2024-03-18: Louisville, KY

Airpants

introduces moves: swing, long lines, allemande, circle, do si do

formation: improper

A1	16	neighbors balance & swing
A2	8	long lines forward & back
	8	ladles allemande right 1½
B1	16	partners balance & swing
B2	8	circle left 3 places
	8	neighbors do si do 1½ ⁋

Tica Tica Timing

by: Dean Snipes

introduces moves: promenade, chain, petronella, slide along set

formation: Becket

A1	8	circle left 3 places
	8	neighbors swing
A2	8	neighbors promenade
	8	ladles chain
B1	8	balance & petronella
	8	balance & petronella
B2	14	partners balance & swing
	2	slide left along set ⁋

Julian Bee notes that swapping the promenade for a R+L Thru is Linda Leslie's "Old Time Elixir #2", written in 1998. It's unclear when Dean wrote TTT, so both deserve a cross-reference. https://contradb.com/dances/474

Simple Gifts

by: Don Flaherty

introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, hey, pass through

formation: improper

start in line of four facing down, as if after a neighbor swing

A1	8	down the hall and right hand high, left hand low
	8	up the hall and turn alone to face partner
A2	16	partners start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
B1	16	partners balance & swing
B2	6	circle left 3 places
	2	pass through ⁋
	8	next neighbors swing - end facing down in a short line of four

Square: Cutaway and Robns Trade / Break: Grand Right and Left Variations

Rock the Cradle, Joe

by: Ridge Kennedy

introduces moves: Rory O'More, give & take, balance, form an ocean wave

formation: improper

Begin in an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands

A1	8	balance & Rory O'More right past neighbors
	8	balance & Rory O'More left
A2	16	neighbors balance & swing
B1	8	gentlespoons give & take partners
	8	partners swing
B2	8	circle left 3 places
	4	balance the ring
	2	pass through to next neighbors ⁋
	2	form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands

Boys From Urbana

by: John Coffman

introduces moves: zig zag

formation: Becket

A1	8	circle left 3 places
	6	zig left zag right, trailing two catching hands ⁋
	2	gentlespoons allemande left ½
A2	16	neighbors balance & swing
B1	8	long lines forward & back
	8	ladles allemande right 1½
B2	16	partners balance & swing

Equivalent Exchange

by: Bryan Suchenski

introduces moves: star

formation: Becket

ID home side. Begin in lines of 4 facing down.

A1	8	down the hall and turn alone
	8	up the hall and bend into a ring
A2	8	gentlespoons chain (right hand) - to neighbors
	8	star left 4 places - look away to next neighbors ⁋
B1	16	neighbors balance & swing
B2	8	ladles give & take partners (to home side)
	8	partners swing

Not a Figment of Your Imagination

by: Lynn Ackerson

introduces moves: custom, meltdown swing, right left through

formation: Becket

Note future neighbors on left diagonal

A1	8	partners promenade in courtesy turn position - loop wide left ⁋
	8	star left - hands across - 3 places
A2	0	gentlespoons turn out over right shoulder on home side
	16	neighbors meltdown swing
B1	8	gentlespoons allemande left 1½
	8	partners swing
B2	8	right left through
	4	ladles allemande right once returning to partner
	4	partners courtesy turn to face across (hold courtesy turn position)

Written for the band "The Figments" made up of Anna Patton, Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, and Owen Morrison

The Cure for the Claps

by: Bob Isaacs

This dance is not published.

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Square: Cutaway and Robns Trade / Break: Grand Right and Left Variations