user: Nicholas Rockstroh
Medley
Medley
by: Jim Hemphill
introduces moves: allemande, meltdown swing, circle, swing, right left through, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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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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by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: long lines, custom, do si do
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ones swing, end facing down ⁋
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| B1 | 8 | next neighbors mirror do si do, ones splitting twos
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| 8 | twos swing, end facing up
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once
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by: Becky Hill
introduces moves: chain, petronella
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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by: Chart Guthrie
introduces moves: hey
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | gentlespoons right-hand chain
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| A2 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles chain ⁋
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Medley
introduces moves: 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: Linda Leslie
Medley
introduces moves: slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 0 | slide left along set ⁋
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| 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through (or promenade)
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| 8 | ladles chain to partner
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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A variation of the dance Old Time Elixir by Mike Boerschig. The same dance was also written by Dean Snipes, and is called "Tica Tica Timing".
by: James Hutson
introduces moves: box the gnat
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| A2 | 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
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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: Rick Mohr
introduces moves: form an ocean wave
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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| 4 | star left 2 places - gentlespoons drop out
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| 4 | ladles allemande left ¾
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| B1 | 0 | form an ocean wave - ladles by right hands and neighbors by left hands
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| 4 | balance the wave
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| 4 | neighbors allemande right ½ and a little bit more
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| 0 | form a right diagonal ocean wave - gentlespoons by right hands and neighbors by left hands (next gentlespoon)
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| 4 | balance the wave
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| 4 | gentlespoons allemande right ¾
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| B2 | 0 | form a left diagonal ocean wave - gentlespoons by right hands and partners by left hands catch left hands with partners to form left diagonal wavy line
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| 4 | balance the wave
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| 12 | partners swing
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http://rickmohr.net/contra/dances.asp#DrBluhmsDelight
Diagonal action makes this dance fun and different while staying accessible.
The neighbors allemande right in B1 is slightly more than half way round — gentlespoons go just past the opposite gentlespoon to join left hands with the next gentlespoons, forming a wave on the right diagonal. Then left allemande 3/4 easily forms the left diagonal wave with partners for the balance in B2. Of course the gentlespoons would never forget to complete the balance by looking left at each other before diving into the partner swing ... but it couldn't hurt to remind them!
Usually after the swing in B2 dancers are almost across from their new neighbors and don't need to shift left very far to start the circle left in A1.
For my buddy Carey Bluhm of Keene NH, who delights in playing fiddle tunes.
Video: Lisa Greenleaf & Didgeridoo at Fiddling Frog 2010, Pasadena CA (posted by Dave Foster)
introduces moves: balance the ring, California twirl, custom
formation: Becket ccw
Couples wait out with gentlespoons on the right and ladles on the left
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl, take hands with next neighbors ⁋
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | neighbors California twirl, keep hands and reach back to partners to form a cloverleaf
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| B2 | 6 | cloverleaf left 3 places
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| 10 | partners swing
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Notice that the two twirls to swap are done with different hands. This is intentional. The California twirl and reach back to a cloverleaf is inspired, primarily, by several Rick Mohr dances which do the same thing.
The name is a result of a remarkable confluence of events. A friend of mine from Wisconsin, Ceara Herndon, was visiting her sister in Vermont. She sent me a picture of a firepit captioned with the title, which seemed like a good name for a dance. As it turns out, the state flower of Vermont is the Red Clover, which I only learned AFTER writing the dance. On top of all this, there's an old, hitherto unpublished dance of mine called "Fire Flower," which also contains a California twirl and reach back to a cloverleaf.