user: Edie Sussman
Waltz & Break
Debut!
No walkthrough
by: Becky Hill
introduces moves: swing, circle, long lines, chain, star, do si do
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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| B2 | 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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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: Gene Hubert
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing end facing down the hall
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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 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Rich Goss
introduces moves: roll away, give & take, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay along
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay across
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 4 | gentlespoons give & take partners
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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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by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons right-hand chain
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| A2 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing ⁋
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Maia's site: https://contra.maiamccormick.com/dances.html#icantbelieveitsnotbutter
Maia's notes:
"It's basically "Butter" by Gene Hubert, only... not!"
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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Waltz & Break
by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: box the gnat
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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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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by: Rick Mohr
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, form long waves, balance
formation: improper
| A1 | 6 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½ - don't let go
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| B2 | 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by right hands and neighbors by left hands
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| 4 | neighbors allemande left ¾ to long wavy lines
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out ⁋
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| 4 | balance
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| 4 | next neighbors allemande right ¾
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by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: slide along set
formation: Becket
Shadow is next to you.
| 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 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B1 | 8 | shadows right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | shadows do si do 1½
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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In the second half of B1, pull by R at the start of the do-si-do for some extra momentum.
Written on a stuck train to Princeton, NJ, late 2014, and first called March 2015 in Silver Spring, MD.
by: Edie Sussman, Jaylinn Ramirez
Debut!
introduces moves: mad robin, star promenade, butterfly whirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | ladles roll away neighbors with a half sashay on the way back
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| 8 | mad robin, ladles in front
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½ and scoop partner on the side
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| 4 | ladles star promenade right ½
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| 4 | butterfly whirl with partner on the side
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing ⁋
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Inspired by the dance American Gothic by Nathaniel Jack
by: Linda Leslie
No walkthrough
introduces moves: right left through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 0 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 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 | ladles chain to partner
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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A variation of the dance Old Time Elixir by Mike Boerschig.