Twin Cities Queer Contra 2025/03/10

user: Mattie Rynkiewicz

Untitled simple circle dance, no progression

C & B Reel / Family Contra hybrid

Intergenerational Reel by Bob Dalsemer

Festival Reel II

by: Will Mentor

introduces moves: long lines, custom, star, circle, swing

formation: Becket

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
long lines slice left & back ⁋
A2 8
star left 4 places
8
star right 4 places
B1 8
circle right 4 places
8
circle left 4 places
B2 16
partners long swing

Millenium Bug (variant)

by: Erik Hoffman

introduces moves: custom

formation: 9-person mixer

A1 8
long lines forward & back (forward up eight, eight fall back)
8
lonesome person promenade to the bottom of the set, turn single
A2 16
circle left 9 places (hands nine)
B1 16
circle right 9 places (hands nine)
B2 16
four couples swing at random, new lonesome person to the top of the set ⁋

formation is one person short of Levi Jackson Rag - four couples becket and one lonesome person at the top of the set. the "bug"

Icebreaker Mixer

by: Mattie Rynkiewicz

introduces moves: allemande, custom

formation: duple mixer

A1 8
circle left 4 places
8
circle right 4 places
A2 8
partners allemande right once
8
partners allemande left once
B1 16
neighbors balance & swing ⁋
B2 16
neighbor is now partner; promenade around the hall and find another couple to dance with

Jesse & Lizzy

by: Beau Farmer

introduces moves: petronella, promenade

formation: improper

A1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
neighbors promenade
8
long lines forward & back
B2 16
ones balance & swing

Written for the wedding of two contra dancers

[DEPRECATED] Mason's Little Helpers

by: Mattie Rynkiewicz

introduces moves: roll away, balance the ring, pass through

formation: duple neutral, double progression

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 4
long lines forward, ones roll away twos
4
ones roll away twos with a half sashay on the way back
8
long lines forward & back
B1 16
twos balance & swing
B2 4
balance the ring
4
pass through ⁋
4
balance the ring
4
pass through ⁋

called positionally