user: Nicholas Rockstroh
break: corner allemande left, partner pull by right for a grand right and left, partners do-si-do, promenade home
waltz
by: David Kaynor
introduces moves: swing, circle, do si do, chain, star
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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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 to new neighbors ⁋
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introduces moves: long lines, right left through, allemande
formation: improper
Note the hand in which the next neighbor's hand will be held in the long lines
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing and take hands with next neighbors in long lines ⁋
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I was taking a course on gender and sexuality at the time I wrote this. The title is a double pun; "Contra is essential" is one meaning, "against cultural/biological essentialism" is another.
by: Larry Jennings
introduces moves: hey, meltdown swing, give & take
formation: sawtooth cw
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors allemande right 1½
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| A2 | 16 | gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
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| B1 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
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| B2 | 4 | gentlespoons give & take partners ⁋
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| 12 | partners swing and face next neighbors
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While this was originally written as a sawtooth dance and I've listed it here as such, it might be better to teach this as a clockwise becket dance with a slide left at the beginning as dancers have become better at moving back to the posts for the partner swing after the give and take.
by: Gene Hubert
break: corner allemande left, partner pull by right for a grand right and left, partners do-si-do, promenade home
introduces moves: custom, pass through, balance, promenade
formation: square dance
| A1 | 8 | Heads forward & back
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| 8 | right left through Heads
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| A2 | 6 | circle left 3 places Heads
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| 2 | pass through to face Sides
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| 8 | neighbors do si do 1¼ to a wave of 4 (2 ladles in the middle by the left, neighbor right)
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| B1 | 4 | balance right & left
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| 2 | neighbors allemande right ½
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| 2 | gentlespoons allemande left ½
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 16 | partners promenade along the set on the right to home
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waltz
by: Chart Guthrie
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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by: Cary Ravitz
introduces moves: mad robin
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | right left through
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| 8 | star left - hands across - 3 places and a bit more until gentlespoons are aligned in the center
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| A2 | 4 | gentlespoons allemande left ½
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| 12 | neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | mad robin, gentlespoons in front
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| 8 | star right 3 places and a bit more so new ladles can take left hands ⁋
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| B2 | 4 | ladles allemande left ½ while gentlespoons walk forward to meet partners
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| 12 | partners swing
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Make sure to remind the dancers, particularly the ladles, to keep their eyes looking up for the next people rather than looking down at their feet.
In practice, both stars function as full stars, but noting the different alignment helps to keep the set oriented, especially on the star right before the progression
introduces moves: form an ocean wave, custom, gyre
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
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| B1 | 4 | dance forward to next neighbor ⁋
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| 4 | neighbors gyre ½
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| 8 | three-quarters hey (gentlespoons by left in the center)
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| B2 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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