balance to the right here out of instinct, so either really emphasize the balance left or don't bother.)
by: Chart Guthrie
introduces moves: hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - ____ in center, ____ on ends ⁋
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