Louisville 10/26/26

user: Callie Allison

Table of Contents

  1. Airpants by Lisa Greenleaf
  2. Rock Creek Reel by David Harris
  3. Butter by Gene Hubert

    Or sub maid marian
  4. Maid Marian's Fancy by David Smukler
  5. Fair and Square by John Coffman
  6. All You Can Eat by Ted Crane
  7. Charismatic Megafauna by Linda Leslie

  8. BREAK
  9. The Whole Dance by Isaac Banner
  10. Train Delay by Maia McCormick
  11. Coasting on Classics by Isaac Banner
  12. A-1 Reel by Chris Weiler


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Airpants

by: Lisa Greenleaf

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

formation: improper

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

Rock Creek Reel

by: David Harris

introduces moves: form a long wave, down the hall, up the hall

formation: improper

A1 8
gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
8
gentlespoons dance out while ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
A2 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
partners swing and end facing down
B1 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing ⁋

http://www.folkdancecamp.org/assets/Contra-RockCreekReelSFDC2014.pdf

Butter

by: Gene Hubert

Or sub maid marian

introduces moves: slide along set, chain, 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

http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/437-butter-by-gene-hubert-becket

Maid Marian's Fancy

by: David Smukler

formation: becket

A1 6
circle left 4 places
10
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
4
ladles allemande right ¾ to new neighbor ladle ⁋
4
ladles allemande left once, gentlespoons shift left
B1 16
partners start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Fair and Square

by: John Coffman

introduces moves: box the gnat, square through

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left ⁋

All You Can Eat

by: Ted Crane

introduces moves: gyre, 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.

Charismatic Megafauna

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: give & take, promenade, petronella

formation: Becket

Identify next neighbors on left diagonal.

A1 4
gentlespoons give & take neighbors
12
neighbors swing
A2 8
ladles chain
6
partners promenade
2
slide right along set (j-hook) ⁋
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Linda's notes:

"Written for our friends Lucia Watson and Jeff Weiler so they could twirl like crazy in the chain. In 2017, I actually switched the sequences: the dance used to start at the B1. I like this much better!"

BREAK

The Whole Dance

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: balance the ring, right left through

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing, end facing down
A2 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B1 4
balance the ring
4
ladles take partners
8
partners swing
B2 8
right left through
8
ladles do si do 1½ to face next neighbors ⁋

Train Delay

by: Maia McCormick

formation: Becket

Shadow is next to you.

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places
B1 8
shadows right hand balance & box the gnat
8
shadows do si do 1½
B2 16
partners balance & swing

In the second half of B1, pull by R at the start of the do-si-do for some extra momentum.

Written on a stuck train to Princeton, NJ, late 2014, and first called March 2015 in Silver Spring, MD.

Coasting on Classics

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: form an ocean wave, balance, pass through

formation: Improper

A1 16
gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
0
form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
4
balance The wave
4
pass through Up and down

A-1 Reel

by: Chris Weiler

introduces moves: California twirl

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
right left through
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Chris's notes:

"Written at the A-1 Diner in Gardiner, ME October 24th, 2008. Called for the first time that same evening at the North Whitefield contra dance. I was looking for a good dance to go either before the break or at the end of the evening. The dance is simple enough for the dancers and lets the band rock with an energetic tune set. Plus it ends with a partner swing without any changes from the caller. Call it in duple improper formation starting with the A2 for a more standard experience."

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