New Albany, IN 2024-04-04

user: Nicholas Rockstroh

Table of Contents

  1. The Baby Rose by David Kaynor
  2. Ain't Dancing Grand by John Coffman
  3. Dynamic Appeal by Gene Hubert
  4. Bev's Becket A by Cary Ravitz

  5. Waltz
  6. Balance and Cross by Rick Mohr
  7. 3, 33-33 by Steve Zakon-Anderson
  8. The Gang of Four by Gene Hubert


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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 new neighbors ⁋

Ain't Dancing Grand

by: John Coffman

introduces moves: allemande, right left through, 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 ⁋

Dynamic Appeal

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: pull by dancers, long lines

formation: improper

A1 6
neighbors balance & pull by right along the set
10
next neighbors swing (neighbor 2)
A2 8
circle left 4 places
8
neighbors do si do once
B1 6
neighbors balance & pull by right
10
neighbors swing (neighbor 1)
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ones swing - ones face down, twos face up ⁋

Bev's Becket A

by: Cary Ravitz

introduces moves: slice, hey

formation: Becket

A1 8
slice left and straight back ⁋
8
ladles chain
A2 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
neighbors balance & swing
B2 6
circle left 3 places
10
partners swing

Waltz

Balance and Cross

by: Rick Mohr

introduces moves: balance the ring, pass by, down the hall, up the hall

formation: improper

A1 4
balance the ring
2
gentlespoons pass by right shoulders
10
partners swing, end facing down in lines of four
A2 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B1 4
balance the ring
2
ladles pass by right shoulders
10
neighbors swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - and look for next neighbors ⁋

Rick notes, "A straightforward dance with good symmetry and timing."

Sometimes, that's all you have to say.

3, 33-33

by: Steve Zakon-Anderson

introduces moves: box the gnat

formation: improper

A1 4
1st neighbors balance & pull by right
4
2nd neighbors pull by left
8
3rd neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
A2 4
3rd neighbors pull by right
4
2nd neighbors pull by left
8
1st neighbors swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles do si do 1½ ⁋

Original at https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/dances/steve_zakon/three_33_33.html

The Gang of Four

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: promenade, custom

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
10
neighbors swing
A2 6
neighbors promenade along the set on the right
2
ladles cast back while gentlespoons continue forward ⁋
8
next neighbors swing
B1 8
entire set oval left until across from partner
8
long lines forward & back
B2 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
partners swing