20200521 Portland Intown Contra (backups)

user: Ezra Smith

Table of Contents

  1. None
  2. Irritable Inventiveness by Dugan Murphy
  3. Traveling Salesman by John Coffman
  4. Jump Back Barley by Susan Kevra
  5. Coconut Cream Pie by Lynn Ackerson

  6. None

  7. Waltz

  8. Break
  9. Labor of Love by Kathy Anderson
  10. The Erik Effect by Ben Werner & Danielle Boudreau
  11. Fire in the Creek variation by Jim Kitch

  12. None

  13. Waltz


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Irritable Inventiveness

by: Dugan Murphy

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 ⁋

Traveling Salesman

by: John Coffman

introduces moves: box the gnat, right left through, star

formation: improper

Could change right and left through to promenade to make the dance easier.

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 6
circle left 3 places
10
neighbors swing
B2 8
right left through
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Jump Back Barley

by: Susan Kevra

introduces moves: petronella

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 6
circle left 3 places
10
neighbors swing
B2 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella and turn to face new neighbors ⁋

Coconut Cream Pie

by: Lynn Ackerson

introduces moves: long lines, custom

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
middle 4 star right 4 places
A2 8
partners allemande left 1½
8
other 4 star right 4 places
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 4 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

In this case there are 8 places in the circle, so going 4 places is equivalent to half way.

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Break

Labor of Love

by: Kathy Anderson

introduces moves: contra corners

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ones right hand balance & box the gnat
B1 16
ones contra corners
B2 16
ones balance & swing ⁋
16
neighbors balance & swing
8
long lines forward & back
8
twos right hand balance & box the gnat
16
twos contra corners
16
twos balance & swing ⁋

video at http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/196-labor-of-love

The Erik Effect

by: Ben Werner & Danielle Boudreau

introduces moves: slice, give & take, chain, hey, gyre, meltdown swing

formation: Becket

A1 4
slice left (Yearn to new Neighbor) ⁋
2
ladles take neighbors
10
neighbors swing
A2 8
right left through
8
ladles chain
B1 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B2 4
partners gyre once
12
partners meltdown swing

Fire in the Creek variation

by: Jim Kitch

introduces moves: promenade

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
neighbors allemande right once
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B1 6
circle left 3 places
10
neighbors swing
B2 8
neighbors promenade
8
star left 4 places ⁋

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Waltz