user: Moose Flores
by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: box circulate, chain, balance, cross trails, long lines, contra corners, swing
formation: improper
Identify ones and twos. This dance alternates who does contra corners & swing.
start by giving right hand to neighbor and facing in/out, but do not form long waves.
| A1 | 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| 8 | gentlespoons chain
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| A2 | 4 | partners balance by right hand
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| 4 | cross trails - partners across the set right shoulders, neighbors along the set left shoulders
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| B1 | 16 | ones contra corners (alternate with twos)
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| B2 | 16 | ones balance & swing, end with giving right hand to next neighbors ⁋
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"We don't do enough contra corners in the Midwest." - Michael Bean
Created for Michael Bean, for the auction at Camp Cavell 2025. The name
Paprika Ad Astra is inspired by Michael's band Pimento Mori and the phrase "per aspera ad astra" (through the rough, to the stars).
introduces moves: allemande, petronella, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1¾
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: hey, allemande orbit, meltdown swing, mad robin
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| 8 | 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 once around while the ladles orbit clockwise ½ around
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| B1 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B2 | 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| 8 | gentlespoons chain "look left for new gentlespoons" ⁋
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Written for Gaye Fifer, auction winner at Dance, Music, & Spice week at Camp Cavell, 2025. She likes “smooth and good flow, intuitive transitions. … Mad ladles, heys, orbits.”
The title comes from Shall We Dance, from the musical The King and I.
by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: do si do, circle, form an ocean wave, box the gnat
formation: improper
End of B1) hey: partner allemande is just enough to form the wave.
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends at end, partners allemande right to put gentlespoons back in the center
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| B2 | 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by left hands and partners by right hands
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| 4 | partners box the gnat, & reform wave
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| 4 | balance the wave
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| 2 | ladles allemande left ½
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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O-be-joyful: n. An intoxicating drink