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Table of Contents

  1. Airpants by Lisa Greenleaf
  2. Tica Tica Timing by Dean Snipes
  3. A Thing of Trust by Chris Page
  4. Triassic Poetry by Lindsey Dono
  5. Stir Crazy by Erik Weberg
  6. Centrifugal Hey by Gene Hubert

  7. BREAK
  8. Neighbor, Neighbor On the Wall by Maia McCormick
  9. You Can Get There From Here by Linda Leslie
  10. Splitting Hairs by Chris Page
  11. Spring Break (variation) by Nils Fredland
  12. Rollin' to the Grey Eagle by Hank Morris


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Airpants

by: Lisa Greenleaf

introduces moves: swing, long lines, allemande, circle, 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 ⁋

Tica Tica Timing

by: Dean Snipes

introduces moves: promenade, chain, 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

A Thing of Trust

by: Chris Page

introduces moves: poussette

formation: improper

A1 6
half poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then left clockwise ⁋
10
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
circle left 3 places
B1 6
half poussette - gentlespoons pull neighbors back then left clockwise
10
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain to neighbor
8
circle right 4 places

Notes from Bob Isaacs: Written on August 7, 2012 as a smushing together of the B2/A1 of "A Sure Thing" and A2/B1 of "Trust," to put both transitions in the same dance. Chris learned to dance and call at Glenside before moving to San Diego a decade ago. This dance has it all; a new transition, good flow into both swings, and the beautiful/circle R/pousette progression.

Triassic Poetry

by: Lindsey Dono

introduces moves: pass by, gyre, hey

formation: improper

A1 2
neighbors pass by right shoulders
6
next neighbors gyre left shoulders once
8
neighbors swing original neighbor
A2 8
long lines forward & back ⁋
8
gentlespoons allemande left ½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends

video available: http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/496-triassic-poetry-by-lindsey-dono-duple-improper

Stir Crazy

by: Erik Weberg

introduces moves: pass through, square through

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through
8
next neighbors swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners do si do once
B1 16
square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left, then repeat
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Centrifugal Hey

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: right left through

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande right 1½
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center +
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
right left through
6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋

Bob Isaacs notes: One of Gene Hubert’s best, which is really saying something. As good a full hey dance as any ever written.

+partners right, ladles left, neighbor right, gentlespoons left

BREAK

Neighbor, Neighbor On the Wall

by: Maia McCormick

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back ⁋
8
neighbors swing (this is a new neighbor)
A2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing (the one you already swung)

Written for a workshop at YDW '17 to practice communication with neighbors.

You Can Get There From Here

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: Rory O'More, form an ocean wave, custom

formation: improper

Dance starts in short wavy lines: from improper formation, neighbors take right hands, ladles take left in the center.

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places and walk forward
4
form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands -forward and back
4
walk forward to ⁋
0
form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands

Splitting Hairs

by: Chris Page

introduces moves: star

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places
B1 8
partners gyre once (Ladles turn over right shoulder)
8
partners swing
B2 8
partners promenade ¾ to next
8
neighbors do si do once as a couple ⁋

On the promenade, curve slightly to face the next

Spring Break (variation)

by: Nils Fredland

formation: improper

Begins hands-4 in a ring.

A1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet
8
partners swing
B2 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
neighbors do si do once and form a ring

Variation by Nils.

Rollin' to the Grey Eagle

by: Hank Morris

introduces moves: roll away

formation: improper

A1 4
long lines forward
4
ladles roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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
8
neighbors swing