2019-01-08: Indianapolis, IN (Cathy Morris & Dianna Davis)

user: Chet Gray

Table of Contents

  1. La String Bean by Julian Blechner
  2. Simplicity Swing by Becky Hill
    • oof. forgot to teach the dosado.
  3. Maliza's Magical Mystery Motion v. by Cary Ravitz
    • perhaps emphasis on "lark left, raven right" confused the progression
  4. Butter by Gene Hubert
    • need to teach looping on the end of the heys better. Is "left on the sides" effective? My intuition says no.
  5. Boys From Urbana by John Coffman

  6. [waltz]

  7. [break]
  8. Mad Robin in Love by Greg Frock

  9. Rick's Triplet #1
  10. The Wise People of Chicago by Bradley Smith
    • Don't say "larks slide left" for the mad robin, it is confusing with "larks pass left" for the hey. Say "around your neighbor" and the momentum gives the direction.
  11. Salmonella Evening by Steve Zakon-Anderson
    • medley 1
  12. Spring Break (variation) by Nils Fredland
    • medley 2 - BAD IDEA

  13. [waltz]


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La String Bean

by: Julian Blechner

introduces moves: custom, turn alone, allemande, do si do, swing, promenade

formation: circle mixer

A1 8
ladles to the center and back
2
gentlespoons to the center
4
gentlespoons turn alone
2
gentlespoons go back
A2 8
partners allemande left 1½ (gentlespoons progress CCW, ladles progress CW) ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do once (now your partner)
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 16
partners promenade along the set on the right

Simplicity Swing

by: Becky Hill

  • oof. forgot to teach the dosado.

introduces moves: circle, long lines, chain, star

formation: improper

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

Maliza's Magical Mystery Motion v.

by: Cary Ravitz

  • perhaps emphasis on "lark left, raven right" confused the progression

introduces moves: petronella

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 8
balance & petronella and turn to face the next ⁋
8
balance & petronella
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Butter

by: Gene Hubert

  • need to teach looping on the end of the heys better. Is "left on the sides" effective? My intuition says no.

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

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

Boys From Urbana

by: John Coffman

introduces moves: zig zag

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 3 places
6
zig left zag right, trailing two catching hands ⁋
2
gentlespoons allemande left ½
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B2 16
partners balance & swing

[waltz]

[break]

Mad Robin in Love

by: Greg Frock

introduces moves: mad robin, pass by, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
mad robin, gentlespoons in front
B1 4
gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
12
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Dancers will try to rush the mad robin to include the gentlespoons cross in A2. Remind them there is plenty of time to complete the figure. Written for Robin Wilson in 2011

Rick's Triplet #1

The Wise People of Chicago

by: Bradley Smith

  • Don't say "larks slide left" for the mad robin, it is confusing with "larks pass left" for the hey. Say "around your neighbor" and the momentum gives the direction.

introduces moves: meltdown swing, roll away

formation: Becket ccw

A1 16
gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet second time to neighbors
A2 16
neighbors meltdown swing
B1 4
long lines forward
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay on the way back (roll right to left)
8
mad robin, gentlespoons in front (CCW around current neighbors, facing partners)
B2 0
turn alone to face Next neighbors ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
10
partners swing

Written for the Wise family.

Salmonella Evening

by: Steve Zakon-Anderson

  • medley 1

introduces moves: balance, pass through

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande right 1¾
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 8
balance & petronella
4
balance the ring
2
pass through ⁋

Spring Break (variation)

by: Nils Fredland

  • medley 2 - BAD IDEA

formation: improper

Begins hands-4 in a ring.

A1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet
8
partners swing
B2 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
neighbors do si do once and form a ring

Variation by Nils.

[waltz]