Circle Left 2024/06

user: Dane Wallinga

Cascades

by: Orace Johnson

introduces moves: meltdown swing, allemande, swing, down the hall, up the hall, circle, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors meltdown swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B1 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

The Baby Rose

by: David Kaynor

introduces moves: do si do, chain, star

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners do si do once
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places to new neighbors

Anastasia

by: Daniel Morse

This dance is not published.

Snow in July

by: Bill Baritompa

This dance is not published.

Celebrating 60

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: Rory O'More, form long waves

formation: improper

start in long waves, neighbors by right, ladles face in

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 6
circle left 3 places
10
partners swing
B2 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
neighbors allemande left 1¾ ⁋
0
form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out

Mad, Mad World

by: Martha Wild

introduces moves: long lines, mad robin, pass by, pass through

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
mad robin, ladles in front
A2 2
ladles pass by left shoulders
14
partners meltdown swing
B1 4
pass through across the set
4
partners California twirl
8
mad robin, gentlespoons in front
B2 2
gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
14
neighbors meltdown swing ⁋

Kitchen Stomp

by: Becky Hill

introduces moves: petronella

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B1 8
ladles chain
8
balance & petronella
B2 8
balance & petronella
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Hocus Pocus

by: Lisa Greenleaf

introduces moves: hey

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends right shoulder
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Trip to Brown University

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: form a long wave

formation: improper

A1 8
ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
8
ladles dance out while gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
A2 4
gentlespoons allemande left ¾
2
neighbors pass by right shoulders
2
ladles pass by left shoulders
8
partners swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors do si do once
B2 16
neighbors balance & swing ⁋

Wrinkled Ribbon

by: Melanie Axel-Lute

This dance is not published.

Tranquility

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: form an ocean wave, balance

formation: Becket

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 4
pass through to an ocean wave - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
4
balance
4
pass through ⁋
4
form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
B2 4
ladles allemande left ½
12
partners swing

Train Delay

by: Maia McCormick

introduces moves: slide along set, box the gnat

formation: Becket

Shadow is next to you.

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places
B1 8
shadows right hand balance & box the gnat
8
shadows do si do 1½
B2 16
partners balance & swing

In the second half of B1, pull by R at the start of the do-si-do for some extra momentum.

Written on a stuck train to Princeton, NJ, late 2014, and first called March 2015 in Silver Spring, MD.