user: Casey Caison
by: Linda Thomas
introduces moves: long lines, swing, square through, do si do, chain
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 16 | square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left, then repeat
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles do si do 1½
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| B2 | 8 | partners swing
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| 8 | ladles chain
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Named after an event held by Cape Fear Contra Dancers of Wilmington, NC called "Swamp Stomp".
by: Jacqui Grennan
introduces moves: box the gnat, mad robin, allemande orbit, balance the ring, give & take, circle, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½ around while the ladles orbit clockwise ½ around
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | ladles take partners
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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 once
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The title is a play on words. Robin + Orbit = Orbin
by: Lynn Ackerson
introduces moves: custom, allemande, California twirl
formation: four face four
Have dancers note their "trail buddies" and who their corners are. The two dancers in the middle of the line of 4 are corners and the dancers at the ends have their corners in front of them.
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | middle 4 star right 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | partners allemande left 1½
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| 8 | other 4 star right 4 places
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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In this case there are 8 places in the circle, so going 4 places is equivalent to half way.
by: Casey Caison
introduces moves: balance, custom
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | neighbors balance
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| 4 | neighbors box the gnat
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| A2 | 4 | gentlespoons allemande left ½
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| 4 | gentlespoons ricochet off partner to cross back across the set counter clockwise
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B2 | 4 | Ladles ricochet off neighbor to cross back across the set clockwise
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| 12 | partners swing (slide left)
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