user: Andrea Craft
by: Robert Cromartie
introduces moves: balance, allemande, swing, circle
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.)
introduces moves: custom, California twirl, down the hall, up the hall, pass through, do si do
formation: improper
| A1 | 0 | neighbors join inside hands (gentlespoon's right, ladle's left)
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| 4 | neighbors balance
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| 4 | neighbors California twirl (star through)
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing, end facing down the hall in a line of four
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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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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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by: James Hutson
introduces moves: Rory O'More, long lines, pull by dancers, form long waves
formation: improper
Starts in long waves, gentlespoons face out
| A1 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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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 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | ladles pull by right across
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| 4 | neighbors allemande left ¾ ⁋
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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by: John Coffman
introduces moves: zig zag
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 6 | zig left zag right, trailing two catching hands ⁋
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| 2 | gentlespoons allemande left ½
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Martha Wild
introduces moves: mad robin, pass by, meltdown swing
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | mad robin, ladles in front
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| A2 | 2 | ladles pass by left shoulders
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| 14 | partners meltdown swing
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| B1 | 4 | pass through across the set
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| 4 | partners California twirl
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| B2 | 2 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
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| 14 | neighbors meltdown swing ⁋
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introduces moves: contra corners, custom
formation: triplet
| A1 | 4 | ones down the center past twos and threes
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| 4 | ones up the outsides to end in the twos' place while twos move up to ones' place
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| A2 | 16 | ones contra corners
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing, all face up the hall
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| B2 | 8 | invert the set, twos separating followed by ones and threes ⁋
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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by: Becky Hill
introduces moves: right left through, chain, petronella
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | circle left 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | left diagonal ladles chain
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella, turn a little more to face partners ⁋
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| 8 | partners swing
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