user: Nicholas Rockstroh
subbed neighbors balance and swing in A1
shouldn't have put after a long gents wave dance
went very well
band played Money for Nothing, challenging tune
waltz
by: Tony Parkes
subbed neighbors balance and swing in A1
introduces moves: long lines, swing, allemande, circle, star, promenade, chain
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back ⁋
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B2 | 8 | partners promenade
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| 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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Bob Isaacs notes: Tony Parkes of Massachusetts has long been one of America’s best callers of contras and squares, and this glossary dance is a fine way to start an evening.
by: Greg Frock
introduces moves: do si do, mad robin, pass by, balance the ring, California twirl
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| B1 | 4 | gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
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| 12 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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Dancers will try to rush the mad robin to include the gentlespoons cross in A2. Remind them there is plenty of time to complete the figure. Written for Robin Wilson in 2011
by: Sherry Nevins & Isaac Banner
introduces moves: form a long wave, down the hall, up the hall, give & take
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| 8 | gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | down the hall and turn as a couple
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| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
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| B2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | ladles give & take neighbors
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| 8 | neighbors swing ⁋
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Based on Trip to Pe Ell by Don Lenneartson
by: Paul Balliet
shouldn't have put after a long gents wave dance
introduces moves: balance, hey, slice
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons do si do once
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| 4 | same roles balance right hand
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| 4 | same roles allemande right ¾
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| A2 | 16 | partners start a full hey - lefts on ends, rights in center until partners meet a 2nd time
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 8 | slice left and straight back ⁋
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Paul wrote this with Gentlespoons and Ladles alternating doing the A1 figures. Could also do "you and your partner decide which one of you to send to the center" -- it doesn't matter who goes, because the next thing is coming back to your partner on the same side of the set.
by: Rich Mohr
went very well
introduces moves: custom
formation: four face four
Have dancers note their "trail buddies" and who their corners are. The two dancers in the middle of the line of 4 are corners and the dancers at the ends have their corners in front of them.
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | corners swing
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| A2 | 8 | ladles star right once
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| 8 | corners allemande left 1.25
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| B1 | 10 | partners pull by right for grand right and left until they meet their partner
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| 6 | partners do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing and end facing new lines of 4 ⁋
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In the grand right and left dancers end up traveling half way around the circle.
by: Cary Ravitz
band played Money for Nothing, challenging tune
introduces moves: petronella
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | balance & petronella, turning to face next neighbors ⁋
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| 8 | balance & petronella
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| A2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | ladles start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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Cary's notes:
"Reenter the dance with ladles on the left.
Easier B1 - right and left through across, ladles allemande right 1+1/2."
waltz
by: Sarah Kaiser
introduces moves: slide along set
formation: Becket
| A1 | 2 | slide left along set - look across to see your neighbors ⁋
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| 6 | star right 3 places and look back
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| 8 | star left 4 places with prev neighbors
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 6 | ladles allemande left once
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 4 | mad robin ½ around, gentlespoons in front
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| 12 | ladles start a hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - until partners meet the second time
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 4 | pass through across the set
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| 4 | partners California twirl
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| 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 2 | pass through to next neighbors ⁋
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Named by Lea Crain, Queen Pig of Pigtown Fling 2020, after winning the naming rights in the auction at the CDSS fundraiser in Cincinnati in November 2019.
by: Chris Page
introduces moves: square through
formation: Becket
| A1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
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| 10 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right diagonal ladles chain to shadows
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| 8 | star left 4 places with shadows, next neighbors
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| B1 | 16 | square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then next neighbors pull by left, then repeat ⁋
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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introduces moves: 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.