user: Emily Meredith
Fat Mountain (Spotify)
Quebec Reel (mp3)
Wizards Walk (Audacity)
Devine Reel (Spotify)
Sandy Boys (Spotify) THERE IS A FAKE-OUT
Tamlin/Devil in the Strawsacks (Spotify)
Midsummer's Night (Spotify)
Intersection Reel - Old Timey Medley (mp3)
Grumpy March ( Reels 2, Spotify)
Waltz - In the Continental Mood (mp3
Waltz
Pi - Killavil Fancy (Spotify)
by: Luke Donforth
Fat Mountain (Spotify)
introduces moves: do si do, swing, promenade, allemande, circle, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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by: Lisa Greenleaf
Quebec Reel (mp3)
introduces moves: long lines, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles do si do 1½
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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 and on to the next ⁋
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by: Ruth Ungar
Wizards Walk (Audacity)
introduces moves: pull by dancers, gyre, custom
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | circle left 2 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | circle left 2 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| A2 | 2 | neighbors pull by right "mini grand right left"
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| 2 | partners pull by left
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| 2 | neighbors pull by right
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| 2 | partners pull by left
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| 8 | neighbors gyre 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing across the set, end facing original direction (ones down, twos up)
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| B2 | 16 | wizard's walk: Ones separate around the twos. Ones split the next twos. Back up around the twos, split the original twos. Ones end where they started WW. ⁋
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Teaching Notes: 1s separate and go down outside 2s, meet and continue down to split next 2s; 1s now separate and back up outside those 2s, meet and back through previous 2s ready to form the circle to start the dance again the 2s should oscillate in and out to make room for the 1s
Ruthie Ungar's original and notes at Published in GEMS, the CDSS Diamond Jubilee contest book
To be danced to Jay Ungar's tune of the same name.
Source of dance notes: http://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/dances/ruth_ungar/wizards_walk.html
See a video of this version http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/85-wizards-walk
Devine Reel (Spotify)
introduces moves: form a long wave, form long waves, balance, right left through
formation: Becket
double progression.
In A1, A2, after the center wave balance, same dancers dance forward to the sides, "Left to your neighber/partner" and balance. The overall effect is 2 box circulates, punctuated by balances.
| A1 | 8 | ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| 4 | form long waves - gentlespoons face in, ladles face out
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| 4 | balance
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| 4 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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| 4 | balance
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| B1 | 8 | shadows allemande right once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | right diagonal right left through ⁋
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| 8 | long lines forward & back, noting your new neighbors
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introduces moves: custom
formation: circle mixer
| A1 | 8 | circle right 4 places
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| 8 | circle left 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | Into the middle & back
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| 8 | Into the middle & mix ⁋
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| B1 | 8 | partners do si do once (new partner)
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 16 | partners promenade
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by: Casey Caison
Sandy Boys (Spotify) THERE IS A FAKE-OUT
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward, ladles roll away neighbor on the way back
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | circle left 3 places, pass through to new neighbors
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Named after the Hannah Block USO in Wilmington, NC where Cape Fear Contra Dancers have had many dances over the years.
by: Casey Caison
Tamlin/Devil in the Strawsacks (Spotify)
introduces moves: custom
formation: four face four
| A1 | 8 | in a ring of 8, circle left 4 places
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| 8 | take hands 4 with opposite couple, balance and petronella
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| A2 | 8 | with same couple, balance and petronella
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| 8 | middle 4 star left 4 places
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through and courtesy turn with opposite couple
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| 4 | balance the ring of 8 ⁋
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| 4 | partners California twirl
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formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | circle right 4 places
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| B1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners long swing
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by: Chestnut
Midsummer's Night (Spotify)
introduces moves: custom
formation: Longways Sets, 4-6 Couples
| A1 | 16 | top ladle
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| A2 | 16 | top gentlespoon
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| B1 | 8 | top couple sashay down the middle & back
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| 8 | top couple separate, cast, walk down to the bottom ⁋
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| B2 | 8 | partners do si do once
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| 8 | partners swing
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alternate B2 is sashay down & back as long lines holding hands (requires more space)
Intersection Reel - Old Timey Medley (mp3)
Grumpy March ( Reels 2, Spotify)
Waltz - In the Continental Mood (mp3
Waltz
by: Tom Hinds
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
Common variation is for long lines forward and back instead of do si do. That version can be found here.
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons do si do once
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 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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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing ⁋
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Pi - Killavil Fancy (Spotify)
by: Yoyo Zhou
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 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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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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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: Chart Guthrie
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - ____ in center, ____ on ends ⁋
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