Norge, VA 2-1-20

user: Gwyn Williams

Table of Contents

  1. Get Me Going by Lisa Greenleaf

  2. Lady of the Lake Chestnut

  3. To Turn a Phrase Bob Isaacs
  4. Kitchen Stomp by Becky Hill
  5. Trip to Lambertville by Steve Zakon-Anderson

  6. Twiddly Diddly by Walter Lenk

  7. Waltz and Break with Ice Cream
  8. The Nice Combination by Gene Hubert

  9. O'Brien's Star by Becky Hill

  10. Summer of 94 by Mike Richardson

  11. Butter by Gene Hubert
  12. The Big Easy by Becky Hill
  13. Virginia Reel by Chestnut

  14. The Lover's Waltz by Jay Ungar


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Get Me Going

by: Lisa Greenleaf

introduces moves: swing, long lines, do si do, chain, star

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles do si do 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places and on to the next ⁋

Lady of the Lake Chestnut

To Turn a Phrase Bob Isaacs

Kitchen Stomp

by: Becky Hill

introduces moves: allemande, petronella

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B1 8
ladles chain
8
balance & petronella
B2 8
balance & petronella
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Trip to Lambertville

by: Steve Zakon-Anderson

introduces moves: form a long wave, form an ocean wave, right left through

formation: improper

A1 8
ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
8
ladles dance out while gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
A2 4
gentlespoons allemande left ½
4
form an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by left hands and neighbors by right hands
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
right left through
8
ladles chain ⁋

Twiddly Diddly by Walter Lenk

Waltz and Break with Ice Cream

The Nice Combination

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, circle

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors long swing, end in a line
A2 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

video at: http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/108-a-nice-combination

O'Brien's Star by Becky Hill

Summer of 94 by Mike Richardson

Butter by Gene Hubert

The Big Easy

by: Becky Hill

introduces moves: balance the ring, pass through

formation: improper

A1 4
balance the ring
12
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles allemande left 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
pass through

Virginia Reel

by: Chestnut

introduces moves: custom

formation: four couple longways set

Reel 4 x 40 bars. Four-couple set so sashays aren't numbingly long.

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
long lines forward & back
A2 8
partners allemande right once
8
partners allemande left once
B1 8
partners two hand turn
8
partners do si do once
B2 8
ones down the center sashay
8
ones up the center sashay
8
ones down the outsides, followed by twos threes fours,
0
ones form an arch
8
twos up the center under the arch, followed by threes fours ⁋

"peel the banana" could be helpful language

Sashay til you're out of music

Original at MAXICRIB, Scottish country dancing instructions compiled by Reuben Freemantle: https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/dance-crib/virginia-reel.html

The Lover's Waltz by Jay Ungar