KW 2023-07-15 Friday Harbor w/ The Leg Lifters

user: Koren A Wake

Table of Contents

  1. Airpants, Bradley Smith pass through by Lisa Greenleaf
  2. Pizza Shop by Yoyo Zhou

  3. waltz (dealing with caller mic issues)
  4. Spring Break by Nils Fredland
  5. Easy Street by Bob Isaacs
  6. Folklife Frolic by Lindsey Dono

    box circulate was difficult for this crowd, almost cut short but they held it together
  7. Old Time Elixir #2 by Linda Leslie

  8. waltz


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Airpants, Bradley Smith pass through

by: Lisa Greenleaf

introduces moves: swing, long lines, allemande, circle, balance the ring, pass through

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
pass through to new neighbors ⁋

Bradley Smith Notes: Originally, the last figure of this dance was a neighbor do-si-do 1 1/2, but I usually swap it for the ring balance and pass through to make the progression as simple as possible for inexperienced dancers.

Pizza Shop

by: Yoyo Zhou

introduces moves: slice, chain, down the hall, up the hall

formation: Becket

A1 8
slice left and straight back ⁋
8
ladles chain
A2 8
ladles allemande right once
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing

waltz (dealing with caller mic issues)

Spring Break

by: Nils Fredland

introduces moves: petronella, pull by dancers

formation: improper

Begins hands-4 in a ring.

A1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 2
gentlespoons pull by left
2
partners pull by right
4
ladles allemande left once
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
pass through and form a ring ⁋

One of Nils’ first dance compositions.

https://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2013.pdf

Easy Street

by: Bob Isaacs

This dance is not published.

Folklife Frolic

by: Lindsey Dono

box circulate was difficult for this crowd, almost cut short but they held it together

introduces moves: star, box circulate

formation: improper

A1 8
star right 4 places
8
neighbors allemande right 1½
A2 8
balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
8
balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
B1 8
balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Old Time Elixir #2

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: slide along set, right left through

formation: Becket

A1 0
slide left along set ⁋
8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
right left through
8
ladles chain to partner
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 16
partners balance & swing

A variation of the dance Old Time Elixir by Mike Boerschig.

waltz