2016-09-26: Louisville, KY

user: Chet Gray

Taking Liberties with Jefferson

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 ⁋

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.

The Cure for the Claps

by: Bob Isaacs

This dance is not published.

Rang Tang Contra

by: Ridge Kennedy

introduces moves: custom, star

formation: improper

A1 6
neighbors rang tang right
6
partners rang tang left
6
neighbors rang tang right
6
partners rang tang left
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places to new neighbor ⁋

What are rang tangs?
Rang-tang right = allemande right once along sets, gentlespoons cross over.

Rang-tang left = allemande left once along sets, gentlespoons cross over.

Mac McKeever has it as written by Ridge Kennedy. It came to me as "by unknown", via to C. A. Gray and Diane Silver, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbeDG5jmKvE .

Also: Chet keeps on insisting that there's an amorphous 24 beats of rangtanging, during which a minor set can do any number of iterations. Not German Enough For Me!

Ad Vielle

Sarah's Journey

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers, right left through

formation: improper

A1 4
neighbors box the gnat
4
gentlespoons pull by left
8
partners swing
A2 8
circle left 4 places
8
partners do si do once
B1 4
partners box the gnat
4
ladles pull by left
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
right left through
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Eleanor's Reel