Palo Alto 2024/11

user: Dane Wallinga

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

Heartbeat Contra

by: Don Flaherty

introduces moves: petronella, balance the ring, gyre, 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

Cutler Coast

by: Dugan Murphy

introduces moves: Rory O'More, allemande, cross trails, form an ocean wave

formation: improper

start in short wave, neighbor by right, ladles by left

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left, ladles slide extra to meet partner on opposite side
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing
B2 4
balance the ring
4
cross trails - partners across the set right shoulders, neighbors along the set left shoulders ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do 1¼
0
form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands

Kinematic Vorticity

by: Carol Ormand

introduces moves: gate, down the hall, up the hall

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back ⁋
8
twos gate ones to face down the set
A2 8
down the hall and turn alone
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing

JoLaine Jones Pokorney notes that this is a good dance for enabling dancers of limited mobility to keep up. Here are some more: http://jolainejonespokorney.blogspot.com/2018/03/if-you-stumble-make-it-part-of-dance.html?m=1

A Sure Thing

by: Chris Page

introduces moves: poussette, meltdown swing

formation: improper

A1 6
half poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then left
10
neighbors 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
ladles chain
8
circle right 4 places ⁋

Mary Cay's Reel

by: David Kaynor

introduces moves: pull by direction, form a long wave

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pull by right
8
next neighbors allemande left once
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing (original neighbor)
B1 8
long lines forward & back
4
ladles allemande right ¾
0
ladles form a long wave in the center
4
ladles allemande left ¾ with the next while gentlespoons slide left to meet their partner ⁋
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Sleepwalking

by: Bronwyn Woods

introduces moves: roll away, pass through, turn alone, custom

formation: Becket ccw

A1 4
long lines forward
4
gentlespoons roll away partners on way back
4
pass through across the set
2
turn alone to the right
2
single file promenade along set to next neighbors
A2 8
star right - hands across - 4 places
0
gentlespoons drop out
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B1 16
neighbors balance & swing
B2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing

Princeton Petronellas

by: Bob Isaacs

This dance is not published.

Angel's Flight

by: Sue Rosen

This dance is not published.

Cows are Watching (Variation)

by: Cary Ravitz

introduces moves: zig zag

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 4 places
8
zig left zag right, new ladles catch left hands ⁋
B2 6
ladles allemande left once
10
partners swing

A variation of the dance by Bill Pope and Judy Goldsmith. Progression is indecent.

Vallimont's Silver Hammer

by: Luke Donforth

This dance is not published.