IsaacB.Bellingham.Electrodes.02.11.23

user: Isaac Banner

Small Potatoes

by: Jim Kitch

introduces moves: swing, circle, chain, do si do

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 4 places
8
ladles chain
B1 8
ladles do si do once
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
next neighbors do si do once ⁋

Return to Portland

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: allemande, long lines, roll away, right left through

formation: improper

Starts 1s below 2s, don’t need to teach it that way

A1 8
ladles allemande right once
8
neighbors swing ⁋
A2 4
long lines forward
4
gentlespoons roll away next neighbors with a half sashay on the way back
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
right left through
8
ladles chain

Stars in the Wildfire

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: star, balance, box the gnat, hey

formation: improper

A1 8
star right 4 places, gentlespoons push off to end in short waves with neighbors in right hands
4
balance short waves
2
neighbors allemande right ½
2
gentlespoons allemande left ½
A2 8
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
8
partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places to next neighbors

Iguana Go Dancing var.

by: Greg Frock

This dance is not published.

Beths Cohen

by: Isaac Banner

This dance is not published.

-break-

New Year, Same Old Charlie

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, petronella, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing, end facing down the hall
A2 8
down the hall and turn alone
8
up the hall and ones cast down one couple to new rings ⁋
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
partners swing
B2 8
balance & petronella
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

A2 cast down is mirrored with the active couple turning over their outside shoulders to drop down into a new ring of foot while the inactive couples finish moving up the hall.

Surfing the Set

by: Bob Isaacs and Richard Alan Fisher

introduces moves: promenade, box circulate

formation: improper

Introduce new neighbor by looking past first Neighbor

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B1 8
partners promenade
8
ladles do si do 1½ to face out in long wavy line
B2 8
balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
8
balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right to next neighbor ⁋

Moody-intrigue-smoky

Butter

by: Gene Hubert

No chain var

introduces moves: slide along set

formation: Becket

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B2 16
partners balance & swing