Space Coast 2025-02-08

Tuesday Night Special

introduces moves: swing, circle, promenade, chain, star

formation: improper

A1	16	neighbors balance & swing
A2	6	circle left 3 places
	10	partners swing
B1	8	partners promenade
	8	ladles chain
B2	8	neighbors promenade
	8	star left 4 places to next neighbors

One of the great glossary dances. Simple figures and gentle timing, but not so comprehensive that it leaves you with no options to make the second dance feel distinctive. Definitely a favorite of mine.

Contra Essentialism

by: Nicholas Rockstroh

introduces moves: long lines, right left through, allemande

formation: improper

Note the hand in which the next neighbor's hand will be held in the long lines

A1	8	long lines forward & back
	8	neighbors swing
A2	8	right left through
	8	ladles allemande right 1½
B1	16	partners balance & swing
B2	8	gentlespoons allemande left 1½
	8	neighbors swing and take hands with next neighbors in long lines ⁋

I was taking a course on gender and sexuality at the time I wrote this. The title is a double pun; "Contra is essential" is one meaning, "against cultural/biological essentialism" is another.

First Hey

by: Paul Balliet

introduces moves: hey, balance the ring, pass through

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 balance & swing
B2	8	circle left 3 places
	4	balance the ring
	4	pass through

Tica Tica Timing

by: Dean Snipes

introduces moves: petronella, slide along set

formation: Becket

A1	8	circle left 3 places
	8	neighbors swing
A2	8	neighbors promenade
	8	ladles chain
B1	8	balance & petronella
	8	balance & petronella
B2	14	partners balance & swing
	2	slide left along set ⁋

Julian Bee notes that swapping the promenade for a R+L Thru is Linda Leslie's "Old Time Elixir #2", written in 1998. It's unclear when Dean wrote TTT, so both deserve a cross-reference. https://contradb.com/dances/474

The Summer of '84 by Gene Hubert and Steve Schnur

Tall Paul's Shop

by: Charlotte Crittenden

introduces moves: roll away, mad robin

formation: improper

A1	4	long lines forward
	4	gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
	8	mad robin, gentlespoons in front
A2	8	star right - hands across - 4 places
	8	ladles allemande right 1½
B1	16	partners balance & swing
B2	6	circle left 3 places
	10	neighbors swing ⁋

Very clockwise, keep in mind if intending to call with other dizzying dances.

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Airpants

by: Lisa Greenleaf

No Walkthrough

introduces moves: do si do

formation: improper

A1	16	neighbors balance & swing
A2	8	long lines forward & back
	8	ladles allemande right 1½
B1	16	partners balance & swing
B2	8	circle left 3 places
	8	neighbors do si do 1½ ⁋

Cats and More Cats

by: Melanie Axel-Lute

introduces moves: Rory O'More

formation: Becket

A1	6	circle left 3 places
	2	pass through ⁋
	8	next neighbors allemande right 1½ to long waves, ladles facing out
A2	8	balance & Rory O'More right
	8	balance & Rory O'More left
B1	16	neighbors balance & swing
B2	6	circle left 3 places
	10	partners swing

Zag it Back

by: Jacqui Grennan

introduces moves: slice, zig zag

formation: Becket

A1	8	slice left and straight back ⁋
	8	ladles allemande left 1½
A2	16	neighbors balance & swing
B1	6	circle left 3 places
	6	neighbors zig left zag right
	4	shadows allemande left once
B2	16	partners balance & swing

The timing is fuzzy in the B1 but it does all fit.

Cherokee Shuffle

by: David Kaynor

introduces moves: form an ocean wave, California twirl

formation: improper

A1	8	circle left 4 places
	8	neighbors do si do once
A2	16	neighbors balance & swing
B1	4	gentlespoons allemande left ½
	4	form an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by left hands and partners by right hands
	8	partners swing
B2	8	circle left 3 places
	4	balance the ring
	4	partners California twirl (look for new neighbors) ⁋

From a CD by the 'String Beings'

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