02.23.25 Hayward Contra

user: Sarah Trop

Pizza Shop

by: Yoyo Zhou

introduces moves: slice, chain, allemande, swing, down the hall, up the hall, circle

formation: Becket

A1 8
slice left and straight back ⁋
8
ladles chain
A2 8
ladles allemande right once
8
neighbors 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
8
partners swing

You Can Get There From Here

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: Rory O'More, form an ocean wave, custom

formation: improper

Dance starts in short wavy lines: from improper formation, neighbors take right hands, ladles take left in the center.

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places and walk forward
4
form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands -forward and back
4
walk forward to ⁋
0
form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands

The Eyes Have It

by: Becky Hill

introduces moves: slide along set, mad robin, hey

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 4 places
2
slide left along set
8
ladles chain
A2 8
mad robin, ladles in front
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing

Potpurri

by: Bob Isaacs

introduces moves: balance, roll away, long lines

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors balance and star through (inside hand)
8
ladles chain
A2 4
balance the ring
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors across the set
8
partners swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back ⁋
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends to new neighbors

Uncle Fred's Contra

by: Dean Snipes

introduces moves: do si do

formation: Becket

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors do si do once and a little bit more to
A2 0
form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
8
balance & Rory O'More right
4
neighbors allemande left ¾
4
prev neighbors allemande right once
B1 16
neighbors balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 4 places
8
partners swing

Sweet Vicki

by: Becky Medcalf

called by Becky Medcalf

introduces moves: star, pass through

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
star right - hands across - 3 places
A2 8
star left - hands across - 3 places with next neighbors, ladles peel off to new ladle, gentlespoons follow partner
8
circle right 3 places with original neighbors
B1 4
balance
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay across
8
partners swing on opposite site of the set
B2 6
circle left 3 places ⁋
2
pass through
8
neighbors swing

written for Vicki Lapp

BREAK

Hume Fogg Reel

by: Susan Kevra

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through
8
next neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 6
ladles allemande right once
6
partners allemande left 1½
4
gentlespoons allemande right once
B2 4
partners balance
12
partners swing

The allemands aren't exactly as indicated above - the idea is to make sure all three happen in time for the Balance at the top of the B2

Folklife Frolic

by: Lindsey Dono

introduces moves: box circulate

formation: improper

A1 8
star right 4 places
8
neighbors allemande right 1½
A2 8
balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
8
balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
B1 8
balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Cupid's Clout

by: Susan Petrick

introduces moves: poussette, meltdown swing, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 6
half poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then left
10
neighbors swing
A2 6
half poussette - ladles pull partners back then left
10
ladles start a hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - until partners meet the second time
B1 16
partners meltdown swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Train Delay

by: Maia McCormick

introduces moves: box the gnat

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.

Centrifugal Hey

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: right left through

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande right 1½
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center +
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
right left through
6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋

Bob Isaacs notes: One of Gene Hubert’s best, which is really saying something. As good a full hey dance as any ever written.

+partners right, ladles left, neighbor right, gentlespoons left

Heartbeat Contra

by: Don Flaherty

introduces moves: petronella, gyre

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 ⁋