user: Nicholas Rockstroh
waltz
by: Larry Jennings
introduces moves: swing, circle, promenade, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B2 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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| 8 | star left 4 places to next neighbors
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One of the great glossary dances. Simple figures and gentle timing, but not so comprehensive that it leaves you with no options to make the second dance feel distinctive. Definitely a favorite of mine.
introduces moves: long lines, roll away, petronella, down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | ladles roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | partners swing, end in a line of four facing down
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| B1 | 8 | down the hall and turn alone
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | neighbors swing and take hands with next neighbors in long lines ⁋
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Written at 3 AM at Summer CDH 2019. Sometimes the sequences just come to me, and when they do it can feel like remembering something I've never done. Named after a song from Celldweller's album Wish Upon a Blackstar.
by: Bob Isaacs and Chris Weiler
introduces moves: slide along set, allemande, box the gnat, pull by dancers
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 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½ to face partner (gentlespoons back-to-back)
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| B1 | 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat (ladles back-to-back)
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| 2 | partners pull by right (to start half-hey with hands)
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| 2 | gentlespoons pull by left
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| 2 | neighbors pull by right
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| 2 | ladles pull by left
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Carol Ormand
introduces moves: custom, Rory O'More
formation: four face four
| A1 | 8 | lines of four forward and back
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| 8 | ladles grand chain across set
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors promenade ccw 1/2 with this corner
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| 8 | gentlespoons star left halfway
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| B1 | 0 | ladles take right hand with same neighbor
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More right waves of four
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left waves of four
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| B2 | 2 | neighbors allemande right ½ with same
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| 6 | ladles star left halfway
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| 8 | partners swing ⁋
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by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: right left through, zig zag
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | circle right 3 places
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| A2 | 6 | zig right zag left ⁋
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| 10 | next neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 3 | partners allemande right ¾
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| 5 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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The version Dane uploaded is an older version that is not what Cary has on his site currently. This is the sequence presently on Cary's website. He mentions the old B1 in the notes on the dance and the reasoning behind replacing it.
waltz
by: Gene Hubert
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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introduces moves: swat the flea, hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors left hand balance & swat the flea
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| B2 | 8 | neighbors start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| 8 | neighbors swing ⁋
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by: Ann Fallon
introduces moves: do si do, contra corners, custom
formation: Triplet
Triplet - proper longways - #2s active
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| A2 | 16 | twos contra corners (actives)
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing (end facing up)
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| B2 | 16 | peel the banana #1s cast to bottom and form arch while others
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by: Cary Ravitz
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 8 | star left 4 places look for new neighbor ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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