user: Mattie Rynkiewicz
by: Rick Mohr
introduces moves: balance the ring, pass by, swing, down the hall, up the hall, long lines, hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 2 | gentlespoons pass by right shoulders
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| 10 | partners swing, end facing down in lines of four
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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 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 2 | ladles pass by right shoulders
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - and look for next neighbors ⁋
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Rick notes, "A straightforward dance with good symmetry and timing."
Sometimes, that's all you have to say.
by: Don Lennartson
introduces moves: chain, star, allemande, box circulate
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 8 | star left 4 places to progress ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors allemande right 1½ to long waves, gentlespoons face in
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| B1 | 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| B2 | 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| 8 | partners swing
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Editor's Notes:
Based on Steve Schnur's 24th of June.
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 3/19/1997; last revised 3/5/1999; edited by Russell Owen
by: Andy Shore
introduces moves: promenade, mad robin, box the gnat, right left through, do si do
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)
by: Becky Hill
introduces moves: custom, roll away, square through
formation: four face four
| A1 | 4 | lines of four forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay (roll right to left) on the way back
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once (facing neighbor)
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| A2 | 0 | INSIDE FOURSOME:
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| 0 | square through four - neighbors balance & pull by right, then shadows pull by left, then repeat to face partner
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| 0 | WHILE OUTSIDE TWOSOMES:
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| 16 | neighbors balance & swing end facing partner
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| B1 | 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | grand right and left 1/2 to meet partner on opposite side
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing ⁋
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by: David Smukler
introduces moves: circle
formation: becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 4 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | ladles allemande right ¾ to new neighbor ladle ⁋
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| 4 | ladles allemande left once, gentlespoons shift left
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| B1 | 16 | partners start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Sue Rosen
introduces moves: petronella, cross trails
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | cross trails - partners across the set right shoulders, neighbors along the set left shoulders ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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Diamonds are for NEFFA, Chris Page
by: Dean Snipes
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain left diagonal to shadow
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay (across, maybe past/future neighbors)
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away shadows with a half sashay (along)
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing ⁋
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via Bradley at Meet Me In Saint Louis