user: Koren A Wake
VAR: A1 balance & swing
waltz, break, another waltz?
likely to skip
ALTERNATES BELOW
alternate for Chinese New Year
by: Luke Donforth
VAR: A1 balance & swing
introduces moves: do si do, swing, promenade, long lines, allemande, circle, balance the ring, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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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: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall
formation: becket
Start in short lines four with dancers next to their partner, as though following a partner swing, and ending to face down the hall.
| A1 | 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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| A2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Claire Takemori
introduces moves: balance, petronella, give & take
formation: improper
Short wave, Neighbor by RH, Ladles by LH in middle
| A1 | 4 | balance wave
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 12 | ladles give & take partners, Swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places, reform short wave
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| 4 | balance wave ⁋
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| 4 | pass through,walk forward to new wave
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Spin off of Spring Break, Tom Lehman, for a super easy, hi-energy dance.
by: Cis Hinkle
introduces moves: roll away, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors
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| 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | ladles roll away neighbors
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| B1 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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The dual long lines with a roll away sets up a nice transition into the ladles allemande.
by: John Nance
introduces moves: hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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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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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½ ⁋
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by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: slice, Rory O'More
formation: Becket
| A1 | 4 | slice left ⁋
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| 4 | gentlespoons take neighbors
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners do si do 1¼ into short waves
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| B1 | 8 | balance & Rory O'More right
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Inspired by Cheat Lake Twirl by Perry Shafran
waltz, break, another waltz?
by: Hank Morris
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | long lines forward
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| 4 | ladles roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 16 | ladles 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 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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by: Tom Lehmann
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | left diagonal ladles chain (to shadow) ⁋
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella, turn to face partner
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Chris Page
introduces moves: box circulate, square through, form long waves
formation: improper
begin in long waves---right hand to neighbor, gentlespoons face out, ladles face in.
| A1 | 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| A2 | 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left to ⁋
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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In the pull-by left, keep left hands and take right hands with a new neighbor to reform long waves.
For better entry, consider an allemande left 1/2 rather than a pull-by left, so that all hands are at the correct height for long waves.
Written for Joyce Fortune of the Bay Area, won at the auction of the 2010 Spring Fever dance camp at Monte Toyon, CA. She requested a dance with long lines, some balances, and a swing/circle/swing transition. (A surprisingly tough set of requirements to fulfill.) This sequence was the option she liked best.
by: Chris Page
introduces moves: gyre, custom
formation: improper
the 'single file promenade clockwise' can be drawing your neighbor/partner across the set with eye contact gravity
| A1 | 4 | neighbors gyre ½
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| 4 | single file promenade clockwise 1/2 (facing neighbor) [1]
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½ [2]
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| B1 | 4 | partners gyre ½
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| 4 | single file promenade clockwise 1/2 (facing partner) [3]
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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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Chris Page notes:
[1] While looking at your neighbor. Gentlespoons backing up across the set (carefully), ladles follow them to the other side.
[2] A little different from the normal ladle's allemande, as here dancers don't adjust. Gentlespoons should stay put, and stay on the slight diagonal, rather than adjusting to be across from each other. Ladles allemande right 1 & 1/2, then ease out to the sidelines, having traded places, and now facing their partner on the side of the set.
[3] While looking at your partner. Ladles backing up across the set (carefully), gentlespoons follow them to the other side.
An auction dance written for Heather Visscher. She really liked the A2 move from "A Rare Bird" by Bob Isaacs.
Original at http://chrispagecontra.awardspace.us/dances/#heart-of-joy
Called by Andy Shore on tour with Polaris in 2018.
by: Isaac Banner
likely to skip
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, custom
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | pass through to an ocean wave - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More right and gentlespoons keep sliding past each other
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| B1 | 0 | gentlespoons catch left hands
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places and pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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by: Jacqui Grennan
introduces moves: zig zag
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 6 | neighbors zig left zag right
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| 4 | shadows allemande left once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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The timing is fuzzy in the B1 but it does all fit.
ALTERNATES BELOW
by: Don Flaherty
alternate for Chinese New Year
formation: improper
Please walk this dance thru before taking to the dance floor, any feed back would be appreciate you can E-mail do14flah@aol.com
thanks Don Flaherty
| A1 | 4 | neighbors balance
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| 12 | 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 chain
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| B2 | 16 | square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left, then repeat across set
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at the of the balance square you go on to new neighbors
I have always like the way this dance turn out Don Flaherty