user: Nicholas Rockstroh
by: Lisa Greenleaf
introduces moves: swing, long lines, allemande, circle, balance the ring, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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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 | pass through to new neighbors ⁋
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Bradley Smith Notes: Originally, the last figure of this dance was a neighbor do-si-do 1 1/2, but I usually swap it for the ring balance and pass through to make the progression as simple as possible for inexperienced dancers.
by: Myra Hirschberg
introduces moves: gyre, mad robin, meltdown swing, right left through, star
formation: Improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors gyre once
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| 8 | mad robin, ladles in front
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| A2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing (Ladles cross to partner's side out of mad robin)
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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Don't rush the neighbor gyre in A1. Dance was suggested by the first moves of Cal Hurd's "Mad Gypsy". Written for 3 couples who shared an anniversary. Pure coincidence that it has the same name as a Rick Mohr dance.
by: Chris Page
introduces moves: box circulate, square through, form long waves
formation: improper
begin in long waves---right hand to neighbor, gentlespoons face out, ladles face in.
| A1 | 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| 8 | balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
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| A2 | 8 | balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | 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 to ⁋
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| 0 | form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out
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In the pull-by left, keep left hands and take right hands with a new neighbor to reform long waves.
For better entry, consider an allemande left 1/2 rather than a pull-by left, so that all hands are at the correct height for long waves.
Written for Joyce Fortune of the Bay Area, won at the auction of the 2010 Spring Fever dance camp at Monte Toyon, CA. She requested a dance with long lines, some balances, and a swing/circle/swing transition. (A surprisingly tough set of requirements to fulfill.) This sequence was the option she liked best.
introduces moves: hey, do si do, slice, chain
formation: Progressed Improper
Start from improper, swap places with neighbors and retake same hands four with ones below and twos above
| A1 | 8 | ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| 8 | ladles do si do once
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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| 8 | ladles chain
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As a mathematician by trade, I've dealt with differential equations a few times. Lisa Greenleaf calls progressed improper dances "indifferent," and the name wrote itself. Can also be called as a Becket CW dance by starting in the B2, but that sacrifices the pun in the title.
by: John Coffman
introduces moves: petronella
formation: improper
| A1 | 6 | neighbors allemande left once
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| 10 | gentlespoons do si do 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella to face next neighbors ⁋
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Waltz
by: Jim Hemphill
introduces moves: slide along set, roll away, custom, swat the flea, box the gnat
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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| 6 | right left through
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| 2 | gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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| B1 | 6 | star right 3 places
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| 0 | partners join left hands (gentlespoons reaching in below star)
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| 2 | partners swat the flea
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B2 | 0 | partners join right hands (gentlespoons reaching in below star)
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| 2 | partners box the gnat
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| 14 | partners swing
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Chet Gray's personal notes:
The timing of the star>swap>star is variable, and will likely bleed across phrases, within the B1 and then into the B2.
by: Paul Balliet
introduces moves: promenade, turn alone
formation: Becket
On side of the set with your partner, ladles, face your not-your-partner and freeze.
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½ same two. Ladles, snatch your neighbor in promenade position as hecomes in.
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| 8 | neighbors promenade along the set on the right counterclockwise big oval
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| A2 | 2 | ladles turn alone over their right shoulder to ⁋
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| 6 | next neighbors gyre once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | neighbors promenade along the set on the right home (til across from partner)
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| 8 | ladles chain to partner
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| 8 | partners swing
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This version supplants http://contradb.com/dances/128 .
Paul Balliet notes: The idea to progress in a promenade came from Gene Hubert's dance, "Gang of Four." I first called this at the 1993(?) "Balance and Swim," a favorite dance party thrown by Charlotte and Rich Cobos in West Virginia.
Fairport Harbor lies east of Cleveland along Lake Erie.
Russel Owen Notes:
Teaching tip (especially helpful for less experienced dancers): while dancers are swinging their new neighbor, mention that if you have your partner then you are about to be out. Otherwise such couples may attempt to join the ladles chain.
Calling tip: remind the dancers who are out to join the promenade. It can be difficult to recover if a couple forgets.
This dance is from American Country Dances On Line
http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/acdol/dance/acd_52.html