user: Elisabeth Monica
Waltz
Break
Swing States by Elizabeth Bloom Alberthttps://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=14013
Ariel's Celebration by Nils Friedland https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=18469
Waltz
Other Selections
by: Robert Cromartie
introduces moves: star, allemande, swing, circle, long lines
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: David Kaynor
introduces moves: do si do, chain
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: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: slide along set, 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: Lindsey Dono
introduces moves: mad robin
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | 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 | 6 | mad robin, ladles in front (ccw)
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| 8 | circle right 4 places
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| 2 | slide right along set ⁋
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| B2 | 6 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| 10 | partners swing
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Inspired by a Facebook discussion of the question: “can dancers intuitively slide to the right along the set?” Called at several house parties and Faultline Frolic.
by: Rick Mohr
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, form long waves, balance
formation: improper
| A1 | 6 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| 10 | 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 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½ - don't let go
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| B2 | 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by right hands and neighbors by left hands
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| 4 | neighbors allemande left ¾ to long wavy lines
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out ⁋
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| 4 | balance
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| 4 | next neighbors allemande right ¾
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Waltz
Break
Swing States by Elizabeth Bloom Alberthttps://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=14013
by: Rick Mohr
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | right diagonal ladles chain to shadow #1
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| B1 | 8 | star left 4 places with shadow #1
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| 8 | partners allemande right 1½
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| B2 | 8 | star left 4 places with shadow #2
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| 8 | partners swing
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Rick Mohr notes: While enjoying Mike Boerschig's Happy as a Cold Pig in Warm Mud I wondered, could you enjoy flying stars with both shadows instead of just one?
This dance is the result. It's more accessible than you might expect for a dance where you leave the minor set twice, because finding your partner rights the set in both B1 and B2. In B1, watch for your partner in the other star and meet with an allemande; in B2, watch for your partner in the other star and meet with a swing.
I'm not usually a fan of "shadow / partner / other shadow / partner" sequences because you keep repeating the same longish sequence with the same people, and so don't mix enough. But because the stars in this dance involve a changing cast of neighbors, you get the thrill of flying to your partner twice without the tarnish of identical setups
introduces moves: custom, gyre
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
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| B1 | 4 | dance forward to next neighbor ⁋
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| 4 | neighbors gyre ½
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| 8 | three-quarters hey (gentlespoons by left in the center)
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Ariel's Celebration by Nils Friedland https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=18469
Waltz
Other Selections
by: Jim Hemphill
introduces moves: slice, give & take
formation: Becket
Identify 1st shadows standing next to you and 2nd shadows standing past your partners.
| 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 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| B1 | 2 | partners allemande right ½
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| 6 | 1st shadows allemande left once
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| 2 | partners allemande right ½
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| 6 | 2nd shadows allemande left once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: pull by dancers, custom, right left through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 2 | gentlespoons pull by right - next gentlespoon is on left diagonal
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| 6 | partners allemande left once
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| A2 | 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by right hands and partners by left hands
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| 4 | walk forward to ⁋
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| 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by right hands and shadows by left hands
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| 4 | shadows allemande left ¾
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | right left through
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co written by Steve Schnur