user: Luke Schoppert
introduces moves: circle, custom, do si do, swing, promenade
formation: circle mixer
| A1 | 8 | circle right 4 places
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| 8 | circle left 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | Into the middle & back
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| 8 | Into the middle & mix ⁋
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| B1 | 8 | partners do si do once (new partner)
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 16 | partners promenade
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by: Larry Jennings
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, chain, long lines
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 | long lines forward & back - ID next neighbors ⁋
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by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: allemande, petronella
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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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 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing ⁋
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by: Bob Isaacs
introduces moves: Rory O'More, star
formation: long waves, larks facing out
| A1 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right (in long waves)
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left (in long waves)
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places, to long waves
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by: Luke Schoppert
introduces moves: form a long wave
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | ladles do si do 1¼, catch right hands
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| 0 | ladles form a long wave in the center
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| 8 | balance & ladles Rory O'More right, gentlespoons step up to a diamond
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella - ladles spin, gentlespoons step back to catch partner
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing ⁋
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by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: meltdown swing, hey, pass through
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: Cary Ravitz
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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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 and turn to face the next ⁋
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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"The motion in B1 does seem magical – while the ladles Petronella over and back across the set, the gentlespoons do consecutive Petronellas along the side, in effect progressing behind his partner’s back."
- Rich Goss
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: Ann Fallon
introduces moves: contra corners, custom
formation: Triplet
Triplet - proper longways - #2s active
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| A2 | 16 | twos contra corners (actives)
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing (end facing up)
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| B2 | 16 | peel the banana #1s cast to bottom and form arch while others
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by: Orace Johnson
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| 16 | partners balance & swing
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