user: Allison Jonjak
by: Sue Rosen
introduces moves: do si do, swing, promenade, chain, allemande, circle, roll away, cross trails
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do 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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With neighbor along the set roll away with half sashay (ladles rolling from left to right)
by: Orace Johnson
introduces moves: balance the ring, form an ocean wave, 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: Bill Olson
introduces moves: box the gnat, star, right left through, 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 do si do 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 ⁋
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