20200521 Portland Intown Contra

Airpants Apocalypse Variation

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Luck be a Lady

introduces moves: chain, hey, swing, long lines, allemande

formation: Becket

A1	8	ladles chain
	8	ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
A2	16	neighbors balance & swing
B1	8	long lines forward & back
	8	gentlespoons allemande left 1½
B2	16	partners balance & swing and slid left to new couples ⁋

Heartbeat Contra

by: Don Flaherty

introduces moves: petronella, balance the ring, gyre, circle, balance, California twirl

formation: improper

A1	8	balance & petronella
	8	balance & petronella
A2	4	balance the ring
	12	neighbors swing
B1	8	ladles gyre 1½
	8	partners swing
B2	8	circle left 3 places
	4	partners balance
	4	partners California twirl ⁋

Box the Cat

by: Lisa Greenleaf

introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers, custom, star

formation: improper

Have dancers introduce themselves to their previous neighbor during walkthrough.

A1	8	neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
	2	neighbors pull by right
	6	previous neighbors allemande left once
A2	16	neighbors balance & swing
B1	6	circle left 3 places
	10	partners swing
B2	8	ladles chain
	8	star left 4 places ⁋

Dance All Night

by: Rich Mohr

introduces moves: custom, do si do

formation: four face four

Have dancers note their "trail buddies" and who their corners are. The two dancers in the middle of the line of 4 are corners and the dancers at the ends have their corners in front of them.

A1	8	long lines forward & back
	8	corners swing
A2	8	ladles star right once
	8	corners allemande left 1.25
B1	10	partners pull by right for grand right and left until they meet their partner
	6	partners do si do once
B2	16	partners balance & swing and end facing new lines of 4 ⁋

In the grand right and left dancers end up traveling half way around the circle.

Back of the Envelope

by: Dugan Murphy

formation: improper

A1	8	long lines forward & back
	8	ladles allemande left 1½
A2	16	partners balance & swing
B1	8	circle left 3 places
	8	neighbors do si do once
B2	16	neighbors balance & swing

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Detour in Louisville

by: Nicholas Rockstroh

introduces moves: roll away, figure 8, contra corners

formation: improper

Identify ones and twos

A1	8	balance & petronella turn
	8	balance & petronella turn
A2	4	balance the ring
	4	gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay
	8	ones half figure 8 above
B1	16	ones contra corners
B2	16	ones balance & swing ⁋

Alternate between ones and twos active. A revised version of the central idea in my dance Ticket to Nashville which removes the disconnected bits.

Hot Buttered Rolls

by: Perry Shafran

introduces moves: slice

formation: Becket

A1	4	slice left, on the way back ⁋
	4	gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay
	4	long lines forward, on the way back
	4	ladles roll away partners with a half sashay
A2	8	ladles allemande right 1½
	8	neighbors swing
B1	8	circle left 3 places
	8	partners do si do once
B2	16	partners balance & swing

Fruit Punch

by: Diane Silver

introduces moves: form an ocean wave, custom

formation: Becket

A1	8	slice left and straight back ⁋
	8	ladles allemande right 1½
A2	16	neighbors balance & swing
B1	4	balance the ring
	4	pass through to an ocean wave - ladles by right in the center, neighbors by left on the sides
	4	balance wave right then left
	2	neighbors allemande right ½
	2	gentlespoons allemande left ½ ⁋
B2	16	partners balance & swing

Frederick Contra

by: Tom Hinds

introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall

formation: improper

Common variation is for long lines forward and back instead of do si do. That version can be found here.

A1	8	gentlespoons do si do once
	8	ladles allemande left 1½
A2	16	partners balance & swing
B1	8	down the hall and turn as a couple
	8	up the hall and bend into a ring
B2	6	circle left 3 places
	10	neighbors swing ⁋

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