Elisabeth Monica Louisville 2019.11.04

user: Elisabeth Monica

Table of Contents

  1. Push the Button by unknown

  2. Knits and Purls https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=14826
  3. Call Me by Cary Ravitz

  4. Stephanie's Star https://www.dance.ravitz.us/#ss6

  5. Love at First Swing

  6. Waltz

  7. Break
  8. A Crafty Wave by Nicholas Rockstroh

  9. Double Bubble https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=13692
  10. Jurassic Redheads by Carol Ormand

  11. The Ox and the Salamander

  12. Waltz


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Push the Button

by: unknown

introduces moves: swing, long lines, chain, do si do, circle, balance the ring, pass through

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 8
ladles do si do once
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
pass through ⁋

Call Me

by: Cary Ravitz

introduces moves: right left through, star, hey

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
right left through
8
ladles chain
A2 8
star left 4 places look for new neighbor ⁋
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
ladles start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
B2 16
partners balance & swing

http://www.dance.ravitz.us/#cm

Love at First Swing

Waltz

Break

A Crafty Wave

by: Nicholas Rockstroh

introduces moves: box circulate, allemande, form long waves

formation: improper

Start in a long wave taking right hands with current neighbors

A1 8
balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
8
balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left - wrist grip - 4 places
0
form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out

Written for Andrea Craft from Chicago when they needed a straightforward dance with box circulates in it. Very similar to “Minimum Fuss, Maximum Fun” by Dean Snipes, which differs slightly in the A1 and A2.

Jurassic Redheads

by: Carol Ormand

introduces moves: pass by

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors start an along the set full hey - ____ on ends, ____ in center || pass neighbor right, gyre next left, pass neighbor right, gyre previous neighbor left
A2 2
neighbors allemande right ½
2
gentlespoons pass by right shoulders
12
partners swing
B1 8
right left through
8
ladles chain
B2 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends, and look up and down for next ⁋

retrieved from: https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/dances/carol_ormand/jurassic_redheads.html

The Ox and the Salamander

Waltz