user: Luke Schoppert
by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, circle, pass through, do si do, swing, allemande
formation: becket
Start in short lines four with dancers next to their partner, as though following a partner swing, and ending to face down the hall.
| A1 | 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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| A2 | 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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| B1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: balance, box the gnat, petronella
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | neighbors balance right hand
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| 4 | neighbors box the gnat
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella and turn to face new neighbors ⁋
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by: Bradley Smith
introduces moves: hey, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights 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 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Rich Mohr
introduces moves: long lines, custom
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 | corners swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles star right once
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| 8 | corners allemande left 1.25
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| B1 | 10 | partners pull by right for grand right and left until they meet their partner
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| 6 | partners do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing and end facing new lines of 4 ⁋
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In the grand right and left dancers end up traveling half way around the circle.
by: Koren Wake
introduces moves: custom, promenade, gyre
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | face neighbor; ladles back up across the set, gentlespoons
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B2 | 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors gyre once
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Halloween Twist by Melanie Axel-Lute meets Chris Page's iconic Heart of Joy eye contact pull across the set into a swing.
If your dancers aren't familiar with Heart of Joy, you can practice this with hands -- it's really just a circle left 2 places then swing your neighbor on the other side of the set, but coming from the right gyre it's much better without hands!
by: Dugan Murphy
introduces moves: form long waves, box circulate
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 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| B2 | 0 | form long waves - gentlespoons face in, ladles face out
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right, look to next neighbors ⁋
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by: Dean Snipes
introduces moves: slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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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
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 14 | partners balance & swing
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| 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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Julian Bee notes that swapping the promenade for a R+L Thru is Linda Leslie's "Old Time Elixir #2", written in 1998. It's unclear when Dean wrote TTT, so both deserve a cross-reference. https://contradb.com/dances/474
by: Luke Schoppert
introduces moves: mad robin, allemande orbit, meltdown swing
formation: indecent
| A1 | 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet turning to face partner
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| A2 | 2 | partners allemande right ¼
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| 6 | gentlespoons allemande left once around while the ladles orbit clockwise ½ around
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| 2 | neighbors allemande right ½
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| 6 | ladles allemande left once around while the gentlespoons orbit clockwise ½ around
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| B1 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain and roll away
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front, continue to new neighbors ⁋
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riff on Al Green's Heavenly Bodies, inspired by a Rockville manhole cover
Timing is tight. Saner version forthcoming maybe
by: Jacqui Grennan
introduces moves: slice, zig zag
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 6 | neighbors zig left zag right
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| 4 | shadows allemande left once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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The timing is fuzzy in the B1 but it does all fit.
by: Maia McCormick
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| B1 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B2 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 6 | circle right 3 places
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| 2 | pass through by the left ⁋
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Written for Brooklyn Contra on 8/4/17, which is Obama's birthday, hence the title. Smooth dance with a hey-like figure up/down the set and a satisfying promenade > circle right transition.
by: Luke Donforth
introduces moves: square through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain to partner
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| B1 | 8 | square through two - neighbors balance & pull by right, then partners pull by left along
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| 8 | shadows do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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