user: Moose Flores
Lesson: Circle, give weight, stay connected, AR, AL, DSD, Swing, B&S, courtesy turn & chain, better never than late.
Lesson: Box the gnat, Swat the flea
Young Adult Rose by David Kaynor https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=12077
Variation: B2) Robins swing to swap
waltz & break
4F4 Orbit the Stars by Rick Mohr https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=6957
waltz & goodnight
Lesson: Circle, give weight, stay connected, AR, AL, DSD, Swing, B&S, courtesy turn & chain, better never than late.
Lesson: Box the gnat, Swat the flea
by: Tony Parkes
introduces moves: long lines, box the gnat, do si do, swat the flea, see saw, swing
formation: circle mixer
right hand balance to box the gnat, left hand balance to swat the flea
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| A2 | 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B1 | 8 | partners left hand balance & swat the flea
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| 8 | partners see saw 1½ ⁋
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| B2 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing, this is your new partner
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by: Myra Hirschberg
introduces moves: allemande, chain, star, meltdown swing, circle
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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| 8 | ladles chain
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| A2 | 8 | star left - hands across - 4 places, then ladles drop out
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| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left once
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| B1 | 16 | partners meltdown swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | neighbors swing ⁋
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Note: Dancers should be warned to end the neighbor swing in good time for the neighbor allemande.
Written for the wedding of our friends Eric and Heather.
Young Adult Rose by David Kaynor https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=12077
by: Chris Page
introduces moves: gyre, custom
formation: improper
the 'single file promenade clockwise' can be drawing your neighbor/partner across the set with eye contact gravity
| A1 | 4 | neighbors gyre ½
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| 4 | single file promenade clockwise 1/2 (facing neighbor) [1]
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| 8 | neighbors swing
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½ [2]
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| B1 | 4 | partners gyre ½
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| 4 | single file promenade clockwise 1/2 (facing partner) [3]
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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Chris Page notes:
[1] While looking at your neighbor. Gentlespoons backing up across the set (carefully), ladles follow them to the other side.
[2] A little different from the normal ladle's allemande, as here dancers don't adjust. Gentlespoons should stay put, and stay on the slight diagonal, rather than adjusting to be across from each other. Ladles allemande right 1 & 1/2, then ease out to the sidelines, having traded places, and now facing their partner on the side of the set.
[3] While looking at your partner. Ladles backing up across the set (carefully), gentlespoons follow them to the other side.
An auction dance written for Heather Visscher. She really liked the A2 move from "A Rare Bird" by Bob Isaacs.
Original at http://chrispagecontra.awardspace.us/dances/#heart-of-joy
Called by Andy Shore on tour with Polaris in 2018.
Variation: B2) Robins swing to swap
introduces moves: pull by dancers
formation: improper
| A1 | 4 | 1st neighbors balance & pull by right
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| 4 | 2nd neighbors pull by left
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| 8 | 3rd neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
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| A2 | 4 | 3rd neighbors pull by right
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| 4 | 2nd neighbors pull by left
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| 8 | 1st neighbors swing
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| B1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles do si do 1½ ⁋
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by: Moose Flores, Devin J. Pohly
introduces moves: custom, square through
formation: improper
Designate 1's and 2's
Colonnade is a new sequence. It takes 16 beats and ends with everyone where they began, like a Hey. Have 2's also practice the colonnade during the walkthrough.
| A1 | 8 | star right 3 places
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| 8 | partners right hand balance & box the gnat
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| A2 | 16 | Colonnade - "1's Arch, Ladles trade: Colonnade!" +
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
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| 8 | square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left ⁋
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Coauthored with Devin J. Pohly during IndepenDance 2019 at the Waldorf school.
+ Colonnade: ones (join right hands to) make an arch and hold that arch for the entire figure. Ladles trade by right shoulders with ladle two going under the arch. Gentlespoons trade by right shoulders with gentlespoon two going under the arch. [stop here for 1/2 colonnade] Ladles trade by right, gentlespoons trade by right. Each trade has 4 beats of music, so there's no need to rush.
waltz & break
4F4 Orbit the Stars by Rick Mohr https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=6957
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, hey
formation: improper
Ones step between twos to form short lines facing down
| A1 | 8 | down the hall and turn alone
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| 8 | up the hall, ones back to back in the center, face neighbors
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| A2 | 16 | neighbors start a full hey - lefts on ends, rights in center
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| B1 | 8 | neighbors allemande left 1½
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| 8 | twos swing
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| B2 | 8 | neighbors swing
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| 8 | ones swing ⁋
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Rick Mohr notes: the sequence of swings can be a thrill, especially if dancers end each of them with their back to the person they're going to swing next and then continue momentum to whirl 180° to the right and immediately into the next swing. (The gentlespoon in particular need extra encouragement to turn right out of each swing.)
Here's how I do that part of the walk-through: 2's—finish your swing facing each other in the center, with your back to your neighbor. 1's be ready to catch them! 2's whirl right, right into a swing with your neighbor. End that swing facing your neighbor, with the 1's back-to-back in the center. 1's—whirl right, right into a swing with your partner.
The neighbor swing in B2 ends in the middle of the phrase, something I usually avoid because dancers are so used to swinging until the end of the phrase. But this dance has always worked well, maybe because the series of short swings is a clear focus.
Thanks to co-author Bob Isaacs for greatly improving the sequence of surrounding figures for the string of swings.
Original at http://rickmohr.net/Contra/DancesBest.asp#StringOfSwings
by: Becky Hill
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | circle left 3 places
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | ladles chain to neighbor
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| B2 | 8 | star left 4 places ⁋
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| 8 | next neighbors do si do once
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waltz & goodnight