10-26-20 ZOOM Techno-contra Louisville

user: Nedra McNeil

Table of Contents

  1. Waltz of the Ghosts
  2. Salmonella Evening by Steve Zakon-Anderson

    Ghost Bustin'
  3. Saturday Night Line by Joseph Pimentel

    Lone Swinger
  4. Don't Have to Walk but You Can Dance by Luke Donforth

    Spooky Scary Skeletons
  5. Redhouse Zoom Variation by Nedra McNeil

    Mystery Skulls' Ghost
  6. Start Your Zoom by Nedra McNeil

    Thriller

  7. Great Pumpkin Waltz


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Waltz of the Ghosts

Salmonella Evening

by: Steve Zakon-Anderson

Ghost Bustin'

introduces moves: allemande, swing, petronella, balance, pass through

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande right 1¾
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 8
balance & petronella
4
balance the ring
2
pass through ⁋

Saturday Night Line

by: Joseph Pimentel

Lone Swinger

introduces moves: Rory O'More, give & take, circle, do si do, form an ocean wave

formation: improper

begin in short waves (ladles in center by left, neighbor in right)

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
gentlespoons give & take partners
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors do si do 1½ and dance forward to ⁋
0
form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands

Mac McKeever note on balances before Rory O'More: first balance is in the direction you will be going

Don't Have to Walk but You Can Dance

by: Luke Donforth

Spooky Scary Skeletons

introduces moves: promenade, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
neighbors promenade
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Redhouse Zoom Variation

by: Nedra McNeil

Mystery Skulls' Ghost

introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, chain, star

formation: improper

Please walk this through before dancing it in person -- it's only tested on a Zoom.

A1 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
A2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places to a new neighbor ⁋
B1 16
neighbors balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners do si do once and face down the hall

adapted from Don Flaherty's Redhouse for a techno zoom.

Start Your Zoom

by: Nedra McNeil

Thriller

formation: improper

Please do not dance this in person before testing it -- it's only confirmed working in a Zoom

A1 8
circle left 3 places
2
pass through; pass your partner by the right to find your shadow
6
shadows do si do once; turn away to find your partner
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places
B2 16
neighbors balance & swing

This is a zoom-ready variation of Beadle's "Start Your Engines" that I wrote for a techno zoom -- I wanted a dance with a long swing in B2 to match the song.

Great Pumpkin Waltz