2016-10-10: Louisville, KY

user: Chet Gray

ABC

by: Erik Hoffman

Alternate 1s and 2s.

introduces moves: swing, chain, right left through, long lines

formation: improper

Identify ones and twos

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
ladles chain (to partner)
8
ladles chain (to neighbor)
B1 8
right left through
8
right left through OR partners promenade across
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ones swing (ones face down, twos face up) ⁋

Becky's Brouhaha

by: Rhiannon Giddens

introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers, allemande, circle, star

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

Butter

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: slide along set, 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

Sweet September

by: Myra Hirschberg

introduces moves: meltdown swing

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande left 1½
8
ladles chain
A2 8
star left - hands across - 4 places, then ladles drop out
8
gentlespoons allemande left once
B1 16
partners meltdown swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing ⁋

Note: Dancers should be warned to end the neighbor swing in good time for the neighbor allemande.

Written for the wedding of our friends Eric and Heather.

Midwest Folklore

by: Orace Johnson

introduces moves: do si do

formation: Becket

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors do si do once
16
neighbors balance & swing
8
circle left 3 places
8
partners do si do once
16
partners balance & swing

[waltz]

[break]

Boiling Mud

The Young Adult Rose

Trip to Hubert by Will Mentor

Rock the Cradle, Joe

[waltz]