user: zack
no walkthrough
BREAK
no walkthrough
by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: allemande, hey, swing, circle
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½ ⁋
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by: Becky Hill
introduces moves: long lines, chain, star, do si do
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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| B2 | 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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by: Yoyo Zhou
introduces moves: slice, down the hall, up the hall
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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by: Myra Hirschberg
introduces moves: star promenade, butterfly whirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 4 | star promenade left ½
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| 4 | butterfly whirl
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| A2 | 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 4 | star promenade left ½
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| 4 | butterfly whirl
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| B2 | 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| 8 | neighbors swing ⁋
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by: Edie Sussman
introduces moves: give & take, right left through, meltdown swing
formation: Becket
| A1 | 4 | slice left ⁋
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| 4 | ladles take neighbors
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | right left through
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| B1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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Written while Ode to Joy was stuck in my head, thinking about a dance that would fit that tune and also bring me joy.
Debut: Queer Contra Camp 2026
(Did some research and found this dance is very similar to Issac Banner's "Tom's Queue-less Carousel," which is itself a variation of "The Carousel" by Tom Hinds. Later discovered this dance is also nearly identical to "The Erik Effect" by Ben Werner and Danielle Boudreau.)
by: Gene Hubert
no walkthrough
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing end facing down the hall
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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 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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BREAK
by: John Coffman
introduces moves: Rory O'More, roll away
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| A2 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| 8 | neighbors swing (swinging with original neighbor from the allemande)
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 6 | right left through
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners
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| 6 | star right 3 places ⁋
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Rollaway during/after the courtesy turn from the R+L through. It crowds B2 a bit but the rest of the dance is relaxed enough that this crowding is most welcome by dancers.
by: David Kaynor
no walkthrough
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & 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 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places to new neighbors ⁋
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by: Don Flaherty
introduces moves: petronella, balance the ring, gyre, balance, 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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