Sacramento 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.

Power Exchanges

by: Elio Lewis

This dance is not published.

Surfing the Set

by: Bob Isaacs and Richard Alan Fisher

introduces moves: promenade, box circulate

formation: improper

Introduce new neighbor by looking past first Neighbor

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B1 8
partners promenade
8
ladles do si do 1½ to face out in long wavy line
B2 8
balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
8
balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right to next neighbor ⁋

Delphiniums and Daisies

by: Tanya Rotenberg

introduces moves: 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.

Once More With Feeling

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: balance, box the gnat, petronella

formation: improper

A1 4
neighbors balance right hand
4
neighbors box the gnat
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella and turn to face new neighbors

Tranquility

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: long lines, form an ocean wave, pass through

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

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.

Mad, Mad World

by: Martha Wild

introduces moves: mad robin, pass by

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 ⁋

Rocks and Dirt

by: Erik Weberg

This dance is not published.

Trip to Belfast

by: Luke Donforth

introduces moves: form a long wave

formation: improper

A1 8
gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
8
gentlespoons dance out while ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
A2 8
ladles allemande right 1¼
8
partners swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles do si do 1½
B2 16
neighbors balance & swing ⁋