user: Isaac Banner
by: Maia McCormick
introduces moves: slide along set, circle, swing, chain, star, box the gnat, do si do
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: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: box circulate, form an ocean wave, allemande, pass through
formation: improper
Starts in long waves, gentlespoons face out
| 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 | 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 | pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
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| 2 | ladles allemande left ½
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 4 | next neighbors allemande right ¾ to long waves
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Based on Furthermore by Scott Higgs, but with a box circulate, rather than the original dances Rory spins, and other fiddling to sort out the positional changes that creates.
by: Lisa Greenleaf
introduces moves: gyre, give & take
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | star right 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1¼
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| A2 | 8 | next neighbors gyre left shoulders once
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| 8 | neighbors swing original neighbor
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons give & take partners
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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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Bob Isaacs notes: The give and take figure originated from Larry Jennings, the great caller and writer from Boston. End the neighbor swing in shoulder/waist position, take two steps forward, and the gentlespoons take their partner’s hand and lead her to his side for a swing. Some “hard-to-get” playfulness usually goes along with this. In this dance the figure is a good alternative to circle L ¾, and in other dances can go to either side of the set.
This smooth-flowing dance was written by one top caller for the marriage of two other outstanding callers, Linda Leslie and Bob Golder, all of whom are from eastern Massachusetts.
by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: petronella, balance the ring, roll away, hey, right left through
formation: improper
Starts with the ones below
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | gentlespoons roll away partners
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| A2 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | left diagonal right left through ⁋
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| 6 | circle right 3 places
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| 2 | ladles roll away neighbors
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introduces moves: pull by dancers, long lines
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | 1st neighbors balance & pull by right
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| 4 | 2nd neighbors pull by left
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| 8 | 3rd neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| A2 | 4 | 3rd neighbors pull by right
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| 4 | 2nd neighbors pull by left
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| 8 | 1st neighbors 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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| 8 | ladles do si do 1½ ⁋
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by: Isaac Banner
introduces moves: zig zag, see saw, swat the flea
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 6 | zig left zag right ⁋
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| 4 | next neighbors see saw ½
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| A2 | 4 | neighbors see saw ½ as couples
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left once
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| 4 | star right 2 places with prev neighbors
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| B1 | 4 | star right 2 places with prev neighbors
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| 4 | neighbors swat the flea (original neighbors)
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Trust the timing - it all flows together and locks into place at the allemande.
Swapping out the balance for a turn single on a smoother tune is also pretty cozy.
by: Bill Olson
introduces moves: California twirl
formation: Becket
My own personal-choreography-discovered-accidental-variation of Weeks on the Road by Bill Olson, this one keeps the energy driving in the B1 leading up to the partner swing much better than the original choreography, which replaces the balance/spin right with a circle left 3/4.
| A1 | 8 | left diagonal ladles chain
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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 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | neighbors California twirl
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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The person you chain / chain to in A1 is the neighbor you swing in A2.
Waltz