3/12/2025 Wed Contra, Wilmington, NC

user: Casey Caison

Table of Contents

  1. Easy Peasy by Diane Silver
  2. Pooh Bear's Holiday by Robert Cromartie
  3. Heartbeat Contra by Don Flaherty
  4. Tica Tica Timing by Dean Snipes


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Easy Peasy

by: Diane Silver

introduces moves: swing, long lines, allemande, circle, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Pooh Bear's Holiday

by: Robert Cromartie

introduces moves: pass by, down the hall

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
4
neighbors allemande right once
4
ladles pass by left shoulders
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 16
down the hall and turn as a couple
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing

Named in honor of the author's then-young daughter

Heartbeat Contra

by: Don Flaherty

introduces moves: petronella, gyre, balance

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 ⁋

Tica Tica Timing

by: Dean Snipes

introduces moves: promenade, chain, 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