2024-04-20 QCC

user: Moose Flores

Table of Contents

  1. Intro Lesson NOT A DANCE by unknown
  2. Harmony Supper Line by Jim Saxe
  3. Folklife Frolic by Lindsey Dono
  4. The Reminder by Louise Siddons

  5. Rollin' to the Grey Eagle by Hank Morris http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/236

  6. Bye, Bye, Baltimore by Bob Dalsemer http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=536

  7. waltz & break
  8. Beach Grass by Moose Flores
  9. Power Surge by Bob Isaacs and Beth Brill
  10. Qwill & Paper by Moose Flores
  11. Midwest Folklore by Orace Johnson

  12. waltz & goodnight


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Intro Lesson NOT A DANCE

by: unknown

introduces moves: circle, allemande, do si do, swing, right left through, chain, long lines, star

formation: circle

Lesson: Circle, give weight, stay connected, AR, AL, DSD, Swing, courtesy turn & chain, better never than late.

A1 8
circle left 4 places
8
neighbors allemande left once
A2 8
neighbors do si do once
8
partners swing
B1 8
right left through
8
ladles chain
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
star left 4 places

Lesson: Circle L/R, F&B, give weight, stay connected, DSD, AL, AR, Swing, courtesy turn & chain, star. Better never than late, keep moving, "Keep smiling and all is forgiven", Everyone makes mistakes!
Anyone can dance either role, or both. Anyone can ask anyone to dance. You can always say “no thank you” for any or no reason.

Harmony Supper Line

by: Jim Saxe

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande left 1½
8
ladles chain
A2 6
ladles allemande right once
10
partners swing
B1 6
circle left 3 places
10
neighbors swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
star right 4 places ⁋

Folklife Frolic

by: Lindsey Dono

introduces moves: box circulate

formation: improper

A1 8
star right 4 places
8
neighbors allemande right 1½
A2 8
balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
8
balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
B1 8
balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

The Reminder

by: Louise Siddons

introduces moves: hey, meltdown swing

formation: duple minor

A1 8
neighbors allemande right 1½
8
gentlespoons chain
A2 16
gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
B1 16
partners meltdown swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons do si do 1½ OR balance and pull by

Intended to make a left-hand chain feel good, to be accessible to new dancers, and to have flow that facilitates positional calling. Tested at Dance, Music and Spice Week (Camp Cavell 2019), where dancer Ruth Scodel said that it reminded her why she fell in love with contra dancing.

Rollin' to the Grey Eagle by Hank Morris http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/236

waltz & break

Beach Grass

by: Moose Flores

introduces moves: custom, balance, Rory O'More

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B1 8
right left through
8
long lines forward & back
B2 4
Gentlespoons walk, Ladles dodge, forming long wavy lines +
4
balance the wave
8
balance & Rory O'More right ⁋
  • Walk & Dodge: Gentlespoons walk across the set, Ladles step left one place to be behind their partner.

Power Surge

by: Bob Isaacs and Beth Brill

introduces moves: slice, petronella

formation: Becket

A1 8
slice left and straight back ⁋
8
ladles chain
A2 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B1 16
neighbors balance & swing
B2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing

Qwill & Paper

by: Moose Flores

introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall

formation: improper

Designate ones and twos.
The dance begins in lines of four, with the ones in the center.

A1 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and turn alone facing the center
A2 16
twos start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
twos meltdown swing, end facing up, then separate to the sides
B2 16
ones meltdown swing, end facing down to pick up next neighbors ⁋

For Qwill, on their birthday.

Midwest Folklore

by: Orace Johnson

introduces moves: slide along set

formation: Becket

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors do si do once
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners do si do once
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Bob Isaacs notes: Hailing from Urbana, IL, Orace Johnson was a pillar of the Midwest contra community until his passing in 1991 while contra dancing. This simple dance is as pure as it gets. It also inspired one of the best contra books, Midwest Folklore, a collection of the best dances from the Midwest’s best choreographers.

waltz & goodnight