user: Sarah Trop
BREAK
by: Erik Hoffman
introduces moves: do si do, allemande, swing, circle, long lines, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors 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 | 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 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: Rory O'More, form an ocean wave, custom
formation: improper
Dance starts in short wavy lines: from improper formation, neighbors take right hands, ladles take left in the center.
| 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 | circle left 3 places and walk forward
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| 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands -forward and back
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| 4 | walk forward to ⁋
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| 0 | form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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by: Chris Page
introduces moves: poussette, chain
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| B1 | 6 | half poussette - gentlespoons pull neighbors back then left
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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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: Jesse Partridge
introduces moves: petronella, balance, custom
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 4 | gentlespoons allemande left ½
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| 12 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 4 | balance
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| 4 | ladles trade by the left shoulder, catch left hands
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| 8 | star left - hands across - 4 places ⁋
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BREAK
by: Becky Hill
introduces moves: pass through, turn alone
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B2 | 2 | pass through across the set
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| 4 | turn alone
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| 8 | star right 4 places ⁋
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| 2 | pass through
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by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: meltdown swing, hey, promenade
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 | partners promenade
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| 6 | circle right 3 places
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| 2 | pass through by the left ⁋
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Written for Brooklyn Contra on 8/4/17, which is Obama's birthday, hence the title. Smooth dance with a hey-like figure up/down the set and a satisfying promenade > circle right transition.
by: Becky Hill
introduces moves: square through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 16 | square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left, then repeat ⁋
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| B1 | 16 | next neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing on original side
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Original published in RosenHill Collection 2005. Available at https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=2ahUKEwjh-ZCcz6reAhUKXa0KHb-qA_sQFjACegQICBAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Faptsg.org%2FDance%2Feasy_dances.rtf&usg=AOvVaw1iKx8xkRMJlMTgwuoBnYep
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: balance the ring
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through ⁋
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande left 1½ (new ladles)
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| 4 | balance short waves
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| 4 | partners allemande right ¾
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| B1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Based on Paul Balliet's First Hey, shifted and with one phrase changed. Offers an opening that works much better with a barn-burner of a tune, with a runaway B section. Manages the energy throughout the sequence better than Paul's original dance, in my opinion. At the very least it offers a distinctly more driving and chunky feel compared to the original.
by: Bob Isaacs
introduces moves: right left through, custom
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | left diagonal ladles chain to shadow
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| B1 | 0 | form a ring with next neighbor and shadow
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella ⁋
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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