user: Nedra McNeil
Over the Garden Waltz 1
Over the Garden Waltz 2
Avicii Lay Me Down
Ghost Bustin'
Phunky Beats/Rock the Party - Ephwurd
Swing Swing Swing/Lone Digger
Dua Lipa Don't Start Now
Spooky Scary Skeletons
Tiesto Medly - Wow
Tiesto Medly - Spaceman
Tiesto Medly - Secret
Thriller -- call as if a Becket; begin from B2
Steven's Waltz - Love Like You
Over the Garden Waltz 1
Over the Garden Waltz 2
by: Gene Hubert
Avicii Lay Me Down
introduces moves: slide along set, circle, swing, long lines, chain, hey
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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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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by: Don Flaherty
Ghost Bustin'
introduces moves: do si do, down the hall, up the hall, star
formation: improper
Please walk this dance thru before taking to the dance floor, any feed back would be appreciate you can E-mail do14flah@aol.com
thanks Don Flaherty
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing and face down hall
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| B1 | 8 | down the hall and turn as a couple been the line face across
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places and go to new neighbors ⁋
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Please walk this dance thru before taking to the dance floor, any feed back would be appreciate you can E-mail do14flah@aol.com
thanks Don Flaherty 4-5-97
by: Yoyo Zhou
Phunky Beats/Rock the Party - Ephwurd
introduces moves: balance the ring, California twirl, square through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | square through two - neighbors balance & pull by right, then partners pull by left
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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a request was made on the Contra Callers facebook group for any easy dances with balances halfway through both A1 and A2. Yoyo wrote this and commented it on the Facebook thread on October 23, 2019.
by: Joseph Pimentel
Swing Swing Swing/Lone Digger
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
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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
Dua Lipa Don't Start Now
introduces moves: allemande, 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: Luke Donforth
Spooky Scary Skeletons
introduces moves: promenade
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors promenade
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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Tiesto Medly - Wow
introduces moves: right left through
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
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing and take hands with next neighbors in long lines ⁋
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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.
by: Tom Hinds
Tiesto Medly - Spaceman
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through
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| 6 | shadows do si do once
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Gene Hubert
Tiesto Medly - Secret
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain
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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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by: Gene Hubert
Thriller -- call as if a Becket; begin from B2
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 4 | circle left 2 places
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| 2 | slide left along set with your neighbor to face a new couple
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | neighbors California twirl to face your partner
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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from "Dizzy Dances, vol. II"
Steven's Waltz - Love Like You