River Falls Lodge 2025-01-18

user: Kenny Greer

Table of Contents

  1. Midwest Folklore by Orace Johnson
  2. Small Potatoes by Jim Kitch
  3. Roll in the Hey by Roger Diggle
  4. Zag it Back by Jacqui Grennan
  5. Rock Creek Reel by David Harris

  6. Waltz

  7. Waltz

  8. Waltz
  9. Butter by Gene Hubert

    No Walkthrough
  10. Rant and Roar by Russell Owen

  11. The Summer of '84 by Gene Hubert and Steve Schnur
  12. With Thanks to the Gene by Tom Hinds
  13. Cherokee Shuffle by David Kaynor


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Midwest Folklore

by: Orace Johnson

introduces moves: slide along set, circle, do si do, swing

formation: Becket

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors do si do once
16
neighbors balance & swing
8
circle left 3 places
8
partners do si do once
16
partners balance & swing

Small Potatoes

by: Jim Kitch

introduces moves: chain

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 4 places
8
ladles chain
B1 8
ladles do si do once
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
next neighbors do si do once ⁋

Roll in the Hey

by: Roger Diggle

introduces moves: long lines, hey

formation: improper

A1 8
circle left 4 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B2 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends turn away from this neighbor to a new neighbor to progress

Zag it Back

by: Jacqui Grennan

introduces moves: slice, allemande, 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.

Rock Creek Reel

by: David Harris

introduces moves: form a long wave, down the hall, up the hall

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 1½
8
partners swing and end facing down
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
neighbors swing ⁋

http://www.folkdancecamp.org/assets/Contra-RockCreekReelSFDC2014.pdf

Waltz

Waltz

Waltz

Butter

by: Gene Hubert

No Walkthrough

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

http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/437-butter-by-gene-hubert-becket

Rant and Roar

by: Russell Owen

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

formation: improper

A1 6
neighbors allemande right once
4
ladles pass by left shoulders
6
partners swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B2 0
form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out with left hand to neighbor ⁋
8
balance & Rory O'More right past new neighbor
8
balance & Rory O'More left

Original can be found at ACDOL.

The Summer of '84 by Gene Hubert and Steve Schnur

With Thanks to the Gene

by: Tom Hinds

introduces moves: right left through, gyre, turn alone

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
right left through
8
ladles chain
B1 6
ladles gyre once
10
partners swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
0
gentlespoons turn alone to face new neighbor ⁋

Author's Notes:
In many dances, the dancers do a right and left through with their partners. Beginners who dance together often repeat the same mistakes, especially when doing the courtesy turn in a right and left through. Therefore, this dance was written so that the dancers courtesy turn with their corner.
The dance is named after Gene Hubert, a caller who now lives in Greensboro, North Carolina. The title, "Thanks to the Gene", is a takeoff on the contra written in honor of Ralph Page called "With Thanks to the Dean". Ralph Page was instrumental in preserving and reviving contra dances for the many years that he called.

Editor's Notes:
At the end of B2 the gentlespoons turn around to face a new neighbor. This is very satisfying if the gentlespoons give each other a slight push. I often demonstrate this.

Available: http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/acdol/dance/acd_157.html

Cherokee Shuffle

by: David Kaynor

introduces moves: form an ocean wave, balance the ring, 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'