user: Moose Flores
they struggled with this one. Almost no one kept up with the timing. (This is when I decided to change the ending of my program)
Brief announcement
included both "Strip the Willow" & "Peel the Banana". Took a while!
waltz & goodnight
by: Chestnut
introduces moves: long lines, pass through, turn alone, do si do, swing, custom
formation: improper or proper
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | pass through across the set
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| 4 | turn alone
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| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 4 | pass through across the set
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| 4 | turn alone
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| B1 | 8 | partners do si do once
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| 8 | partners swing
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| B2 | 16 | top couple sashay to bottom of set - others move up ⁋
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If you finish dancing before the music is done, let each couple in turn just sashay down until the music is ready to end.
by: Linda Leslie
introduces moves: circle
formation: three-face-three
Three face three in lines facing up/down the hall. Teach "home position".
| A1 | 8 | circle left 6 places
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| 8 | circle right 6 places
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| A2 | 8 | neighbors do si do once "ends do-si-do your opposite"
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once "middles do-si-do your opposite"
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| B1 | 8 | neighbors swing "ends swing your opposite"
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| 8 | neighbors swing "middles swing your opposite"
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| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | pass through to a new line of 3 ⁋
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Linda Leslie notes: Although I don't have the exact time that I wrote this dance, it must predate the first date I called it: 10/22/93 for the Appalachian Mountain Club, Joy Street, Boston. Especially useful for one night stands! Any combination of three. All dancers CAN do this dance, and it really mixes up the dancers. Great for weddings, etc. For these type evenings, I don't talk about #1 or #2 lines of three, or progression: rather I describe "home position". Once we have walked through the dance once, I then point out the couples who have come out at the top and/or bottom, asking them to wait out one time through the dance, turn around, and that this is when "home" changes. Works like a charm.....and the dancers are very happy finding new opposites for each cycle.
Original at http://www.lindalesliecaller.website/very-easy-dances.html
by: Moose Flores
introduces moves: star, custom
formation: Becket
| A1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| A2 | 8 | star right 4 places
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| 8 | star left 4 places
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| B1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| B2 | 16 | top 2 couples form line of 4 with arches, dance to the bottom, arching over everyone's heads. MEANWHILE everyone else step up the hall ⁋
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A good friend asked for a version of Riverside Jig that had a swing. I didn't want to lose the rest of the dance, so I rearranged the pieces.
Riverside Jig: https://contradb.com/dances/1918
by: Lynn Ackerson
they struggled with this one. Almost no one kept up with the timing. (This is when I decided to change the ending of my program)
introduces moves: custom, allemande, balance the ring, California twirl
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
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| 8 | middle 4 star right 4 places
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| A2 | 8 | partners allemande left 1½
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| 8 | other 4 star right 4 places
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| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
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| B2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | partners California twirl ⁋
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In this case there are 8 places in the circle, so going 4 places is equivalent to half way.
Brief announcement
by: Chestnut
included both "Strip the Willow" & "Peel the Banana". Took a while!
introduces moves: custom, down the hall, up the hall
formation: four couple longways set
Reel 4 x 40 bars. Four-couple set so sashays aren't numbingly long.
| A1 | 8 | long lines forward & back
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| 8 | long lines forward & back
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| A2 | 8 | partners allemande right once
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| 8 | partners allemande left once
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| B1 | 8 | partners two hand turn
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| 8 | partners do si do once
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| B2 | 8 | ones down the center sashay
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| 8 | ones up the center sashay
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| 8 | ones down the outsides, followed by twos threes fours,
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| 0 | ones form an arch
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| 8 | twos up the center under the arch, followed by threes fours ⁋
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"peel the banana" could be helpful language
Sashay til you're out of music
Original at MAXICRIB, Scottish country dancing instructions compiled by Reuben Freemantle: https://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/dance-crib/virginia-reel.html
by: Sherry Nevins
introduces moves: balance
formation: improper or proper
Begin joined hands four
| A1 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 8 | circle left 4 places
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| A2 | 4 | balance the ring
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| 4 | balance the ring
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| 8 | circle right 4 places
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| B1 | 8 | neighbors do si do once
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| 8 | partners do si do once (across the set)
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| B2 | 16 | neighbors do si do 1½ as couples (holding partner's hand) ⁋
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waltz & goodnight