KW 2022-10-21 Phinney with Au Contraire

user: Koren A Wake

Table of Contents

  1. Dancing Spell by Cary Ravitz

    7:30-7:44
  2. Spin Break by Claire Takemori

    7:45-7:57
  3. Rocket City Romp by Cis Hinkle

    7:58-8:10
  4. You Can Get There From Here by Linda Leslie

    8:11-8:22
  5. Pizza Shop by Yoyo Zhou

    8:23-8:30 if there's enough time. No-walkthrough?
  6. Mary Cay's Reel by David Kaynor

    8:31-8:43

  7. waltz 8:44-8:47

  8. break until 9pm
  9. Naked in California by Nils Fredland

    9-9:14
  10. Box the Cat by Lisa Greenleaf

    9:15-9:27 (no-walkthrough if running behind)
  11. Songbird by Cary Ravitz

    When out, wait with robin on the left. 9:28:9:40
  12. The Country of Marriage by Susan Kevra

    9:44-9:56

  13. waltz 9:57- end 10pm sharp


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Dancing Spell

by: Cary Ravitz

7:30-7:44

introduces moves: swing, circle, star, allemande, right left through, chain

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 4 places
8
star left - hands across - 4 places and ladles let go
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
right left through
8
ladles chain and look for next neighbors ⁋

Spin Break

by: Claire Takemori

7:45-7:57

introduces moves: balance, petronella, balance the ring, give & take, pass through

formation: improper

Short wave, Neighbor by RH, Ladles by LH in middle

A1 4
balance wave
12
neighbors swing
A2 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B1 4
balance the ring
12
ladles give & take partners, Swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places, reform short wave
4
balance wave ⁋
4
pass through,walk forward to new wave

Spin off of Spring Break, Tom Lehman, for a super easy, hi-energy dance.

Rocket City Romp

by: Cis Hinkle

7:58-8:10

introduces moves: square through, long lines

formation: improper

A1 8
square through two - neighbors balance & pull by right, then partners pull by left
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left to new neighbors ⁋

You Can Get There From Here

by: Linda Leslie

8:11-8:22

introduces moves: Rory O'More, form an ocean wave, custom

formation: improper

Dance starts in short wavy lines: from improper formation, neighbors take right hands, ladles take left in the center.

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places and walk forward
4
form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands -forward and back
4
walk forward to ⁋
0
form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands

Pizza Shop

by: Yoyo Zhou

8:23-8:30 if there's enough time. No-walkthrough?

introduces moves: slice, down the hall, up the hall

formation: Becket

A1 8
slice left and straight back ⁋
8
ladles chain
A2 8
ladles allemande right once
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing

Mary Cay's Reel

by: David Kaynor

8:31-8:43

introduces moves: pull by direction, form a long wave

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pull by right
8
next neighbors allemande left once
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing (original neighbor)
B1 8
long lines forward & back
4
ladles allemande right ¾
0
ladles form a long wave in the center
4
ladles allemande left ¾ with the next while gentlespoons slide left to meet their partner ⁋
B2 16
partners balance & swing

waltz 8:44-8:47

break until 9pm

Naked in California

by: Nils Fredland

9-9:14

introduces moves: form long waves

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
neighbors swing (new neighbor)
A2 2
ladles allemande right ½
6
partners allemande left ¾
8
shadows allemande right 1½ - hold on
B1 0
form long waves - gentlespoons face in, ladles face out, shadows right
8
balance & Rory O'More right past shadows
8
partners swing
B2 6
circle left 3 places
10
neighbors swing (same neighbor) ⁋

Written in 2008, after calling the “Dance Awakening” weekend in Harbin Hot Springs, CA.

Box the Cat

by: Lisa Greenleaf

9:15-9:27 (no-walkthrough if running behind)

introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers, custom

formation: improper

Have dancers introduce themselves to their previous neighbor during walkthrough.

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
2
neighbors pull by right
6
previous neighbors allemande left once
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 6
circle left 3 places
10
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Songbird

by: Cary Ravitz

When out, wait with robin on the left. 9:28:9:40

introduces moves: mad robin, poussette, pass by

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 4
circle left 2 places
6
mad robin, gentlespoons in front
6
half poussette - ladles pull partners back then left ⁋
B1 6
half poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then right
6
mad robin, gentlespoons in front
4
gentlespoons pass by right shoulders
B2 16
partners balance & swing

The Country of Marriage

by: Susan Kevra

9:44-9:56

introduces moves: do si do, promenade, custom

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors do si do once to
A2 4
form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
4
ladles allemande left once
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
neighbors promenade
4
gentlespoons allemande right ¾ to a fleeting long line ⁋
4
gentlespoons allemande left ½ immediately with the next
B2 0
meanwhile ladles slide left to meet partner for a
16
partners balance & swing

Susan notes "at the end, wait out on side in Becket formation, so the gentlespoons can join in on the "zig-zag chain"* in B1. Next round of the dance starts with the couple containing the gents from the allemande Left.

*a la Mary Cay's Reel by David Kaynor

waltz 9:57- end 10pm sharp