2019-10-07: Louisville, KY

Irritable Inventiveness

introduces moves: custom, do si do, swing, allemande, circle, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1	8	As a couple, Partners do si do with Neighbor couple
	8	neighbors do si do once
A2	16	neighbors balance & swing
B1	8	gentlespoons allemande left 1½
	8	partners swing
B2	8	circle left 3 places
	4	balance the ring
	4	partners California twirl to face new couple ⁋

Airpants

by: Lisa Greenleaf

B2b: pass through, dosado Next neighbors

introduces moves: long lines

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 ⁋

Roll Away (variation)

by: Bill Sudkamp

introduces moves: custom, star, roll away, promenade

formation: square dance

A1	8	Heads forward & back
	8	star right 4 places Heads
A2	8	Heads separate, go around two - form lines at the sides (gentlespoon-gentlespoon-ladle-ladle)
	4	ladles roll away same roles with a half sashay (roll right to left)
	4	gentlespoons roll away same roles with a half sashay
B1	4	center two roll away with a half sashay
	4	everyone roll away with a half sashay (Corners)
	8	partners swing
B2	8	partners promenade home
	8	everyone forward & back

This variation is based on Wade Pearson's variation (https://contradb.com/dances/559).

Star Three Places break

by: [none]

formation: square dance break

A1	8	star right 3 places ladles
	8	1st neighbors swing (Corners)
A2	8	star left 3 places gentlespoons
	8	2nd neighbors swing (Opposites, but not in opposite place)
B1	8	star right 3 places ladles
	8	3rd neighbors swing ("that other gentlespoon")
B2	8	star left 3 places gentlespoons
	8	partners promenade along the set on the right to home (halfway around)

Equivalent Exchange

by: Bryan Suchenski

introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, chain, give & take

formation: Becket

ID home side. Begin in lines of 4 facing down.

A1	8	down the hall and turn alone
	8	up the hall and bend into a ring
A2	8	gentlespoons chain (right hand) - to neighbors
	8	star left 4 places - look away to next neighbors ⁋
B1	16	neighbors balance & swing
B2	8	ladles give & take partners (to home side)
	8	partners swing

You Can Get There From Here

by: Linda Leslie

B2: circle left 3 places; pass through ⁋; form an ocean wave with Next Neighbors

introduces moves: Rory O'More, form an ocean wave, custom

formation: improper

Dance starts in short wavy lines: from improper formation, neighbors take right hands, ladles take left in the center.

A1	8	balance & Rory O'More right
	8	balance & Rory O'More left
A2	16	neighbors balance & swing
B1	8	circle left 3 places
	8	partners swing
B2	8	circle left 3 places and walk forward
	4	form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands -forward and back
	4	walk forward to ⁋
	0	form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands

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Centrifugal Hey

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: hey, right left through, pass through

formation: improper

A1	8	neighbors allemande right 1½
	8	gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2	16	partners start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center +
B1	16	partners balance & swing
B2	8	right left through
	6	circle left 3 places
	2	pass through ⁋

Bob Isaacs notes: One of Gene Hubert’s best, which is really saying something. As good a full hey dance as any ever written.

+partners right, ladles left, neighbor right, gentlespoons left

Kimmswick Express

by: Gene Hubert

Grand right & left break

introduces moves: custom, balance

formation: square dance

A1	8	Heads forward & back
	8	right left through Heads
A2	6	circle left 3 places Heads
	2	pass through to face Sides
	8	neighbors do si do 1¼ to a wave of 4 (2 ladles in the middle by the left, neighbor right)
B1	4	balance right & left
	2	neighbors allemande right ½
	2	gentlespoons allemande left ½
	8	partners swing
B2	16	partners promenade along the set on the right to home

Pigtown Petronella

by: Cary Ravitz

introduces moves: petronella, turn alone

formation: Becket ccw

Double progression.

In long lines, your partner is in one hand, your shadow is in the other hand.

A1	8	gentlespoons allemande left 1½
	8	neighbors swing
A2	8	right left through
	8	left diagonal ladles chain to shadow (only if there is someone there) ⁋
B1	8	balance & petronella
	0	turn alone to face a new neighbor ⁋
	8	balance & petronella
B2	0	turn alone to face your partner
	16	partners balance & swing

http://www.dance.ravitz.us/#pp3

Note the similarity to Maliza's Magical Mystery Motion. The chain is to the diagonal left here, so at the end of B1 you must face a new set of four to find your partner.

YouTube, 2, 3

Chris's Poetic Orangutan

by: Yoyo Zhou

introduces moves: mad robin, gate, pass by, gyre, meltdown swing

formation: improper

A1	8	long lines forward & back
	8	mad robin, ladles in front (clockwise around neighbors)
A2	8	gentlespoons gate neighbors to face into the set
	2	ladles pass by left shoulders
	2	partners pass by right shoulders
	4	gentlespoons gyre left shoulders once
B1	16	partners meltdown swing
B2	8	circle left 3 places
	8	neighbors swing ⁋

https://epicyclic.org/dance/compositions.html#poe :

For Chris Page, who enjoyed the working title "untitled mad robin gate dance".

Midwest Folklore

by: Orace Johnson

introduces moves: slide along set

formation: Becket

A1	2	slide left along set ⁋
	6	circle left 3 places
	8	neighbors do si do once
A2	16	neighbors balance & swing
B1	8	circle left 3 places
	8	partners do si do once
B2	16	partners balance & swing

Bob Isaacs notes: Hailing from Urbana, IL, Orace Johnson was a pillar of the Midwest contra community until his passing in 1991 while contra dancing. This simple dance is as pure as it gets. It also inspired one of the best contra books, Midwest Folklore, a collection of the best dances from the Midwest’s best choreographers.

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