2017-01-02: Louisville, KY

user: Chet Gray

Table of Contents

  1. Broken Sixpence v. with Chains by Don Armstrong

  2. Box the Gnat Contra by Becky Hill
  3. Heartbeat Contra by Don Flaherty
  4. Butter by Gene Hubert

  5. Rock the Cradle, Joe

  6. [waltz]

  7. [break]
  8. Simplicity Swing by Becky Hill

  9. Don't Think, Dance

  10. Smooth Sailing

  11. Dancing Spell
  12. Awesome Double Progression Dance by Donna Calhoun

  13. [waltz]


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Broken Sixpence v. with Chains

by: Don Armstrong

introduces moves: do si do, swing, down the hall, up the hall, chain

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
ladles do si do once
A2 8
gentlespoons do si do once
8
ones swing and face down
B1 8
down the hall and turn alone
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B2 8
ladles chain to partner
8
ladles chain to neighbor ⁋

Bob Isaacs notes: A very forgiving dance, this has long been a common first contra of the evening for many callers.

This version found in Bob Isaacs' "50 Easy Dances" document: https://www.jefftk.com/files/contra_dances_cdny.doc

Another version replaces chains with circle/star: https://contradb.com/dances/883

Box the Gnat Contra by Becky Hill

Heartbeat Contra

by: Don Flaherty

introduces moves: petronella, balance the ring, gyre, circle, balance, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
A2 4
balance the ring
12
neighbors swing
B1 8
ladles gyre 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
partners balance
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Butter

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: slide along set, long lines, hey

formation: Becket

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B2 16
partners balance & swing

http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/437-butter-by-gene-hubert-becket

Rock the Cradle, Joe

[waltz]

[break]

Simplicity Swing

by: Becky Hill

introduces moves: star

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain to neighbor
B2 8
star left 4 places ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do once

Don't Think, Dance

Smooth Sailing

Dancing Spell

Awesome Double Progression Dance

by: Donna Calhoun

formation: improper

A1 8
down the hall and turn alone 1s in center
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
A2 8
circle left 4 places
8
star left 4 places ⁋
B1 16
neighbors balance & swing NEW Neighbor
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ones swing end facing down ⁋

Written one night when I left my cards on the kitchen table. Sent a friend
to retrieve them, but in the meantime wrote this as a stopgap. It remained
nameless for a couple of years till Robert Cromartie called it and afterward
Gene Hubert asked "What was the name of that Awesome Double
Progression Dance?"

[waltz]