2020-02-02 Earlham College - Richmond, IN

user: Nicholas Rockstroh

Table of Contents

  1. Pittsboro Pattycake by Gene Hubert
  2. Dancing Spell by Cary Ravitz
  3. Butter by Gene Hubert
  4. Ain't Dancing Grand by John Coffman

  5. BREAK
  6. Chasing Butterflies by Jim Hemphill
  7. You're Among Produce by Bob Isaacs, Robert Cromartie, Isaac Banner
  8. Hey in the Barn by Chart Guthrie


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Pittsboro Pattycake

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: allemande, swing, circle, chain, star

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande right 1½
8
neighbors allemande left 1½
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places look for new ⁋

Dancing Spell

by: Cary Ravitz

introduces moves: right left through

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 4 places
8
star left - hands across - 4 places and ladles let go
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
right left through
8
ladles chain and look for next neighbors ⁋

Butter

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: slide along set, long lines, hey

formation: Becket

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B2 16
partners balance & swing

http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/437-butter-by-gene-hubert-becket

Ain't Dancing Grand

by: John Coffman

introduces moves: petronella

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande left 1½
8
ladles allemande right 1½
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
right left through
8
ladles chain
B2 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella, face next neighbors ⁋

BREAK

Chasing Butterflies

by: Jim Hemphill

introduces moves: pass through, star promenade, butterfly whirl

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through to next neighbors ⁋
8
next neighbors swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½, scoop up partners
4
star promenade left ½
4
butterfly whirl
B1 8
ladles chain
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Almost identical to Cary Ravitz's dance Heart of Glass. I use it as an alternative when I want a similar feeling dance without a hey.

You're Among Produce

by: Bob Isaacs, Robert Cromartie, Isaac Banner

introduces moves: revolving door

formation: improper

A1 8
star right 4 places
8
neighbors allemande right 1½
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B1 8
revolving door - ladles take right hands and drop off partners on other side
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Hey in the Barn

by: Chart Guthrie

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - ____ in center, ____ on ends ⁋