2023 05 27 Berea Dance (planned)

Pooh Bear's Holiday

introduces moves: long lines, allemande, pass by, swing, down the hall, circle

formation: improper

A1	8	long lines forward & back
	4	neighbors allemande right once
	4	ladles pass by left shoulders
A2	16	partners balance & swing
B1	16	down the hall and turn as a couple
B2	8	circle left 3 places
	8	neighbors swing

Named in honor of the author's then-young daughter

Cranky Ingenuity

by: Bill Olson

introduces moves: do si do, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1	8	circle left 4 places
	8	neighbors do si do once as couples
A2	8	neighbors do si do once
	8	neighbors swing
B1	8	gentlespoons allemande left 1½
	8	partners swing
B2	8	circle left 3 places
	4	balance the ring
	4	partners California twirl ⁋

B2 Circle L 3/4 (8), Balance the ring (4), Calif Twir
Bill Olson notes: The A part of this dance came from Vermont fiddler, Amy Cann. The rest kind of came together before a Concord (MA) Scouthouse gig on Feb 23, 2004. I used this easy dance to start off the evening that night. It is dedicated to my good friends from the venerable Boston area band, Yankee Ingenuity: Peter Barnes (who always enjoys a good pun), Mary Lea, Jack O'Conner and Cal Howard.

Black Cat Mixer

by: Martha Wild

prepare also Waves Tossed on Dublin Sea, Love and Kisses or Atlantic Mixer

introduces moves: custom

formation: circle mixer

A1	8	into the middle and come back out!
	8	into the middle again with a great big shout!
A2	8	circle left 8 places whole circle set circle left
	8	turn by the individual right shoulder to walk single file counterclockwise around the ring
B1	1	robins tap ~~lark~~ walking in front. ~~lark~~ turns around. say "yooohooo! tap tap tap!"
	8	This one is the new neighbor. Do Si Do
	8	neighbors swing
	8	Promenade and walk that ring (counterclockwise) ⁋

Flirtation Reel

by: Tony Parkes

introduces moves: up the hall, hey, gyre

formation: improper

A1	8	down the hall and turn alone
	8	up the hall and end facing neighbor
A2	16	neighbors start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
B1	8	neighbors gyre once
	8	neighbors swing, end facing across the set
B2	8	long lines forward & back
	8	ones swing, end facing down ⁋

Available at https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/dances/tony_parkes/flirtation_reel.html

Ad Vielle (Oddville)

by: Erik Weberg

or downgrade to 20 Below or Chuck the Budgie

introduces moves: balance, custom, form an ocean wave, pass through

formation: Becket, indecent

Start in wavy line across; gentlespoons take right in center, give left to partners. ID shadow in next wave.

A1	4	balance the wave forward and back
	4	drop hands, walk forward along the set
	0	form an ocean wave - gentlespoons by right hands and shadows by left hands
	4	balance the new wave forward and back
	4	shadows allemande left ¾
A2	16	partners balance & swing
B1	6	circle left 3 places
	2	pass through to next neighbors ⁋
	8	neighbors swing
B2	8	ladles allemande right 1½
	8	partners allemande left 1½ - hold on
	0	form an ocean wave - gentlespoons by right hands and prev neighbors by left hands

https://www.erikweberg.com/ad-vielle-oddville/

Mad Robin in Love

by: Greg Frock

upgrade to fruit punch if you dare

introduces moves: mad robin

formation: improper

A1	8	neighbors do si do once
	8	neighbors swing
A2	8	long lines forward & back
	8	mad robin, gentlespoons in front
B1	4	gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
	12	partners swing
B2	8	circle left 3 places
	4	balance the ring
	4	partners California twirl ⁋

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

Starburst

by: Cary Ravitz

or downgrade to Heart of Glass

introduces moves: box the gnat, star, custom, chain, meltdown swing

formation: improper

A1	4	neighbors balance by right hands
	4	neighbors box the gnat
	8	star right - hands across - 4 places
A2	0	gentlespoons turn out over left shoulder WHILE
	8	ladles chain to their partner
	8	star left 4 places
B1	2	ladles turn out over right shoulder
	14	partners meltdown swing
B2	6	circle left 3 places
	2	pass through
	8	next neighbors do si do once ⁋

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

A nice ladles' choice variation for B1 is ladles turn in and partners ~~gypsy~~ left / partners turn alone clockwise and swing.

YouTube, 2, MRD

Dance All Night

by: Rich Mohr

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
	8	corners swing
A2	8	ladles star right once
	8	corners allemande left 1.25
B1	10	partners pull by right for grand right and left until they meet their partner
	6	partners do si do once
B2	16	partners balance & swing and end facing new lines of 4 ⁋

In the grand right and left dancers end up traveling half way around the circle.

Awesome Double Progression Dance

by: Donna Calhoun

formation: improper

A1	8	down the hall and turn alone 1s in center
	8	up the hall and bend into a ring
A2	8	circle left 4 places
	8	star left 4 places ⁋
B1	16	neighbors balance & swing NEW Neighbor
B2	8	long lines forward & back
	8	ones swing end facing down ⁋

Written one night when I left my cards on the kitchen table. Sent a friend
to retrieve them, but in the meantime wrote this as a stopgap. It remained
nameless for a couple of years till Robert Cromartie called it and afterward
Gene Hubert asked "What was the name of that Awesome Double
Progression Dance?"

Simplicity Swing

by: Becky Hill

for more challenge, no-walkthrough

formation: improper

A1	16	neighbors balance & swing
A2	8	circle left 3 places
	8	partners swing
B1	8	long lines forward & back
	8	ladles chain to neighbor
B2	8	star left 4 places ⁋
	8	next neighbors do si do once

Chuck the Budgie

by: Rick Mohr

easier alternate to oddville

introduces moves: form long waves

formation: improper

A1	6	gentlespoons allemande left once
	10	neighbors swing
A2	8	circle left 3 places
	8	partners swing
B1	8	long lines forward & back
	8	ladles allemande right 1½ - don't let go
B2	4	form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by right hands and neighbors by left hands
	4	neighbors allemande left ¾ to long wavy lines
	0	form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out ⁋
	4	balance
	4	next neighbors allemande right ¾

https://www.jefftk.com/contras/dances/budgie

Heart of Glass

by: Cary Ravitz

alternate

introduces moves: star promenade, butterfly whirl

formation: Becket

A1	6	circle left 3 places
	2	pass through ⁋
	8	next neighbors swing
A2	8	gentlespoons allemande left 1½, keeping hands, pick up partner
	4	star promenade left ½
	4	butterfly whirl to face in
B1	16	ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B2	16	partners balance & swing

Cary Ravitz notes: This dance is an easier version of Through the Looking Glass, or you
might see it as Amy Kahn's Sweet Music with a different progression,
or Steve Zakon-Anderson's Twirling at the Alter with the progression
moved from the hey to the circle, or David Zinkin's Becky's Becket
with a different A2.

http://www.dance.ravitz.us/dance2011.htm#hg

Fruit Punch

by: Diane Silver

harder alternate to mad robin in love

introduces moves: slice, custom

formation: Becket

A1	8	slice left and straight back ⁋
	8	ladles allemande right 1½
A2	16	neighbors balance & swing
B1	4	balance the ring
	4	pass through to an ocean wave - ladles by right in the center, neighbors by left on the sides
	4	balance wave right then left
	2	neighbors allemande right ½
	2	gentlespoons allemande left ½ ⁋
B2	16	partners balance & swing

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