user: Nicholas Rockstroh
by: Don Armstrong
introduces moves: do si do, swing, down the hall, up the hall, circle, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | gentlespoons do si do once
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| A2 | 8 | ladles do si do once
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| 8 | ones swing end facing down to split the twos
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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 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | star left 4 places to a new neighbor couple ⁋
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by: Jan Larsen
introduces moves: long lines, right left through, promenade, chain
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | right left through
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain ⁋
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by: Dugan Murphy
introduces moves: petronella, allemande, balance the ring, pass through
formation: improper
| 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 allemande left 1½
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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 | pass through ⁋
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by: Chart Guthrie
introduces moves: hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - ____ in center, ____ on ends ⁋
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by: Diane Silver
introduces moves: pull by dancers, box the gnat, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 6 | 1st neighbors balance & pull by right
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| 2 | 2nd neighbors pull by left
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| 8 | 3rd neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| A2 | 2 | 3rd neighbors pull by right
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| 2 | 2nd neighbors pull by left
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| 12 | 1st neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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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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waltz
by: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: slide along set
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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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Chris Page
introduces moves: custom, meltdown swing
formation: triple minor, triad formation
Take a standard proper triple minor. 1s and 2s cross over, and then 2s and 3s circle left 1/4. Chris describes it as 1s improper, 2s and 3s Becket. For more on Triad formation, see "TLC Tempest."
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella [3]
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella [4]
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| 8 | star left 3 places **3 Gentlespoons** [5]
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| B1 | 16 | grand right & left - partner right, left, right, partner left, right, left [6]
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| B2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing [7] ⁋
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http://chrispagecontra.awardspace.us/dances/index.htm#whirlpool
[1] Starting formation: Take a standard proper triple minor. Ones and twos cross over, and then twos and threes circle left 1/4. I describe it as ones improper, twos and threes Becket. For more on Triad formation, see "TLC Tempest."
[2] Twos and threes progress up, staying with each other, but swapping sides as they travel up. Ones progress down past two couples.
End effects at the top: Every third time through the dance, two couples get spit out at the top. The both wait out improper, one below the other. One will get in the next time, the other will have to wait until the time after that.
End effects at the bottom: Couples just wait out on the sides, Becket-like, for a full hands-six to form. Since this is double progression, there shouldn't be any couples at the bottom accidentally trapped there forever.
[3] All six. For the petronella turn, everyone move one position to their right.
[4] Everyone is now progressed. All the remaining moves finish where they started.
[5]Menease out of the star a tiny bit early so everyone's facing their partner around the circle of six.
[6] Within the group of six.
[7] Or balance and swing. After the swing, ones face down. Twos and threes face uppish and across, having swapped sides.There's no need to mention who are twos and threes. Just call them "side couples".
After testing "Because It Was There," I realized a grand right and left was a good thing to put in a regular-length contra. This was the result, which worked surprisingly well. It's also helped by a low piece count.
by: Ron Buchanan
introduces moves: form an ocean wave
formation: Improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
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| 2 | neighbors allemande right ½
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| 2 | gentlespoons pull by left
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| 4 | partners allemande right ¾ and look for shadows
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| B1 | 6 | shadows allemande left once
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, partners by right on the sides
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| 2 | partners allemande right ½
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| 2 | gentlespoons pull by left
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| 4 | neighbors allemande right ¾ and look for next neighbors
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by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: zig zag
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | circle right 3 places
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| A2 | 6 | zig right zag left ⁋
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| 10 | next neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 3 | partners allemande right ¾
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| 5 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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The version Dane uploaded is an older version that is not what Cary has on his site currently. This is the sequence presently on Cary's website. He mentions the old B1 in the notes on the dance and the reasoning behind replacing it.