Palo Alto 2025/02/22

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 ⁋

Butter

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: slide along set, long lines, 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

Wave Riders

by: Ric Goldman

This dance is not published.

Southern Swing

by: Steve Zakon-Anderson

This dance is not published.

Jim's Whim

by: Rich MacMath

This dance is not published.

Tica Tica Timing

by: Dean Snipes

introduces moves: promenade, petronella

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

Pedal Pushers

by: Bob Dalsemer

introduces moves: star promenade, butterfly whirl, pass through, turn alone, custom

formation: improper

A1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
4
star promenade left ½ scooping your partner
4
butterfly whirl
A2 8
ladles do si do once
8
partners swing, form a ring
B1 4
balance the ring
2
pass through across the set to face out
2
turn alone to face around the ring (gentlespoons 90*, ladles 180*) +
8
single file promenade three places
B2 16
neighbors balance & swing ⁋
  • Gentlespoons are facing your partner on the side of the set, ladles you're facing across to face a new neighbor.

Iguana Go Dancing

by: Greg Frock

This dance is not published.

Ribbons for Shoe Laces

by: Dugan Murphy

introduces moves: give & take

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande left 1½
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
ladles give & take partners
8
partners swing
B2 8
partners promenade, shifting right along the side to face new neighbors
8
circle right 3 places

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.

Tranquility

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: form an ocean wave, balance

formation: Becket

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 4
pass through to an ocean wave - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
4
balance
4
pass through ⁋
4
form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
B2 4
ladles allemande left ½
12
partners swing