04-19-2021

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Table of Contents

  1. The Nice Combination by Gene Hubert
  2. Butter by Gene Hubert
  3. Contra Essentialism by Nicholas Rockstroh
  4. Tica Tica Timing by Dean Snipes
  5. Irritable Inventiveness by Dugan Murphy
  6. Rod's Grits Lawn variation by Bill Olson

  7. break
  8. Another Nice Combination by Tom Hinds
  9. Salmonella Evening by Steve Zakon-Anderson
  10. Midwest Folklore by Orace Johnson
  11. The Odyssey Shuffle by Grant Yost
  12. Saturday Night Line by Joseph Pimentel
  13. Zombies of Sugar Hill, The by Gene Hubert


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The Nice Combination

by: Gene Hubert

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

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing end facing down the hall
A2 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Butter

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: slide along set, long lines, hey

formation: Becket

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B2 16
partners balance & swing

http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/437-butter-by-gene-hubert-becket

Contra Essentialism

by: Nicholas Rockstroh

introduces moves: right left through, allemande

formation: improper

Note the hand in which the next neighbor's hand will be held in the long lines

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
right left through
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing and take hands with next neighbors in long lines ⁋

I was taking a course on gender and sexuality at the time I wrote this. The title is a double pun; "Contra is essential" is one meaning, "against cultural/biological essentialism" is another.

Tica Tica Timing

by: Dean Snipes

introduces moves: promenade, petronella

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
neighbors promenade
8
ladles chain
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 14
partners balance & swing
2
slide left along set ⁋

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

Irritable Inventiveness

by: Dugan Murphy

introduces moves: custom, do si do, 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 ⁋

Rod's Grits Lawn variation

by: Bill Olson

introduces moves: box the gnat, pass through

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
8
star right - wrist grip - 4 places +
A2 8
right left through
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
partners promenade
6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through to new neighbors ⁋

Variation of https://contradb.com/dances/542 eliminates do-si-do for use outdoors

/+ star back where you came from

Collected from Liz Burkhart at MMiSL 2018.

break

Another Nice Combination

by: Tom Hinds

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
2
pass through
6
shadows do si do once
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Salmonella Evening

by: Steve Zakon-Anderson

introduces moves: balance

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 ⁋

Midwest Folklore

by: Orace Johnson

formation: Becket

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors do si do once
16
neighbors balance & swing
8
circle left 3 places
8
partners do si do once
16
partners balance & swing

The Odyssey Shuffle

by: Grant Yost

formation: improper

A1 4
neighbors balance by the right hand
4
neighbors box the gnat
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B2 8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Saturday Night Line

by: Joseph Pimentel

introduces moves: Rory O'More, give & take, 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

Zombies of Sugar Hill, The

by: Gene Hubert

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 4
circle left 2 places
2
slide left along set with your neighbor to face a new couple
6
circle left 3 places
4
neighbors California twirl to face your partner
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

from "Dizzy Dances, vol. II"