Alameda 2023/11

user: Dane Wallinga

Culver City Contra

by: James Hutson

This dance is not published.

Heartbeat Contra

by: Don Flaherty

introduces moves: petronella, balance the ring, swing, gyre, circle, balance, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
A2 4
balance the ring
12
neighbors swing
B1 8
ladles gyre 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
partners balance
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Mad Robin Swing

by: Tom Lehmann

This dance is not published.

Stripes and Solids

by: Lisa Greenleaf

This dance is not published.

The Nice Combination

by: Gene Hubert

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

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing end facing down the hall
A2 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Heart of Glass

by: Cary Ravitz

introduces moves: pass through, allemande, star promenade, butterfly whirl, hey

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

Working Stiff

by: John Coffman

introduces moves: mad robin, square through

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 6
circle left 3 places
10
partners swing
B1 8
ladles chain
8
mad robin, ladles in front
B2 16
square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left, then repeat ⁋

They Stayed Here When They Disappeared

by: Heidi Wettlaufer

introduces moves: do si do, form an ocean wave, meltdown swing

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
4
form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands in short waves
4
ladles allemande left ½
A2 16
partners meltdown swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B2 16
gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends ⁋

Heidi's original dance replaced the B1 with

LLFB
Ladles chain
Ladles full hey right

but I have both too many dances without Neighbor swings and too many dances with long lines - neither of those are necessary here, so I opted for the B1 above.

Patience

by: Chris Page

introduces moves: long lines, promenade

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
partners promenade
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B2 16
neighbors long swing

B&B

by: Robert Cromartie

This dance is not published.

You Can Get There From Here

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: Rory O'More, custom

formation: improper

Dance starts in short wavy lines: from improper formation, neighbors take right hands, ladles take left in the center.

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places and walk forward
4
form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands -forward and back
4
walk forward to ⁋
0
form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands

Happy Trails to You

by: Dean Snipes

introduces moves: roll away

formation: Becket

A1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain left diagonal to shadow
B1 4
balance the ring
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay (across, maybe past/future neighbors)
4
balance the ring
4
gentlespoons roll away shadows with a half sashay (along)
B2 16
partners balance & swing ⁋

via Bradley at Meet Me In Saint Louis