Cincinnati, OH 2019-12-30

user: Nicholas Rockstroh

Plain Vanilla

by: James Hutson

introduces moves: swing, chain, do si do, long lines, circle, pass through

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles chain
B1 8
ladles do si do 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through to next neighbors

Indifferential Equations

by: Nicholas Rockstroh

introduces moves: hey, allemande, slice

formation: Progressed Improper

Start from improper, swap places with neighbors and retake same hands four with ones below and twos above

A1 8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
8
ladles do si do once
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
slice left and straight back ⁋
8
ladles chain

As a mathematician by trade, I've dealt with differential equations a few times. Lisa Greenleaf calls progressed improper dances "indifferent," and the name wrote itself. Can also be called as a Becket CW dance by starting in the B2, but that sacrifices the pun in the title.

Whitewater Whirl

by: Cary Ravitz

introduces moves: roll away, butterfly whirl

formation: Becket

A1 4
long lines forward ⁋
4
gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay
8
circle right 3 places
A2 16
next neighbors balance & swing
B1 3
gentlespoons allemande left ½ while ladles face counter-clockwise
5
butterfly whirl partner 1½ †
3
ladles allemande right ½ while gentlespoons face clockwise
5
butterfly whirl neigbhor 1½ ‡
B2 4
gentlespoons allemande left ½
12
partners swing

† counter-clockwise, ladles forward, gentlespoons backward
‡ clockwise, gentlespoons forward, ladles backward

Source

http://www.dance.ravitz.us/#ww6

Coming Home from Toohollie

by: Janet Shepherd

introduces moves: give & take, petronella, turn alone

formation: improper

ID gentlespoons' original side

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
circle left 4 places
A2 4
ladles roll away partners with a half sashay
4
ladles take partners
8
partners swing - on the gentlespoons' original side
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
0
turn alone to face next neighbors

Straighten Up and Slide Right

by: Lindsey Dono

introduces moves: mad robin, slide along set

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 6
mad robin, ladles in front (ccw)
8
circle right 4 places
2
slide right along set ⁋
B2 6
gentlespoons allemande left once
10
partners swing

Inspired by a Facebook discussion of the question: “can dancers intuitively slide to the right along the set?” Called at several house parties and Faultline Frolic.

BREAK

Old Time Elixir #2

by: Linda Leslie

No walkthrough

introduces moves: right left through

formation: Becket

A1 0
slide left along set ⁋
8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
right left through (or promenade)
8
ladles chain to partner
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 16
partners balance & swing

A variation of the dance Old Time Elixir by Mike Boerschig. The same dance was also written by Dean Snipes, and is called "Tica Tica Timing".

Zombies of Sugar Hill, The

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: California twirl, star

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 4
circle left 2 places
2
slide left along set with your neighbor to face a new couple
6
circle left 3 places
4
neighbors California twirl to face your partner
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

from "Dizzy Dances, vol. II"

Heart of Glass

by: Cary Ravitz

No walkthrough

introduces moves: star promenade

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
next neighbors swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½, keeping hands, pick up partner
4
star promenade left ½
4
butterfly whirl to face in
B1 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Cary Ravitz notes: This dance is an easier version of Through the Looking Glass, or you
might see it as Amy Kahn's Sweet Music with a different progression,
or Steve Zakon-Anderson's Twirling at the Alter with the progression
moved from the hey to the circle, or David Zinkin's Becky's Becket
with a different A2.

http://www.dance.ravitz.us/dance2011.htm#hg