user: Isaac Banner
Waltz / Break
ISN'T IT GREAT THAT BOB ISAACS TOOK ALL HIS DANCES AWAY
by: David Kaynor
introduces moves: swing, circle, do si do, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places to new neighbors ⁋
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by: Don Lennartson
introduces moves: form a long wave, allemande, down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| 8 | ladles dance out while gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1¼
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| 8 | partners swing and 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 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing ⁋
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by: James Hutson
introduces moves: box the gnat, hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Devin Nordson
introduces moves: long lines, give & take, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles give & take partners
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 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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| B2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing ⁋
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by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: pass through, balance
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: Dean Snipes
introduces moves: promenade, petronella, slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 14 | partners balance & swing
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| 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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Julian Bee notes that swapping the promenade for a R+L Thru is Linda Leslie's "Old Time Elixir #2", written in 1998. It's unclear when Dean wrote TTT, so both deserve a cross-reference. https://contradb.com/dances/474
by: James Hutson
introduces moves: Rory O'More, pull by dancers, form long waves
formation: improper
Starts in long waves, gentlespoons face out
| 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 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | ladles pull by right across
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| 4 | neighbors allemande left ¾ ⁋
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: right left through
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 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles chain ⁋
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Author's Notes:
This dance started out as a variation of Jubilation by Gene Hubert in which the partner allemande is replaced by a swing and the gentlespoons start the hey. This gives the same swing / 1/2 hey / swing sequence as in Diagonal Discovery, also by Gene Hubert. The dance is further modified by replacing the gentlespoons allemande left 1+1/2 and long lines with circle left 3/4 and right and left through, which moves the middle of the dance to the opposite side of the set.
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: Chris Weiler
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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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
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by: Rick Mohr
introduces moves: form an ocean wave
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: Julian Blechner
introduces moves: meltdown swing, roll away
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| A2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through
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| 8 | shadows do si do once
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring with partner
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends ⁋
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by: Bob Isaacs
ISN'T IT GREAT THAT BOB ISAACS TOOK ALL HIS DANCES AWAY