user: Moose Flores
by: Moose Flores
One that I've done successfully
introduces moves: circle, swing, long lines, chain, star, promenade, pull by dancers
formation: Becket
Have dancers find/point to their first next neighbors for recognition.
Warn dancers against turning the first star too far.
Promenade is single-file, Ladle in front.
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 4 | star left 2 places (a little less)
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| 4 | partners promenade along the set on the right (Single file or holding left to left) ⁋
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| 8 | star left 4 places with next neighbors
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| B2 | 2 | neighbors pull by left
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| 14 | partners swing
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For Andie (and her boots) on her birthday
Debut: 2018-11-23 Breaking Up Thanksgiving
Improved: 2018-12-17 CBCD 40th anniversary dance
by: Chestnut
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, arch & dive
formation: proper
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | circle right 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | star right 4 places
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B1 | 8 | ones down the outsides and turn alone
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| 8 | ones up the outsides and end in long lines, ones in the center, facing down the hall
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| B2 | 4 | down the hall
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| 4 | ones arch twos dive ⁋
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| 8 | up the hall 2x2 with the twos leading, then ones turn around to face the next
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G Campbell Kaynor notes: For a simple proper dance I do one called Jefferson and Liberty to the tune of the same name (Thos Jefferson's campaign song, a.k.a the Gobby O, an American Irish Jig)
It doesn't matter if people get on the wrong side of the set so I often start the night with this if there are lots of newcomers
by: Ryan Carollo
introduces moves: right left through, hey
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles start a right diagonal half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends ⁋
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons chain
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by: Dan Pearl
introduces moves: allemande, form an ocean wave, pull by direction
formation: Becket
| A1 | 4 | ladles allemande left once to short wavy line across
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| 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and partners by right hands the wave
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| 8 | partners swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| B2 | 4 | pull by left across the set
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| 4 | pull by right diagonal
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| 4 | pull by left diagonal
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| 4 | pull by right diagonal - look for new ladles ⁋
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Pull bys should retain grip for a moment after passing and use the torque to turn back to the direction of travel up or down the set.
I always loved this zig-zag gimmick when I danced it in Cor Hogendijk's "Pat's Tradition", done by English country dancers. A dance by Steve Schnur that featured it motiviated me to try my own. The dance was written for and first performed at the Dance Musician's Development Fund annual benefit dance. The Fund sprung out of a one-time benefit dance to help Susan Worland, a fine fiddler in Boston, replace her stolen instruments. From that, the Fund formed as a subcommittee of the Folk Arts Center of New England. At the annual DMDF dance (12 hours of varied dancing) funds are raised to benefit research and special projects for Boston-area dance musicians. The title gives a nod to "Pat's Tradition" and the beneficial tradition of the DMDF.
Little did I know that when the dance started getting around, people would start yelping, hooting, etc. during B2. I think this started in Philadelphia. They have my blessing! Certainly, the "pulls" in B2 should be done with strength, tension, and other good contra-type connection. Foot-stompers have my blessing, too! ;-)