2024-02-10 Valparaiso (Church hall has hard floor. Careful!)

user: Moose Flores

Table of Contents

  1. (no lesson, since most arrive ~7p)

  2. Animal Parade by Luke Donforth http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=15624

  3. Ease About Mixer by Gene Hubert (Var. by Cis Hinkle) in notebook http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=781

  4. Mardi Gras by Dan Luecking http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=15490

  5. Unmasked by Drew Delaware (var.) http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=16774
  6. Lavender and Lilac by John Coffman

  7. break & waltz
  8. Green Lake Twirl by Isaac Banner
  9. Coconut Cream Pie by Lynn Ackerson
  10. Penny Farthing by Moose Flores
  11. The Slinky Walk by Moose Flores, Chris Page

  12. waltz & goodnight


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(no lesson, since most arrive ~7p)

Ease About Mixer by Gene Hubert (Var. by Cis Hinkle) in notebook http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=781

Lavender and Lilac

by: John Coffman

introduces moves: swing, allemande, long lines, chain, petronella

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B2 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella + (look for new neighbors) ⁋

http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/168-lavender-and-lilac

break & waltz

Green Lake Twirl

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: slice, give & take, circle, do si do, Rory O'More

formation: Becket

A1 4
slice left ⁋
4
gentlespoons take neighbors
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners do si do 1¼ into short waves
B1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Inspired by Cheat Lake Twirl by Perry Shafran

Coconut Cream Pie

by: Lynn Ackerson

introduces moves: custom, 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
8
middle 4 star right 4 places
A2 8
partners allemande left 1½
8
other 4 star right 4 places
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 4 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

In this case there are 8 places in the circle, so going 4 places is equivalent to half way.

Penny Farthing

by: Moose Flores

introduces moves: custom

formation: improper

A great big 'circle' & small circle, like the penny farthing bicycle.

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
oval left
8
oval right, returning to original set
B1 8
circle right 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
gentlespoons chain
8
long lines forward & back ⁋

A2) when oval right, "look for your partner" to know how far to come back.
when out at the ends: you may oval, but do not circle.
B2) gentlespoons chain: courtesy turn is clockwise, and you end up standard (gentlespoon on left), across from your partner (where you were at the end of the neighbor swing).

A short about the Penny Farthing: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4otrEFf_jM0

The Slinky Walk

by: Moose Flores, Chris Page

introduces moves: slide along set, star, custom

formation: Becket

  • Designate ones and twos, then have each set turn 1 quarter to the left for Becket. Then verify that all the ones are on the same side. Ones progress leftward & down the hall.
  • It may help to walk through a colonnade once without arches, to demonstrate the paths, then add the ones' arch (left to left!)
  • Give the twos a chance to practice arching the colonnade during the walkthrough.
A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places
B1 16
left colonnade - "ones arch, colonnade!" +
B2 16
partners balance & swing
  • Left Colonnade: ones join left hands to make an arch and hold that arch for the entire figure. Ladles trade positions by left-shoulder pass through with ladle two going under the arch (and the arch moves!). Gentlespoons trade by left shoulders with gentlespoon two going under the arch. Ladles trade back by left shoulders; gentlespoons trade back by left shoulders. Each trade has 4 beats of music, so there's no need to rush.

waltz & goodnight