user: Shell Stowell
Swing States by Liz Albert
Break
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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Swing States by Liz Albert
by: Robert Cromartie
introduces moves: star
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | star left - wrist grip - 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | star right - wrist grip - 4 places ⁋
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Author's Notes:
The transition from left hand star to allemande left is especially nice if a New England style (hand on wrist) star is used. This is the only dance I can think of for which I specifically request that type of star in those parts of the country where the default is hands-across.
Unfortunately, the origin of the name is lost in the mists of time. All I can say is that "Al" is not Al Olson, although had I known who he is when I wrote this, it might have been. Composed sometime around 1989.
This dance is from William Watson's mirror of American Country Dances On Line
All rights reserved by the author; used by permission.
Added to database 9/14/1997; last revised 3/5/1999; edited by Russell Owen
by: Dean Snipes
introduces moves: promenade, chain, petronella, slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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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 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 14 | partners balance & swing
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| 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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Julian Bee notes that swapping the promenade for a R+L Thru is Linda Leslie's "Old Time Elixir #2", written in 1998. It's unclear when Dean wrote TTT, so both deserve a cross-reference. https://contradb.com/dances/474
by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: hey, zig zag
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | zig left zag right, new ladles catch left hands ⁋
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| B2 | 6 | ladles allemande left once
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| 10 | partners swing
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A variation of the dance by Bill Pope and Judy Goldsmith. Progression is indecent.
by: Sue Rosen
introduces moves: pass through, down the hall, up the hall, balance the ring, roll away, gyre
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors swing and end facing down
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| A2 | 8 | down the hall and turn alone
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | ladles roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 8 | ladles chain ⁋
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| B2 | 8 | ladles gyre once in the center
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Erik Weberg
introduces moves: square through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through
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| 8 | next neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B1 | 16 | square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left, then repeat
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Break
by: Carol Kopp
introduces moves: pass by, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B1 | 2 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
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| 14 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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by: Cary Ravitz
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors gyre once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | star left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½ ⁋
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A2 alternate balance & swing
B2: ladles be proactive to lead your partner into the star coming out of the swing
by: Roger Diggle
introduces moves: form a long wave, form an ocean wave, pull by dancers
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 | form an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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| 4 | neighbors allemande right ½
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| 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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| B1 | 2 | ladles pull by left
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| 14 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | ladles chain ⁋
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Bob Fab notes: While it does not have waves at the sides, it has them in the middle so you can use it when the hall is too short for everyone to be in the same waves.
It is an excellent dance for incorporating a large group of beginners, because you hardly ever are without someone in your hand, and the storyline is nice.
by: Gene Hubert
formation: Becket
| 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 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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