24-10-24-Lake-City

user: Abigail Golden

Table of Contents

  1. Joe by Don Flaherty
  2. A Dance for Dan by Bill Olson
  3. Quesadilla on the Half Shell by Shannon Horst
  4. Hotpoint Special by Joseph Pimentel

  5. The Eyes Have Hills by Abigail Golden

  6. announcements
  7. 24th of October by Don Lennartson

  8. waltz, break
  9. Zombies of Sugar Hill, The by Gene Hubert
  10. Four Have Sprung by Yoyo Zhou
  11. Barack Me, Obamadeus by Maia McCormick
  12. Heartbeat Contra by Don Flaherty
  13. Boys From Brooklyn by Donna Hunt

  14. waltz


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Joe

by: Don Flaherty

introduces moves: circle, swing, give & take, chain, long lines, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

Please walk this dance thru before taking to the dance floor, any feed back would be appreciate you can E-mail do14flah@aol.com
thanks Don Flaherty

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
A2 8
gentlespoons give & take neighbors
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
ladles chain to partner
8
long lines forward & back
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl to face new neighbors ⁋

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A Dance for Dan

by: Bill Olson

introduces moves: allemande, box the gnat, hey

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles allemande left 1½
A2 8
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
8
partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing ⁋

Quesadilla on the Half Shell

by: Shannon Horst

introduces moves: down the hall, pass through, up the hall, do si do

formation: improper

based on: https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=2413

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing, end facing down the hall
B1 6
down the hall and bend into a ring (gentlespoon 2, ladle 2, gentlespoon 1 ladle 1)
2
pass through across the set, reform line across coming up the hall (ladle 1, gentlespoon 1, ladle 2, gentlespoon 2)
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B2 8
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
6
next neighbors do si do once

B1, pass through across the set by the right shoulder

Hotpoint Special

by: Joseph Pimentel

introduces moves: form an ocean wave, custom, slide along set, right left through

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B1 4
balance the ring
8
pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, partners by right on the sides
2
partners allemande right ½
2
gentlespoons allemande left ½
B2 4
form an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by left hands and neighbors by right hands
2
everyone take one step forward, turn to face right, and single-file one place clockwise
2
slide left along set single-file, gentlespoons leading ⁋
8
right left through with next neighbors

The Eyes Have Hills by Abigail Golden

announcements

24th of October

by: Don Lennartson

introduces moves: star, box circulate

formation: Becket

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
A2 8
star left 4 places to progress ⁋
8
next neighbors allemande right 1½ to long waves, gentlespoons face in
B1 8
balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
8
balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
B2 8
balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
8
partners swing

Editor's Notes:
Based on Steve Schnur's 24th of June.

This dance is from William Watson's mirror of American Country Dances On Line
All rights reserved by the author; used by permission.
Added to database 3/19/1997; last revised 3/5/1999; edited by Russell Owen

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Zombies of Sugar Hill, The

by: Gene Hubert

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 4
circle left 2 places
2
slide left along set with your neighbor to face a new couple
6
circle left 3 places
4
neighbors California twirl to face your partner
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

from "Dizzy Dances, vol. II"

Four Have Sprung

by: Yoyo Zhou

introduces moves: form long waves, Rory O'More, pull by dancers

formation: Becket

Line up improper to have couples identify their 1st neighbors, 2nd neighbors, and 3rd neighbors, then turn one place to the left for Becket.

A1 8
circle left 3 places
2
1st neighbors allemande right ½
2
2nd neighbors allemande left ½
2
3rd neighbors allemande right ½
2
form long waves - gentlespoons face in, ladles face out ¹
A2 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
2nd neighbors swing ² ⁋
B1 8
long lines forward & back
2
ladles pull by right
2
partners pull by left
4
gentlespoons allemande right once
B2 16
partners balance & swing

¹ 3rd neighbors in right hand, gentlespoons face in at partner's back
² this is your new minor set

http://epicyclic.org/dance/compositions.html#four

For the organizers of Fall Has Sprung, the 12-hour dance in Grass Valley: Dan Skeahan, Eric Engels, Joyce Miller, and Lisa Frankel. You also get to see four of your neighbors each time through.

Some have suggested, in the B1, changing the pull by left to an allemande left 1/2. I prefer the timing with a pull by, but the allemande left 1/2 may be better in a crowded hall.

Barack Me, Obamadeus

by: Maia McCormick

introduces moves: meltdown swing, promenade

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors meltdown swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
B1 16
partners meltdown swing
B2 8
partners promenade
6
circle right 3 places
2
pass through by the left ⁋

Written for Brooklyn Contra on 8/4/17, which is Obama's birthday, hence the title. Smooth dance with a hey-like figure up/down the set and a satisfying promenade > circle right transition.

Heartbeat Contra

by: Don Flaherty

introduces moves: petronella, gyre, balance

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 ⁋

Boys From Brooklyn

by: Donna Hunt

introduces moves: zig zag

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 3 places
6
zig left zag right, trailing two catching hands ⁋
2
gentlespoons allemande left ½
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing new neighbor
B1 4
balance & petronella
4
partners allemande left ¾
8
ladles allemande right once
B2 16
partners balance & swing

*March 2015 Dedicated to all the musicians from Brooklyn that I’ve called with over the years. When asked which musicians I wanted to work with for the March 2015 gig in Brooklyn, I said, “Those Brooklyn boys” so they hired Danny, Marco, Jody, Sam, Bob and Michael.
A1 credit to John Coffman

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