user: Allison Jonjak
lesson (circle, Lark Raven, promenade, do si do, allemande, swing)
you're going to meet a lot of new people and you're going to adapt to them, that's the fun of dancing
free polka/waltz
Annie and the Oaklies: Annie Johnson, Bruce Qualey, Eric Maki
"la bastringue" tune
follow down line
free polka/waltz
free polka/waltz
thank hall & Christine, thank band, have Annie describe upcoming gigs!
For "gate" explain 2s are posts. 1s and 2s to experience in Do Si Three.
lesson (circle, Lark Raven, promenade, do si do, allemande, swing)
by: Chestnut
introduces moves: long lines, pass through, turn alone, do si do, swing, custom
formation: improper or proper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | pass through across the set
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| 4 | turn alone
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | pass through across the set
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| 4 | turn alone
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| B1 | 8 | partners do si do once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 16 | top couple sashay to bottom of set - others move up ⁋
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If you finish dancing before the music is done, let each couple in turn just sashay down until the music is ready to end.
by: Linda Leslie
you're going to meet a lot of new people and you're going to adapt to them, that's the fun of dancing
introduces moves: circle
formation: three-face-three
Three face three in lines facing up/down the hall. Teach "home position".
| A1 | 8 | circle left 6 places
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| 8 | circle right 6 places
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors do si do once "ends do-si-do your opposite"
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once "middles do-si-do your opposite"
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| B1 | 8 | neighbors swing "ends swing your opposite"
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| 8 | neighbors swing "middles swing your opposite"
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | pass through to a new line of 3 ⁋
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Linda Leslie notes: Although I don't have the exact time that I wrote this dance, it must predate the first date I called it: 10/22/93 for the Appalachian Mountain Club, Joy Street, Boston. Especially useful for one night stands! Any combination of three. All dancers CAN do this dance, and it really mixes up the dancers. Great for weddings, etc. For these type evenings, I don't talk about #1 or #2 lines of three, or progression: rather I describe "home position". Once we have walked through the dance once, I then point out the couples who have come out at the top and/or bottom, asking them to wait out one time through the dance, turn around, and that this is when "home" changes. Works like a charm.....and the dancers are very happy finding new opposites for each cycle.
Original at http://www.lindalesliecaller.website/very-easy-dances.html
free polka/waltz
Annie and the Oaklies: Annie Johnson, Bruce Qualey, Eric Maki
by: Mac McKeever
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, arch & dive
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons do si do once
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| 8 | ladles do si do once
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ones swing +
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| B2 | 6 | down the hall
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| 6 | up the hall backward
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| 4 | ones arch twos dive to new neighbors ⁋
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Mac notes:
I have a very easy dance that progresses but has worked for beginner groups. It was the only contra I got to work at the [] community dance.
It goes like this (I have never bothered to give it a name or check to see if it already exists)
Make sure they understanding being out one time---once I had couples who were out at the bottom run up to dance with the couple at the top.
by: Julian Blechner
"la bastringue" tune
introduces moves: custom, allemande, promenade
formation: circle mixer
| A1 | 8 | ladles to the center and back
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| 2 | gentlespoons to the center
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| 4 | gentlespoons turn alone
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| 2 | gentlespoons go back
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| A2 | 8 | partners allemande left 1½ (gentlespoons progress CCW, ladles progress CW) ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once (now your partner)
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 16 | partners promenade along the set on the right
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by: Linda Leslie
follow down line
introduces moves: custom
formation: proper
tell the band timing's not essential
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| A2 | 16 | top couple sashay down and back
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| B1 | 16 | top couple Dip and Dive down ⁋
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Linda Leslie notes: timing here is not essential!
2022 03 27 called "Dip" as "under the arch" and "Dive" as "around the outsides so the 1s split and ring the 2s. Twos are alternately arches and posts.
free polka/waltz
by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: custom
formation: three face three
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | circle right 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | centers on the right, right elbow turn (right hand partner)
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| 8 | centers on the left, left elbow turn (left hand partner)
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| B1 | 16 | same roles long swing (your opposite)
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 2 | pass through ⁋
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by: Chestnut
introduces moves: custom
formation: four couple longways set
Reel 4 x 40 bars. Four-couple set so sashays aren't numbingly long.
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| A2 | 8 | partners allemande right once
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| 8 | partners allemande left once
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| B1 | 8 | partners two hand turn
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B2 | 8 | ones down the center sashay
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| 8 | ones up the center sashay
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| 8 | ones down the outsides, followed by twos threes fours,
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| 0 | ones form an arch
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| 8 | twos up the center under the arch, followed by threes fours ⁋
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"peel the banana" could be helpful language
Sashay til you're out of music
Original at MAXICRIB, Scottish country dancing instructions compiled by Reuben Freemantle: https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/dance-crib/virginia-reel.html
by: Chestnut
introduces moves: custom
formation: circle mixer
Couples in a circle around the room facing anti-clockwise, ladles on the right.
Hold: Right hands joined over ladle's shoulder (gentlespoon's arm behind ladle's back), and left hands joined in front.
| A1 | 8 | walk forward
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| 8 | pivot to walk backward (still counterclockwise)
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| A2 | 8 | walk forward
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| 8 | pivot to walk backward (still clockwise)
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| B1 | 8 | step together, step apart
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| 8 | pass ladle to the center
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| B2 | 8 | step together, step apart
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| 8 | ladle turn back
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If not progressing, ladle twirl back to "outside".
free polka/waltz
thank hall & Christine, thank band, have Annie describe upcoming gigs!
by: Bob Green
For "gate" explain 2s are posts. 1s and 2s to experience in Do Si Three.
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | circle right 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | star left - hands across - 4 places
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| 8 | star right - hands across - 4 places
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| B1 | 4 | ones down the center and turn alone
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| 4 | ones up the center
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| 8 | twos gate ones to face into the set
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| B2 | 16 | ones long swing in the middle, end facing down ⁋
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A variation on the traditional Jefferson And Liberty. Coreographer's notes here: http://www.childgrove.org/index.php/about-dances/dance-writers/bob-green-dances
by: Bill Olson
introduces moves: box the gnat, right left through
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | star right - wrist grip - 4 places +
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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 | partners promenade
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through to new neighbors ⁋
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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.
by: Bob Dalsemer
introduces moves: custom
formation: square dance
| A1 | 8 | forward and back head couples
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| 8 | circle left 4 places same four
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| A2 | 8 | circle right 4 places same four
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| 8 | star right 4 places same four
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| B1 | 8 | first corners allemande left once
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| 8 | grand right left
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| B2 | 8 | partners do si do once
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| 8 | partners promenade along the set on the right home
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Repeat for side couples, then all four ladles and all four gentlespoons. The transition from star to grand right and left is a challenge for beginning square dancers and provides an opportunity for the "team" to be successful. Introduction and ending are caller's choice.
by: Rick Mohr
introduces moves: allemande orbit
formation: scatter mixer
Scattered circles of two or more couples
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| A2 | 8 | partners allemande right 1½
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| 8 | ladles allemande left 1½ around while the gentlespoons orbit clockwise ½ around. Ladles star if more than two.
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing New partner
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| B2 | 16 | partners promenade to find new group to circle with ⁋
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In this mixer dancers form scattered groups with any number of couples. That makes for fun chaos, less transition panic (compared with 2-couple scatter mixers), and more flavors to enjoy as circle sizes vary.
The A2 allemande ends with ladles in the center facing counterclockwise and gentlespoons on the outside facing clockwise. If there are two ladles they allemande left for 8 beats; if there are more than two they star left for 8 beats. Either way, the gentlespoons orbit clockwise around the ladles. Then all balance and swing a new partner and promenade to a new group.
I tell the dancers it's a zero-stress dance. "If a couple wants to join your circle, let them in!" And no problem if you happen to keep the same partner now and then.