user: Sam Whited
Break
by: Orace Johnson
introduces moves: slide along set, circle, do si do, swing
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: long lines, chain, hey
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 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Gary Nelson
introduces moves: pass through, gyre, promenade, petronella
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through
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| 8 | neighbors gyre left shoulders once
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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 | 16 | partners balance & swing ⁋
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Break
by: Robert Cromartie
introduces moves: star, allemande
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | star left - wrist grip - 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | star right - wrist grip - 4 places ⁋
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Author's Notes:
The transition from left hand star to allemande left is especially nice if a New England style (hand on wrist) star is used. This is the only dance I can think of for which I specifically request that type of star in those parts of the country where the default is hands-across.
Unfortunately, the origin of the name is lost in the mists of time. All I can say is that "Al" is not Al Olson, although had I known who he is when I wrote this, it might have been. Composed sometime around 1989.
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 9/14/1997; last revised 3/5/1999; edited by Russell Owen
by: Bill Pope and Judy Goldsmith
introduces moves: balance the ring, roll away, zig zag
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay Across the set
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| 8 | zig left zag right ⁋
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once Next Gentlespoons, once and a bit
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Tom Hinds
introduces moves: pass by, balance, California twirl
formation: progressed improper
from improper, trade places with neighbors and face back into the same group of 4
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 3 | partners pass by right shoulders
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| 3 | neighbors pass by left shoulders
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| 2 | partners pass by right shoulders, stay facing out
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| B2 | 4 | neighbors balance
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay ⁋
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| 4 | next neighbors balance
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| 4 | next neighbors California twirl
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by: Rick Mohr
introduces moves: right left through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | star left 4 places, note shadow next to you
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| A2 | 8 | right diagonal ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles chain across to shadow
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella turning to face partners ⁋
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Rick's Notes:
"Ted Sannella was the first to use "Petronella turn" into "balance and swing" with someone from another ring, in his dance "Fiddleheads". This dance was written (before the craze for such dances!) to provide that experience for everyone rather than just the actives.
When starting the left-hand star in A1 it helps if the ladies take a look at the lady on the right diagonal so they know who to aim for when coming back around into the ladies chain.
When waiting out at the ends dancers should stand as a couple on the ladies' side of the set; in A2 they should participate in the ladies chain.
For Ellen Cohn of New Haven, Connecticut; raconteuse, natural dyer, gifted musician and singer, longtime Fiddlehead, and valued friend."
by: John Coffman
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 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella + (look for new neighbors) ⁋
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by: Bob Isaacs
formation: improper
| A1 | 2 | neighbors pass by right shoulders
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| 6 | next neighbors allemande left once
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| 2 | neighbors pass by right shoulders
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| 6 | prev neighbors allemande left once
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Robert Cromartie
formation: improper
Starts in ocean waves, ladles in the middle taking left hands, neighbors taking right hands, 1s facing down
| A1 | 4 | balance wave right, then left
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| 4 | neighbors allemande right ½ (and reform wave with gentlespoons in the middle)
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| 4 | balance wave left, then right
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| 4 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places and step into original ocean wave ⁋
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| 4 | balance wave forward and back, and walk forward to new waves
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The A1 balance LEFT then right is editorial; I think it flows better but as far as I can tell it wasn't specified in the original dance. (Also, experienced dancers often balance to the right here out of instinct, so either really emphasize the balance left or don't bother.)
by: Tanya Rotenberg
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B1 | 16 | partners long swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½ ⁋
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Written in 1985 for the 20th anniversary of her parents' wedding, these being their wedding flowers.
by: Will Mentor
introduces moves: see saw, give & take
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | circle right 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors see saw once
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles give & take partners
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 10 | circle left 5 places zoomily
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| 6 | zig left zag right ⁋
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Transcribed from memory, please test before calling for dancers.
introduces moves: pull by dancers, box the gnat
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | 1st neighbors balance & pull by right
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| 4 | 2nd neighbors pull by left
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| 8 | 3rd neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| A2 | 4 | 3rd neighbors pull by right
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| 4 | 2nd neighbors pull by left
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| 8 | 1st neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles do si do 1½ ⁋
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by: Erik Hoffman
introduces moves: arch & dive
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors long swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | twos arch ones dive ⁋
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by: John Nance
formation: improper
Double progression
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| 8 | next neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | next neighbors promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 2 | neighbors pass by right shoulders
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| 14 | partners swing
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | neighbors pass by right shoulders up and down ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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Most of the dance is out of the set with next neighbors. There's no way in contradb to do "Neighbor #1" or similar" so I repeatedly called them "next neighbors", but you're not finding new neighbors each time, they're the same next neighbors.