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user: Chet Gray

The Merry-Go-Round (Das Ringelspiel)

by: Heiner Fischle

introduces moves: do si do, swing, long lines, circle, pass through

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
circle left 3 places
B1 8
partners do si do once
8
partners swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋

Fidelity Reel by Bill Wellington

Kitchen Stomp by Becky Hill

Mad Robin in Love

by: Greg Frock

introduces moves: mad robin, pass by, balance the ring, California twirl

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

Delphiniums and Daisies

by: Tanya Rotenberg

introduces moves: allemande, chain, hey

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande left 1½
8
ladles chain
A2 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
partners long swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors allemande right 1½ ⁋

Written in 1985 for the 20th anniversary of her parents' wedding, these being their wedding flowers.

Simplicity Swing

by: Becky Hill

introduces moves: star

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

Penicillin

by: Nicholas Rockstroh

introduces moves: roll away, gyre, petronella

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
neighbors swing
A2 4
long lines forward
4
ladles roll away neighbors with a half sashay
8
ladles allemande left 1½
B1 8
partners gyre once meltdown to
8
partners swing -end in ring of 4
B2 8
balance & petronella spin right one place
4
balance the ring
4
pass through ⁋

Notes: Written to medley with Steve Zakon-Anderson and Louis Cromartie’s dance Salmonella Evening. Preserves the progression from that dance while doing some different stuff beforehand. Perfectly enjoyable on its own, but the name only makes sense in the context of the medley. Inspired by a conversation I had with Josiah Roberts.

The Wise People of Chicago

by: Bradley Smith

introduces moves: meltdown swing, turn alone

formation: Becket ccw

A1 16
gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet second time to neighbors
A2 16
neighbors meltdown swing
B1 4
long lines forward
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay on the way back (roll right to left)
8
mad robin, gentlespoons in front (CCW around current neighbors, facing partners)
B2 0
turn alone to face Next neighbors
6
circle left 3 places
10
partners swing

Written for the Wise family.

Thanks, Charlie

by: Becky Hill

introduces moves: balance, custom

formation: improper

Gentlespoons ID home side

A1 8
neighbors do si do 1¼ to a wave of 4
4
balance right and left
4
neighbors allemande right once
A2 6
ladles allemande left 1½
10
partners swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
star right - hands across - 4 places, until gentlespoons are on their home side
B2 0
gentlespoons drop out at home
8
ladles chain to neighbor
8
star left 4 places ⁋