user: Nicholas Rockstroh
waltz
by: David Kaynor
introduces moves: swing, circle, do si do, chain, star
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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introduces moves: custom, turn alone, form long waves, balance, allemande, promenade
formation: circle mixer
| A1 | 8 | ladles to the center and back
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| 2 | gentlespoons to the center
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| 4 | gentlespoons turn alone
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| 2 | gentlespoons go back
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| A2 | 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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| 4 | balance
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| 4 | neighbors allemande right once
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| 4 | balance
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| 4 | partners allemande left once
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing (this neighbor is your new partner)
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| B2 | 16 | partners promenade along the set on the right
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Riffing on La String Bean by Julian Blechner. Changes the direction of progression around the ring and gives an easier target for the transition to a new partner (since it's the person with whom you did an allemande right). See also La Southern Green Bean for a version with Rory O'More slides.
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: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: hey, pass through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts 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 | 7 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 7 | circle right 3 places
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by: Lynn Ackerson
introduces moves: custom, balance the ring, California twirl
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 | middle 4 star right 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | partners allemande left 1½
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| 8 | other 4 star right 4 places
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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In this case there are 8 places in the circle, so going 4 places is equivalent to half way.
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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waltz
by: Callie Allison, Chet Gray, Nedra McNeil, Bob Crawford, Elisabeth Monica, Susan Pope, John Baker
introduces moves: custom
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | circle left 2 places
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella 2 places (petronella-nella)
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | circle right 4 places
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| 0 | turn alone to face next neighbors ⁋
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The progression happens between B1 and B2. This dance was created at the Louisville Caller's meeting on 3-1-2020. We played around with different starting points. Beginning the dance with the circle left also feels really nice.
by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: right left through, mad robin
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | star left - hands across - 3 places and a bit more until gentlespoons are aligned in the center
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| A2 | 4 | gentlespoons allemande left ½
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| 8 | star right 3 places and a bit more so new ladles can take left hands ⁋
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| B2 | 4 | ladles allemande left ½ while gentlespoons walk forward to meet partners
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| 12 | partners swing
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Make sure to remind the dancers, particularly the ladles, to keep their eyes looking up for the next people rather than looking down at their feet.
In practice, both stars function as full stars, but noting the different alignment helps to keep the set oriented, especially on the star right before the progression
by: Chris Page
introduces moves: box circulate, square through
formation: improper
begin in long waves---right hand to neighbor, gentlespoons face out, ladles face in.
| A1 | 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| A2 | 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left to ⁋
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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In the pull-by left, keep left hands and take right hands with a new neighbor to reform long waves.
For better entry, consider an allemande left 1/2 rather than a pull-by left, so that all hands are at the correct height for long waves.
Written for Joyce Fortune of the Bay Area, won at the auction of the 2010 Spring Fever dance camp at Monte Toyon, CA. She requested a dance with long lines, some balances, and a swing/circle/swing transition. (A surprisingly tough set of requirements to fulfill.) This sequence was the option she liked best.
by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: gyre
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 4 | gentlespoons allemande left ½
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| 4 | star left 2 places
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| 8 | partners gyre left shoulders once
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet first time, ladles ricochet second time, second ricochet is rotational clockwise (as if passing right) into progressed position ⁋
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