2017-11-13: Louisville, KY

user: Chet Gray

Table of Contents

  1. La String Bean (beginner's workshop)

  2. ABC
  3. Becket in the Kitchen by Becky Hill
  4. Friday Night Fever by Tony Parkes
  5. Frock's Rockin' Frolic by Will Mentor

  6. Salute to Larry Jennings

  7. The Merry-Go-Round
  8. Trip to Kentucky (variation) by Jerome Grisanti
  9. Becky's Brouhaha by Rhiannon Giddens
  10. Penicillin by Nicholas Rockstroh

    medley

  11. Eleanor's Reel


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La String Bean (beginner's workshop)

ABC

Becket in the Kitchen

by: Becky Hill

introduces moves: long lines, chain, petronella, star, swing, allemande

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
A2 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B1 8
star left 4 places ⁋
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing

Friday Night Fever

by: Tony Parkes

introduces moves: promenade, square through

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B1 8
partners promenade
8
ladles chain, end facing partner across, give right hand to partner
B2 16
square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left, then repeat ⁋

Frock's Rockin' Frolic

by: Will Mentor

introduces moves: circle, see saw, give & take, zig zag

formation: improper

A1 8
circle right 4 places
8
neighbors see saw once
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
ladles give & take partners
8
partners swing
B2 10
circle left 5 places to original position
6
zig left zag right into a ring ⁋

Salute to Larry Jennings

The Merry-Go-Round

Trip to Kentucky (variation)

by: Jerome Grisanti

introduces moves: roll away, right left through, custom

formation: improper

A1 4
long lines forward
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay (roll left to right)
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
right left through (with courtesy turn)
8
ladles chain (to neighbor)
B2 8
circle right 4 places
8
neighbors two-hand turn **counterclockwise** 1/2/3+ times - end with gentlespoon on the left and ladle on the right, like a swing ⁋

Original B2 has a neighbors swing instead of my "reverse" two-hand turn.

Becky's Brouhaha

by: Rhiannon Giddens

introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
2
neighbors pull by right to prev neighbors
6
prev neighbors allemande left once - return to current neighbors
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places - reach right hand to next neighbors ⁋

Penicillin

by: Nicholas Rockstroh

medley

introduces moves: do si do, gyre, balance the ring, pass through

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
neighbors swing
A2 4
long lines forward
4
ladles roll away neighbors with a half sashay
8
ladles allemande left 1½
B1 8
partners gyre once meltdown to
8
partners swing -end in ring of 4
B2 8
balance & petronella spin right one place
4
balance the ring
4
pass through ⁋

Notes: Written to medley with Steve Zakon-Anderson and Louis Cromartie’s dance Salmonella Evening. Preserves the progression from that dance while doing some different stuff beforehand. Perfectly enjoyable on its own, but the name only makes sense in the context of the medley. Inspired by a conversation I had with Josiah Roberts.

Eleanor's Reel