user: Sarah Trop
BREAK
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: long lines, swing, allemande, do si do, chain, right left through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners do si do 1¼
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain to neighbors
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| 8 | right left through ⁋
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Dosido as much as you want, until it’s time to balance - it’s still a free country, for now.
by: Seth Tepfer
introduces moves: Rory O'More, circle, pass through
formation: improper
Starts in short waves, right hand to neighbors
| A1 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do 1¼ to short waves
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Based on Apples and Chocolate by Sue Rosen
by: Greg Frock
introduces moves: mad robin, pass by, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| B1 | 4 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
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| 12 | 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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Dancers will try to rush the mad robin to include the gentlespoons cross in A2. Remind them there is plenty of time to complete the figure. Written for Robin Wilson in 2011
by: Dean Snipes
introduces moves: star, down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | star right 4 places ladles turn around
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 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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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Bob Isaacs
introduces moves: hey, box the gnat, meltdown swing, slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors 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 | 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 14 | partners meltdown swing
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| 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: promenade, petronella
formation: Becket ccw
| 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 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella and turn to face the next ⁋
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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"The motion in B1 does seem magical – while the ladles Petronella over and back across the set, the gentlespoons do consecutive Petronellas along the side, in effect progressing behind his partner’s back."
- Rich Goss
BREAK
by: Becky Hill
introduces moves: turn alone
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 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B2 | 2 | pass through across the set
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| 4 | turn alone
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| 8 | star right 4 places ⁋
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| 2 | pass through
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by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: allemande orbit
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| B1 | 6 | gentlespoons allemande left once around while the ladles orbit clockwise ½ around
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| 10 | 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: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: square through
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 | 8 | partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center (pass P by R)
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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 | 16 | square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left, then repeat (and look along side for new neighbor) ⁋
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A1 is from James Hutson’s “Treasure of the Sierra Madre”. This dance was tested at Soda Bar in Brooklyn, hence the title, and first called at Glen Echo FND in August 2016.
introduces moves: custom
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through across the set
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| 8 | promenade single file around the circle 3 places
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing (on the
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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From Michael Fuerst's compilation of easy dances: http://aptsg.org/Dance/easy_dances.rtf
by: Perry Shafran
introduces moves: slice, roll away
formation: Becket
| A1 | 4 | slice left, on the way back ⁋
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay
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| 4 | long lines forward, on the way back
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| 4 | ladles roll away partners with a half sashay
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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