user: Allison Jonjak
circle, swing, do si do, allemande, Lark Raven, would you like to dance with me
circle, swing, do si do, allemande, Lark Raven, would you like to dance with me
by: Chestnut
introduces moves: long lines, pass through, turn alone, do si do, swing, custom
formation: improper or proper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | pass through across the set
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| 4 | turn alone
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | pass through across the set
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| 4 | turn alone
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| B1 | 8 | partners do si do once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 16 | top couple sashay to bottom of set - others move up ⁋
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If you finish dancing before the music is done, let each couple in turn just sashay down until the music is ready to end.
introduces moves: star, custom
formation: Becket (no matter)
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| A2 | 8 | star right 4 places
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | top 2 couples form line of 4, dance to the bottom over everyone's heads ⁋
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by: Bob Green
introduces moves: circle, down the hall, up the hall, gate
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | circle right 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | star left - hands across - 4 places
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| 8 | star right - hands across - 4 places
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| B1 | 4 | ones down the center and turn alone
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| 4 | ones up the center
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| 8 | twos gate ones to face into the set
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| B2 | 16 | ones long swing in the middle, end facing down ⁋
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A variation on the traditional Jefferson And Liberty. Coreographer's notes here: http://www.childgrove.org/index.php/about-dances/dance-writers/bob-green-dances
by: Julian Blechner
introduces moves: custom, allemande, promenade
formation: circle mixer
| A1 | 8 | ladles to the center and back
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| 2 | gentlespoons to the center
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| 4 | gentlespoons turn alone
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| 2 | gentlespoons go back
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| A2 | 8 | partners allemande left 1½ (gentlespoons progress CCW, ladles progress CW) ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once (now your partner)
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 16 | partners promenade along the set on the right
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by: Chestnut
introduces moves: custom
formation: four couple longways set
Reel 4 x 40 bars. Four-couple set so sashays aren't numbingly long.
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| A2 | 8 | partners allemande right once
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| 8 | partners allemande left once
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| B1 | 8 | partners two hand turn
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B2 | 8 | ones down the center sashay
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| 8 | ones up the center sashay
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| 8 | ones down the outsides, followed by twos threes fours,
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| 0 | ones form an arch
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| 8 | twos up the center under the arch, followed by threes fours ⁋
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"peel the banana" could be helpful language
Sashay til you're out of music
Original at MAXICRIB, Scottish country dancing instructions compiled by Reuben Freemantle: https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/dance-crib/virginia-reel.html
by: Linda Leslie
formation: three-face-three
Three face three in lines facing up/down the hall. Teach "home position".
| A1 | 8 | circle left 6 places
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| 8 | circle right 6 places
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors do si do once "ends do-si-do your opposite"
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once "middles do-si-do your opposite"
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| B1 | 8 | neighbors swing "ends swing your opposite"
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| 8 | neighbors swing "middles swing your opposite"
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | pass through to a new line of 3 ⁋
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Linda Leslie notes: Although I don't have the exact time that I wrote this dance, it must predate the first date I called it: 10/22/93 for the Appalachian Mountain Club, Joy Street, Boston. Especially useful for one night stands! Any combination of three. All dancers CAN do this dance, and it really mixes up the dancers. Great for weddings, etc. For these type evenings, I don't talk about #1 or #2 lines of three, or progression: rather I describe "home position". Once we have walked through the dance once, I then point out the couples who have come out at the top and/or bottom, asking them to wait out one time through the dance, turn around, and that this is when "home" changes. Works like a charm.....and the dancers are very happy finding new opposites for each cycle.
Original at http://www.lindalesliecaller.website/very-easy-dances.html
by: Eric Conrad
introduces moves: slide along set, custom
formation: proper mixer
all face up, inside hands joined
| A1 | 4 | up the hall 4 steps forward
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| 4 | down the hall backward 4 steps back
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| 4 | up the hall 4 steps forward
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| 4 | down the hall backward 4 steps back
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| A2 | 6 | partners do si do once
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| 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 8 | partners swing (new partner)
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| B1 | 16 | "lonesome one, ride the ferry" ⁋
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back (adjust)
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| 8 | partners swing
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Start teaching dance at the "slide left along the set". Most of you are facing a new partner, but at the top and the bottom are 'lonesome ones'. Lonesome ones will 'ride the ferry (weave your own line to the top or bottom)
notice which side you're on.
5-7 couples, 6 ideal
learned from Lynn at Breaking Up Thanksgiving 2022, an ideal dance for letting barn dancers practice swings ending on correct side, because there is lots of practice but no harm if it goes wrong.
by: Chestnut
introduces moves: custom
formation: circle mixer
Couples in a circle around the room facing anti-clockwise, ladles on the right.
Hold: Right hands joined over ladle's shoulder (gentlespoon's arm behind ladle's back), and left hands joined in front.
| A1 | 8 | walk forward
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| 8 | pivot to walk backward (still counterclockwise)
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| A2 | 8 | walk forward
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| 8 | pivot to walk backward (still clockwise)
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| B1 | 8 | step together, step apart
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| 8 | pass ladle to the center
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| B2 | 8 | step together, step apart
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| 8 | ladle turn back
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If not progressing, ladle twirl back to "outside".