user: Koren A Wake
Two Way Street - A2 down the hall & swing, B1 come back up
may cut this one for time
waltz and break
likely no walkthrough, or cut for time
Alternate dances below:
Trip to Hubert - flowy alt for Poultry; A1 stars right and left, B2 llfb
alt for Brooklyn Transfer closer
by: Dugan Murphy
introduces moves: long lines, allemande, swing, circle, do si do
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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by: Beth Parkes
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, chain
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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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 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain ⁋
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by: Joseph Pimentel
introduces moves: Rory O'More, give & take, form an ocean wave
formation: improper
begin in short waves (ladles in center by left, neighbor in right)
| 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 | gentlespoons give & take partners
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do 1½ and dance forward to ⁋
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| 0 | form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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Mac McKeever note on balances before Rory O'More: first balance is in the direction you will be going
by: Jim Kitch
introduces moves: meltdown swing, hey, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| B1 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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Two Way Street - A2 down the hall & swing, B1 come back up
by: Greg Frock
may cut this one for time
introduces moves: mad robin, pass by, 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 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| B1 | 4 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
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| 12 | 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 | partners California twirl ⁋
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Dancers will try to rush the mad robin to include the gentlespoons cross in A2. Remind them there is plenty of time to complete the figure. Written for Robin Wilson in 2011
by: David Kaynor
introduces moves: pull by direction, form a long wave
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pull by right
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| 8 | next neighbors allemande left once
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing (original neighbor)
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | ladles allemande right ¾
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| 0 | ladles form a long wave in the center
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| 4 | ladles allemande left ¾ with the next while gentlespoons slide left to meet their partner ⁋
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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waltz and break
by: Nils Fredland
introduces moves: petronella, pass through
formation: improper
Begins hands-4 in a ring.
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once and form a ring
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Variation by Nils.
by: Koren Wake
introduces moves: gyre
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons give & take neighbors
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right diagonal ladles chain to shadow 1 ⁋
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| 8 | star left 4 places (with shadow 1 & new neighbors)
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| B1 | 8 | star right 4 places with partner & orig neighbors
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| 8 | partners allemande right 1½
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| B2 | 8 | 2nd shadows gyre once
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| 8 | partners swing
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As I danced Poetry in Motion (by Lisa Greenleaf) with William Watson (caller from Portland OR), he said "someone should write a Becket version of this and call it Poultry in Motion." So here we are.
by: Sarah Kaiser
introduces moves: slide along set, box circulate
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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| 2 | gentlespoons allemande left ½
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| 6 | partners allemande right ¾ to long wave, gentlespoons face in
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| B1 | 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right ⁋
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: unknown
introduces moves: poussette
formation: improper
| A1 | 6 | half poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then left
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| B1 | 8 | partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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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 | partners California twirl ⁋
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Collected from a dancer in Texas, who transcribed it from a video in which it was danced to the tune "Yellow Rose of Texas." He did not have a name for the dance. As taught to me, it began with a full do si do as couples; I changed it to a half poussette.
by: Isaac Banner
likely no walkthrough, or cut for time
introduces moves: balance, box the gnat
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | neighbors balance right hand
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| 4 | neighbors box the gnat
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella and turn to face new neighbors ⁋
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by: Maia McCormick and Michael Karcher
introduces moves: form long waves
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B1 | 0 | form long waves - gentlespoons face in, ladles face out - right hand to shadows
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More right past shadows
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| B2 | 14 | partners balance & swing
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| 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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Alternate dances below:
Trip to Hubert - flowy alt for Poultry; A1 stars right and left, B2 llfb
by: Jim Kitch
alt for Brooklyn Transfer closer
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners allemande right 1½ to long waves
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| B1 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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