user: Elisabeth Monica
(looking for a dance with pass the ocean larks left in center)
Waltz
Break
Swing States by Elizabeth Bloom Alberthttps://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=14013
Foulweather Bluff by Isaac Banner https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=20254
Waltz
by: Isaac Banner
(looking for a dance with pass the ocean larks left in center)
introduces moves: pass through, hey, swing, circle, down the hall, up the hall, form an ocean wave, allemande
formation: improper
Starts in short waves, right hand to neighbors.
Skip the A1 progression first time through the dance.
| A1 | 2 | pass through to next neighbors ⁋
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| 6 | ladles start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles pull by left to start
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing, end facing down
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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 | pass through to an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons 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 | ladles allemande left ½
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| 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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Inspired by Maggie's Hobby by Bob Dalsemer. Having danced Bob's original sequence at NW Folklife this year, we wanted to repair the somewhat unintuitive pass-through-to-circle-left progression and sneak in a neighbor swing, if possible. The caller unintentionally had dancers turn alone before returning up the hall during the first walk-through of Maggie's, but putting the gentlespoons into the center of the ocean wave set things up for a right swing-through in the B2. Happy little accidents!
Went with the A1 half hey because it felt a little like inverting the pass through to an ocean wave, starting from short waves (technically), pulling it apart by the left hand in the center, and having everyone pass through across. It's not quite the exact reverse, but it's close enough to feel sneaky.
After the ladles pull-by, there are only two actual changes of the hey, which is how the A1 timing lines up (ladles pull by left, partner pass right, gentlespoons pass left). I'd still recommend teaching it as a half hey, rather than "ladles pull by, pass your partner to start a quarter hey" because, well, yeah..
by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: slice, allemande orbit, do si do
formation: Becket
Left-progressing becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once around while the ladles orbit clockwise ½ around
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Written with Calvin at lunch, using my ContraIndicated Deck.
by: Bradley Smith
introduces moves: custom, petronella, balance the ring
formation: four face four
| A1 | 8 | lines of four forward and back
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| 8 | opposites do si do once
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| A2 | 0 | Ends balance and swing to change places while centers...
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella, centers note partners and then...
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through to partners
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| 8 | partners swing and face shadows in Contra lines
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - with shadows ⁋
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| 8 | partners swing and face next neighbors
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Waltz
Break
Swing States by Elizabeth Bloom Alberthttps://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=14013
by: Rick Mohr
introduces moves: long lines, chain, star
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | right diagonal ladles chain to shadow #1
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| B1 | 8 | star left 4 places with shadow #1
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| 8 | partners allemande right 1½
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| B2 | 8 | star left 4 places with shadow #2
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| 8 | partners swing
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Rick Mohr notes: While enjoying Mike Boerschig's Happy as a Cold Pig in Warm Mud I wondered, could you enjoy flying stars with both shadows instead of just one?
This dance is the result. It's more accessible than you might expect for a dance where you leave the minor set twice, because finding your partner rights the set in both B1 and B2. In B1, watch for your partner in the other star and meet with an allemande; in B2, watch for your partner in the other star and meet with a swing.
I'm not usually a fan of "shadow / partner / other shadow / partner" sequences because you keep repeating the same longish sequence with the same people, and so don't mix enough. But because the stars in this dance involve a changing cast of neighbors, you get the thrill of flying to your partner twice without the tarnish of identical setups
Foulweather Bluff by Isaac Banner https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=20254
Waltz