New Albany, IN 2024-09-05ⁿ

user: Nicholas Rockstroh

Table of Contents

  1. The Baby Rose by David Kaynor
  2. No Title WIP by Nicholas Rockstroh
  3. Opening Break by Bob Isaacs

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  4. Middle Break by Bob Isaacs

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  5. Closing Break by Bob Isaacs

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  6. Kimmswick Express by Gene Hubert

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  7. Hey in the Barn by Chart Guthrie

    medley
  8. Butter by Gene Hubert

    medley

  9. waltz
  10. Giant Robot Dance by Linda Leslie
  11. moving lines of three by dunno

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  12. Fairport Harbor pass through B2 by Paul Balliet


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The Baby Rose

by: David Kaynor

introduces moves: swing, circle, 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 ⁋

No Title WIP

by: Nicholas Rockstroh

introduces moves: long lines, allemande, right left through, pull by dancers

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
right left through
6
ladles do si do once
2
partners pull by left
B2 8
gentlespoons allemande right 1½
8
neighbors swing ⁋

Opening Break

by: Bob Isaacs

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introduces moves: custom, promenade

formation: Square Break

A1 8
Identify partners, neighbors, opposites
8
partners swing
A2 8
circle left 4 places
8
circle right 4 places
B1 6
neighbors allemande left once
10
grand right and left
B2 8
partners do si do once
8
partners promenade home

Middle Break

by: Bob Isaacs

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introduces moves: custom

formation: Square Break

A1 6
neighbors allemande left once
10
grand right and left
A2 8
partners do si do once
8
partners swing
B1 6
neighbors allemande left once
10
grand right and left
B2 8
partners do si do once
8
partners swing

Closing Break

by: Bob Isaacs

square

introduces moves: custom

formation: Square Break

A1 6
neighbors allemande left once
10
grand right and left
A2 8
partners do si do once
8
partners swing
B1 6
neighbors allemande left once
10
weave the ring
B2 16
partners long swing

Kimmswick Express

by: Gene Hubert

square

introduces moves: custom, pass through, balance

formation: square dance

A1 8
Heads forward & back
8
right left through Heads
A2 6
circle left 3 places Heads
2
pass through to face Sides
8
neighbors do si do 1¼ to a wave of 4 (2 ladles in the middle by the left, neighbor right)
B1 4
balance right & left
2
neighbors allemande right ½
2
gentlespoons allemande left ½
8
partners swing
B2 16
partners promenade along the set on the right to home

Hey in the Barn

by: Chart Guthrie

medley

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
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - ____ in center, ____ on ends ⁋

Butter

by: Gene Hubert

medley

introduces moves: slide along set

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

waltz

Giant Robot Dance

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: give & take

formation: Becket

double progression

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
neighbors do si do once
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
next neighbors swing ⁋
B2 4
gentlespoons give & take partners
12
partners swing

"Written for Dance Flurry, 2009 and the Band!" - Linda

moving lines of three

by: dunno

square

introduces moves: custom

formation: Square

A1 2
active couple out to the right
8
circle left 4 places
2
active gent to the next and circle three
2
active gent takes that lady to the next couple
8
circle left 4 places
2
custom form lines of three with lonesome gents
8
long lines forward & back
B1 4
gentlespoons do si do once
4
lines of three trade the ladies with a right hand high and a left hand low to make new lines of three and new lonesome gents
48
keep going until you meet your partner
16
partners long swing

Fairport Harbor pass through B2

by: Paul Balliet

introduces moves: turn alone, gyre

formation: Becket

On side of the set with your partner, ladles, face your not-your-partner and freeze.

A1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½ same two. Ladles snatch your neighbor in promenade position as he comes in
8
neighbors promenade along the set on the right counterclockwise big oval
A2 2
ladles turn alone over their right shoulder to ⁋
6
next neighbors gyre once
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
neighbors promenade along the set on the right home (til across from partner)
8
ladles chain to partner
B2 4
pass through across the set
12
partners swing

Obsoleted by http://contradb.com/dances/504

During the pass through, have the gentlespoons walk ahead of their partner. This improves the transition into the swing.

Paul Balliet notes: The idea to progress in a promenade came from Gene Hubert's dance, "Gang of Four." I first called this at the 1993(?) "Balance and Swim," a favorite dance party thrown by Charlotte and Rich Cobos in West Virginia.

Fairport Harbor lies east of Cleveland along Lake Erie.

Russel Owen Notes:
Teaching tip (especially helpful for less experienced dancers): while dancers are swinging their new neighbor, mention that if you have your partner then you are about to be out. Otherwise such couples may attempt to join the ladles chain.

Calling tip: remind the dancers who are out to join the promenade. It can be difficult to recover if a couple forgets.

This dance is from American Country Dances On Line
http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/acdol/dance/acd_52.html

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