2017-09-01: Urbana, IL (Snakeroot)

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Table of Contents

  1. Thursday Night Special #1 by Larry Jennings
  2. Becket in the Kitchen by Becky Hill
  3. Thanks, Charlie by Becky Hill
  4. [untitled] by Naresh Keswani
  5. Midwest Folklore by Orace Johnson
  6. Becky's Brouhaha by Rhiannon Giddens
  7. The Nice Combination by Gene Hubert
  8. The Cure for the Claps by Bob Isaacs
  9. Frock's Rockin' Frolic by Will Mentor
  10. Mange Tak by Ron Buchanan
  11. Moon Dance / Sun Dance by Robert Cromartie


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Thursday Night Special #1

by: Larry Jennings

introduces moves: swing, down the hall, up the hall, circle, chain, long lines

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
long lines forward & back - ID next neighbors ⁋

Becket in the Kitchen

by: Becky Hill

introduces moves: petronella, star, allemande

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
A2 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B1 8
star left 4 places ⁋
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing

Thanks, Charlie

by: Becky Hill

introduces moves: do si do, balance, custom

formation: improper

Gentlespoons ID home side

A1 8
neighbors do si do 1¼ to a wave of 4
4
balance right and left
4
neighbors allemande right once
A2 6
ladles allemande left 1½
10
partners swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
star right - hands across - 4 places, until gentlespoons are on their home side
B2 0
gentlespoons drop out at home
8
ladles chain to neighbor
8
star left 4 places ⁋

[untitled]

by: Naresh Keswani

This dance is not published.

Midwest Folklore

by: Orace Johnson

introduces moves: slide along set

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

Becky's Brouhaha

by: Rhiannon Giddens

introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
2
neighbors pull by right to prev neighbors
6
prev neighbors allemande left once - return to current neighbors
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places - reach right hand to next neighbors ⁋

The Nice Combination

by: Gene Hubert

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 ⁋

The Cure for the Claps

by: Bob Isaacs

This dance is not published.

Frock's Rockin' Frolic

by: Will Mentor

introduces moves: see saw, give & take, zig zag

formation: improper

A1 8
circle right 4 places
8
neighbors see saw once
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
ladles give & take partners
8
partners swing
B2 10
circle left 5 places to original position
6
zig left zag right into a ring ⁋

Mange Tak

by: Ron Buchanan

introduces moves: form an ocean wave, custom

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 4
pass through to an ocean wave - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
4
balance right & left
0
"swing through":
2
neighbors allemande right ½
2
gentlespoons allemande left ½
4
partners allemande right ¾
B1 8
shadows allemande left once
8
partners swing
B2 4
pass through to an ocean wave - ladles by left in the center, partners by right on the sides
4
balance right & left
0
"swing through":
2
partners allemande right ½
2
gentlespoons allemande left ½
4
neighbors allemande right ¾ ⁋

Moon Dance / Sun Dance

by: Robert Cromartie

introduces moves: pass through, right left through

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors see saw once
8
neighbors allemande left 1½
A2 16
ladles balance & swing in the center, end by partners
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
neighbors do si do once
8
neighbors allemande right 1½
16
gentlespoons balance & swing in the center, end by partners
16
partners balance & swing
8
right left through
6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋

https://web.archive.org/web/19990504052230/http://kooshball.kcomputing.com/contra/RCdances.html#Sun%20Dance%20and%20Moon%20Dance

Written and first called on Sunday, September 5, 1993, the last day of the first annual Harvest Moon Festival, put on by the Greenville, SC contra dance group. Intended to be done as a medley. I usually start with an unrelated dance, then change to Moon Dance, then after a few times do Sun Dance, and finally alternate between the two. I know of callers who walk through both dances, then alternate between them throughout. I like the surprise factor. Callers: watch out for the beginning of the B2 -- the dances are different.