KW 2024-03-09 Olympia w/ Hayden, Marni, Dave, & Julie

user: Koren A Wake

Table of Contents

  1. I'll Hold You In My Arms by Maia McCormick
  2. You Can Get There From Here by Linda Leslie
  3. Phoebe's Becket by Linda Leslie
  4. Dance Both Rolls by Yoyo Zhou
  5. Lavender and Gold by Jim Hemphill

  6. waltz & break
  7. Susan's Slide by Cary Ravitz
  8. Spring Break (variation) by Nils Fredland
  9. Mirror, Mirror by Jim Kitch
  10. Hume Fogg Reel by Susan Kevra


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I'll Hold You In My Arms

by: Maia McCormick

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

formation: improper

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

You Can Get There From Here

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: Rory O'More, circle, form an ocean wave, 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

Phoebe's Becket

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, pass through, do si do

formation: becket

Start in short lines four with dancers next to their partner, as though following a partner swing, and ending to face down the hall.

A1 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
A2 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do once
B1 16
neighbors balance & swing
B2 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
partners swing

Dance Both Rolls

by: Yoyo Zhou

introduces moves: balance the ring, roll away, hey

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
balance & petronella
4
balance the ring
4
gentlespoons roll away partners left to right along
B1 4
balance the ring
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors left to right across
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain to neighbors
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends to face next neighbors ⁋

Lavender and Gold

by: Jim Hemphill

introduces moves: give & take, right left through, square through

formation: Becket

A1 8
gentlespoons give & take neighbors
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
right left through
8
left diagonal ladles chain to shadow
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
square through two - next neighbors balance & pull by right, then shadows pull by left ⁋
B2 16
partners balance & swing

waltz & break

Susan's Slide

by: Cary Ravitz

introduces moves: slice, gyre

formation: Becket

A1 8
slice left and straight back ⁋
2
pass through across the set
6
partners allemande right ¾ to short wave, gentlespoons join lefts in the middle
A2 8
balance & Rory O'More right, gentlespoons slide 1 place ladles slide 2 places
8
neighbors swing
B1 2
pass through across the set
6
neighbors allemande right ¾ to short wave, gentlespoons join lefts in the middle
8
balance & Rory O'More right, gentlespoons slide 1 place ladles slide 2
B2 8
partners gyre once
8
partners swing

Spring Break (variation)

by: Nils Fredland

formation: improper

Begins hands-4 in a ring.

A1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet
8
partners swing
B2 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
neighbors do si do once and form a ring

Variation by Nils.

Mirror, Mirror

by: Jim Kitch

introduces moves: box the gnat, mad robin, pass by, meltdown swing, star

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
8
mad robin, gentlespoons in front
A2 2
gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
14
partners meltdown swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
right left through
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Hume Fogg Reel

by: Susan Kevra

introduces moves: balance

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through
8
next neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 6
ladles allemande right once
6
partners allemande left 1½
4
gentlespoons allemande right once
B2 4
partners balance
12
partners swing

The allemands aren't exactly as indicated above - the idea is to make sure all three happen in time for the Balance at the top of the B2