user: Nedra McNeil
Marceline's Waltz
by: Dean Snipes
Wizard
introduces moves: circle, swing, promenade, chain, petronella, slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 14 | partners balance & swing
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| 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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Julian Bee notes that swapping the promenade for a R+L Thru is Linda Leslie's "Old Time Elixir #2", written in 1998. It's unclear when Dean wrote TTT, so both deserve a cross-reference. https://contradb.com/dances/474
by: Linda Leslie
Got To Be Real
introduces moves: long lines, mad robin, star
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| A2 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | right diagonal ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing ⁋
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by: Jeffrey Spero
Lonely Together
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, pass through, figure 8
formation: improper
Start in a line of 4 facing down the hall, ones in the middle
| A1 | 8 | down the hall and turn alone
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| A2 | 2 | pass through across the set
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| 14 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 16 | ones full figure 8
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| B2 | 16 | ones balance & swing End facing down the hall and start down picking up the next #2s ⁋
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Variant of Jeff Spero's Bettine, written for a virtual Zoom contra.
by: Grant Yost
Future
introduces moves: balance, box the gnat, allemande, hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | neighbors balance by the right hand
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| 4 | neighbors box the gnat
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B2 | 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Joseph Pimentel
Talk Talk
introduces moves: Rory O'More, give & take, 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
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| 8 | balance & Rory O'More left
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons give & take partners
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do 1½ and dance forward to ⁋
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| 0 | form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
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Mac McKeever note on balances before Rory O'More: first balance is in the direction you will be going
Star of the County Down -- Waltz