Gulfport, MS 2024-11-17 (Birthday Party Contra)

user: Kenny Greer

Table of Contents

  1. Midwest Folklore by Orace Johnson
  2. Greetings by Tori Barone

  3. Waltz

  4. Chain Reaction by Charlotte Crittenden
  5. Butter by Gene Hubert
  6. Hey in the Barn by Chart Guthrie
  7. Airpants by Lisa Greenleaf


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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

Greetings

by: Tori Barone

introduces moves: meltdown swing, long lines, allemande, pass through

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors meltdown swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋

Waltz

Chain Reaction by Charlotte Crittenden

Butter

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: chain, 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

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

Hey in the Barn

by: Chart Guthrie

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - ____ in center, ____ on ends ⁋

Airpants

by: Lisa Greenleaf

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 ⁋