user: Nicholas Rockstroh
by: Tony Parkes
introduces moves: swing, allemande, promenade, chain, hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| B2 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends ⁋
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introduces moves: petronella, balance, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1¾
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: slide along set, circle, right left through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 0 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through (or promenade)
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| 8 | ladles chain to partner
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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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".
by: Jim Hemphill
introduces moves: custom, form an ocean wave, Rory O'More, long lines, square through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons right arm turn 1½ times
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| 8 | partners swing
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| A2 | 8 | pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, partners by right on the sides
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| 4 | Rory O'More right
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| 4 | balance right and left
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| B1 | 4 | gentlespoons Rory O'More right
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left ⁋
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by: Jim Kitch
introduces moves: figure 8, contra corners
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ones half figure 8 above
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| B1 | 16 | ones contra corners
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| B2 | 16 | ones balance & swing ⁋
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| 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | twos half figure 8 below
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| 16 | twos contra corners
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| 16 | twos balance & swing ⁋
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Bob Isaacs notes: one of the seminal modern contras in the way it alternates the actives so everyone can be equally active in today’s long contra lines.
introduces moves: box the gnat, star, meltdown swing, roll away, swat the flea
formation: proper
Identify first corners and second corners
| A1 | 8 | first corners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | star right - hands across - 4 places
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| A2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | circle left 2 places
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| 4 | ones roll away partners with a half sashay - gentlespoons rolling
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| B2 | 8 | second corners left hand balance & swat the flea
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| 8 | star left - hands across - 4 places, look for new first corners ⁋
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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.
by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: star promenade, butterfly whirl
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½, keeping hands, pick up partner
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| 4 | star promenade left ½
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| 4 | butterfly whirl to face in
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| B1 | 16 | ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Cary Ravitz notes: This dance is an easier version of Through the Looking Glass, or you
might see it as Amy Kahn's Sweet Music with a different progression,
or Steve Zakon-Anderson's Twirling at the Alter with the progression
moved from the hey to the circle, or David Zinkin's Becky's Becket
with a different A2.
introduces moves: balance the ring, California twirl, custom
formation: Becket ccw
Couples wait out with gentlespoons on the right and ladles on the left
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl, take hands with next neighbors ⁋
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | neighbors California twirl, keep hands and reach back to partners to form a cloverleaf
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| B2 | 6 | cloverleaf left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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Notice that the two twirls to swap are done with different hands. This is intentional. The California twirl and reach back to a cloverleaf is inspired, primarily, by several Rick Mohr dances which do the same thing.
The name is a result of a remarkable confluence of events. A friend of mine from Wisconsin, Ceara Herndon, was visiting her sister in Vermont. She sent me a picture of a firepit captioned with the title, which seemed like a good name for a dance. As it turns out, the state flower of Vermont is the Red Clover, which I only learned AFTER writing the dance. On top of all this, there's an old, hitherto unpublished dance of mine called "Fire Flower," which also contains a California twirl and reach back to a cloverleaf.
introduces moves: pull by dancers, custom
formation: Becket cw
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | right diagonal ladles chain, look for partners ⁋
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| B1 | 2 | partners pull by right
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| 2 | 1st shadows pull by left
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| 2 | 2nd shadows pull by right
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| 4 | 3rd 1st shadows swat the flea
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| 2 | 3rd 1st shadows pull by left
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| 2 | 2nd shadows pull by right
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| 2 | 1st shadows pull by left
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Based on the dance “Me and My Shadows” by David Kirchner. “Me and My Shadows” is a great dance that I had the pleasure of dancing for the first time at the Meet Me in St. Louis dance weekend in May 2016 (called by the author, no less), but it lacks a neighbor swing. This dance has a neighbor swing as well as a few other new elements. Another good one to end a night with since the only somewhat exotic part is done with familiar faces.