Circle Left 2025/01

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

Cascades

by: Orace Johnson

introduces moves: meltdown swing, allemande, down the hall, up the hall, 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 ⁋

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.

Trip to Belfast

by: Luke Donforth

introduces moves: form a long wave, long lines

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 ⁋

Charismatic Megafauna

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: give & take, promenade, slide along set, petronella

formation: Becket

Identify next neighbors on left diagonal.

A1 4
gentlespoons give & take neighbors
12
neighbors swing
A2 8
ladles chain
6
partners promenade
2
slide right along set (j-hook) ⁋
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Linda's notes:

"Written for our friends Lucia Watson and Jeff Weiler so they could twirl like crazy in the chain. In 2017, I actually switched the sequences: the dance used to start at the B1. I like this much better!"

Jenny Goes to Camp

by: Steve Zakon-Anderson

This dance is not published.

20 Below

by: Bill Olson

introduces moves: balance, custom

formation: Becket

Nice to start with a couple out at the top because the progression is in A2
Last time thru likewise should start with a couple out at top

A1 8
circle left 3 places to wavy line across, L in cntr
4
balance wave
4
move forward to new wavy line (progression) ⁋
A2 8
balance the wave
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
B2 16
partners balance & swing (start again with same neighbors)

Snow in July

by: Bill Baritompa

This dance is not published.

All You Can Eat

by: Ted Crane

introduces moves: gyre

formation: improper

A1 8
next neighbors gyre once
8
ladles allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners meltdown swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
star left 4 places
8
neighbors gyre left shoulders once ⁋

(B2 ) Face across, your current neighbor is next to you; your Next neighbor is on the other side of you. Form a left hand star, ladles look back over their left shoulder to gyre their current neighbor. (A1) Find your next neighbor. The dance starts over with a right shoulder 'round with next neighbor.

Bob the Surfer

by: Dugan Murphy

introduces moves: form long waves, box circulate

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors allemande right 1½
B2 0
form long waves - gentlespoons face in, ladles face out
8
balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
8
balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right, look to next neighbors

New Sweetheart

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: mad robin

formation: Becket

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
mad robin, gentlespoons in front
A2 6
circle left 3 places
10
neighbors swing
B1 8
right diagonal ladles chain
8
star left 4 places
B2 16
partners balance & swing ⁋