2020-02-24 Cincinnati, OH (gender free)

user: Nicholas Rockstroh

Table of Contents

  1. Get Me Going by Lisa Greenleaf
  2. New Sweetheart by Linda Leslie
  3. Star Trick by Cary Ravitz
  4. Woven Road variation by Don Flaherty
  5. Sunset Limited by Rick Mohr

  6. BREAK
  7. Old Time Elixir #2 by Linda Leslie
  8. The Tease by Tom Hinds
  9. Tent City Twirl by Nicholas Rockstroh
  10. Straighten Up and Slide Right by Lindsey Dono


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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 ⁋

New Sweetheart

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: mad robin, circle

formation: Becket

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
mad robin, gentlespoons in front
A2 6
circle left 3 places
10
neighbors swing
B1 8
right diagonal ladles chain
8
star left 4 places
B2 16
partners balance & swing ⁋

Star Trick

by: Cary Ravitz

introduces moves: allemande, meltdown swing, petronella

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande right 1½
8
star right 3 places; ladles turn back over right shoulder
A2 16
partners meltdown swing
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 8
star left 3 places
8
neighbors allemande left 1½ ⁋

Woven Road variation

by: Don Flaherty

introduces moves: zig zag, give & take

formation: improper

A1 6
zig left zag right ⁋
6
zig right zag left ⁋
4
3rd neighbors allemande right once
A2 16
2nd neighbors balance & swing
B1 4
gentlespoons give & take partners
12
partners swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
circle left 3 places

Edited to be danceable compared to dance as given elsewhere on site.

Sunset Limited

by: Rick Mohr

introduces moves: slide along set

formation: indecent Becket ccw

Start in regular Becket ccw and note the change from the norm once the progression has happened

A1 4
gentlespoons allemande left once
12
partners swing
A2 6
circle left 3 places
6
neighbors allemande right once
4
ladles allemande left once
B1 16
neighbors meltdown swing
B2 6
gentlespoons give & take partners ending with gentlespoons on the right
2
slide right along set to next neighbors ⁋
8
circle right 4 places

Another one of Rick Mohr's unusual formations. I've modified the timing from his notes a little based on my experiences dancing the dance. To see the original - and Rick's comments on the history of the dance and how to teach it - check his site: http://rickmohr.net/Contra/Dances.asp#SunsetLimited

BREAK

Old Time Elixir #2

by: Linda Leslie

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".

The Tease

by: Tom Hinds

introduces moves: figure 8, contra corners

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors meltdown swing
A2 6
circle left 3 places
10
partners swing
B1 8
ladles chain
8
ones half figure 8
B2 16
ones contra corners ⁋

A variation alternates between ones and twos.
Source: https://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus1995.pdf

Tent City Twirl

by: Nicholas Rockstroh

introduces moves: box the gnat, roll away, swat the flea

formation: proper

Identify first corners and second corners

A1 8
first corners right hand balance & box the gnat
8
star right - hands across - 4 places
A2 16
partners meltdown swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
4
circle left 2 places
4
ones roll away partners with a half sashay - gentlespoons rolling
B2 8
second corners left hand balance & swat the flea
8
star left - hands across - 4 places, look for new first corners ⁋

Written at Summer CDH 2018 for the band In Tent City. I suggest identifying the ones at the beginning of the dance so that there's no confusion when telling the ones only to do the roll to swap.

Straighten Up and Slide Right

by: Lindsey Dono

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.