Circle Left 2023/12

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Table of Contents

  1. Appetizer by Scott Higgs
  2. Heartbeat Contra by Don Flaherty
  3. Delphiniums and Daisies by Tanya Rotenberg
  4. Peace Thru Dance by Perry Shafran
  5. Snow in July by Bill Baritompa
  6. All You Can Eat by Ted Crane
  7. Cutler Coast by Dugan Murphy
  8. Another Nice Combination by Tom Hinds
  9. Patience by Chris Page
  10. Seven Sevens by Jim Kitch
  11. Trip to Brown University by Linda Leslie
  12. A Dance for Dan by Bill Olson


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Appetizer

by: Scott Higgs

introduces moves: swing, long lines, chain, allemande, circle, do si do

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 6
ladles allemande right once
10
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors do si do 1½ ⁋

Heartbeat Contra

by: Don Flaherty

introduces moves: petronella, balance the ring, gyre, balance, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
A2 4
balance the ring
12
neighbors swing
B1 8
ladles gyre 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
partners balance
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Delphiniums and Daisies

by: Tanya Rotenberg

introduces moves: hey

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande left 1½
8
ladles chain
A2 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
partners long swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors allemande right 1½ ⁋

Written in 1985 for the 20th anniversary of her parents' wedding, these being their wedding flowers.

Peace Thru Dance

by: Perry Shafran

This dance is not published.

Snow in July

by: Bill Baritompa

This dance is not published.

All You Can Eat

by: Ted Crane

introduces moves: meltdown swing, star

formation: improper

A1 8
next neighbors gyre once
8
ladles allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners meltdown swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
star left 4 places
8
neighbors gyre left shoulders once ⁋

(B2 ) Face across, your current neighbor is next to you; your Next neighbor is on the other side of you. Form a left hand star, ladles look back over their left shoulder to gyre their current neighbor. (A1) Find your next neighbor. The dance starts over with a right shoulder 'round with next neighbor.

Cutler Coast

by: Dugan Murphy

introduces moves: Rory O'More, cross trails, form an ocean wave

formation: improper

start in short wave, neighbor by right, ladles by left

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left, ladles slide extra to meet partner on opposite side
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing
B2 4
balance the ring
4
cross trails - partners across the set right shoulders, neighbors along the set left shoulders ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do 1¼
0
form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands

Another Nice Combination

by: Tom Hinds

introduces moves: pass through

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
2
pass through
6
shadows do si do once
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Patience

by: Chris Page

introduces moves: promenade

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
partners promenade
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B2 16
neighbors long swing

Seven Sevens

by: Jim Kitch

introduces moves: right left through, box the gnat, mad robin, pass by

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
right left through
8
star left 4 places to take right hands with next neighbors ⁋
B1 8
next neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
8
mad robin, gentlespoons in front
B2 2
gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
14
partners meltdown swing

Trip to Brown University

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: form a long wave

formation: improper

A1 8
ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
8
ladles dance out while gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
A2 4
gentlespoons allemande left ¾
2
neighbors pass by right shoulders
2
ladles pass by left shoulders
8
partners swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors do si do once
B2 16
neighbors balance & swing ⁋

A Dance for Dan

by: Bill Olson

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles allemande left 1½
A2 8
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
8
partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing ⁋