user: Koren A Wake
by: Bill Olson
introduces moves: circle, allemande, swing, petronella, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing (end in a ring)
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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by: Yoyo Zhou
introduces moves: slice, chain, down the hall, up the hall
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 8 | ladles allemande right once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 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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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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by: Becky Hill
introduces moves: box the gnat, swat the flea, right left through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | partners left hand balance & swat the flea
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles chain look for new ⁋
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by: Tanya Rotenberg
introduces moves: hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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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 long swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½ ⁋
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Written in 1985 for the 20th anniversary of her parents' wedding, these being their wedding flowers.
by: Chris Page
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - gentlespoons ricochet
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| B2 | 8 | circle right 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½ ⁋
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by: Lindsey Dono
introduces moves: star, box circulate
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | star right 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| A2 | 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| B1 | 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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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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by: Cis Hinkle
introduces moves: long lines, roll away
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: 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: Nils Fredland
introduces moves: balance, custom, form an ocean wave
formation: improper
Dance begins in ocean waves of 4; gentlespoons in the center holding right hands, neighbor in left hand.
| A1 | 4 | balance the wave
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| 2 | walk forward to next neighbors
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| 2 | form an ocean wave - gentlespoons by right hands and next neighbors by left hands - ID this wave for later
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| 4 | balance the wave
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| 4 | next neighbors allemande left ¾
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing - *original* neighbors
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | star right - hands across - 3 places - ladles begin, gentlespoons join behind partner
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| 0 | form an ocean wave - gentlespoons by right hands and next neighbors by left hands ⁋
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The "new" wave is the same wave dancers walk forward to in A1.
by: Cary Ravitz
formation: Becket ccw
| A1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 8 | star left 4 places look for new neighbor ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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