2023-07-10: Louisville, KY (Monday Night All-Stars)

user: Chet Gray

The Baby Rose

by: David Kaynor

introduces moves: swing, circle, do si do, chain, star

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners do si do once
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places to next neighbors

Cats and More Cats

by: Melanie Axel-Lute

introduces moves: pass through, allemande, form long waves, Rory O'More

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through to next neighbors
8
neighbors allemande right 1½
A2 0
form long waves - gentlespoons face in, ladles face out
8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
B1 16
neighbors balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing

http://www.maxellute.net/cats.html

This dance is something like Peter Stix's "#1 Grade A Top Quality Cats #2" with Rory O'More moves added. Hence the name.

Grand Right and Left Mixer

by: Chris Page

introduces moves: long lines, see saw, custom, pull by dancers, pull by direction, promenade

formation: circle mixer

A1 8
long lines forward & back (all into the middle and back)
8
neighbors see saw once (Corners) [1]
A2 8
neighbors allemande left once (Corners) [2]
0
Grand right and left:
2
partners pull by right (#1) ⁋
2
pull by left (#2) ⁋
2
pull by right (#3) ⁋
2
pull by left (#4) ⁋
B1 16
partners balance & swing (#5, new partners)
B2 16
partners promenade along the set on the right (ccw) [3]

http://chrispagecontra.awardspace.us/dances/dlist2.htm#grand-right-and-left-mixer

[1] A left shoulder do-si-do.
[2] Face away from corner, give right hand to current partner to start the grand right and left.
[3] This is where lost couples can come in, hopefully in a completely different section of the room where they may have more experienced same-sex shadows in front of them..

A forgiving way to teach grand right and left in circle mixer form. I expect someone else has already written this dance.

Centrifugal Hey

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: hey, right left through

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande right 1½
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center +
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
right left through
6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋

Bob Isaacs notes: One of Gene Hubert’s best, which is really saying something. As good a full hey dance as any ever written.

+partners right, ladles left, neighbor right, gentlespoons left

The Cure for the Claps

by: Bob Isaacs

This dance is not published.

Salute to Dave Colestock

by: Melanie Axel-Lute

introduces moves: form an ocean wave

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
8
balance & Rory O'More right
A2 8
neighbors allemande left 1¼
0
form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out, right hand to next neighbors
8
balance & Rory O'More right, past next neighbors
B1 16
neighbors balance & swing (the neighbor just Rory O'More-d past)
B2 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
partners swing

http://www.maxellute.net/Salute%20to%20Dave.htm

The trickiest part of this dance is convincing dancers not to take hands and balance after the first Rory OMore.

Written to honor caller, organizer, and choreographer Dave Colestock, who died in May 2017. Debuted at his home dance in Harrisburg PA on May 12, 2017.

Not a Figment of Your Imagination

by: Lynn Ackerson

introduces moves: custom, meltdown swing

formation: Becket

Note future neighbors on left diagonal

A1 8
partners promenade in courtesy turn position - loop wide left ⁋
8
star left - hands across - 3 places
A2 0
gentlespoons turn out over right shoulder on home side
16
neighbors meltdown swing
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
right left through
4
ladles allemande right once returning to partner
4
partners courtesy turn to face across (hold courtesy turn position)

Written for the band "The Figments" made up of Anna Patton, Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, and Owen Morrison

Vote With Your Feet (original, simpler B1)

by: Bob Isaacs

This dance is not published.