Cincinnati

user: Nicholas Rockstroh

Table of Contents

  1. Tuesday Night Special by Larry Jennings
  2. Contra Essentialism by Nicholas Rockstroh
  3. Mystic to Montreal by Becky Hill
  4. Kimmswick Express by Gene Hubert


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Tuesday Night Special

by: Larry Jennings

introduces moves: swing, circle, promenade, chain, star

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 6
circle left 3 places
10
partners swing
B1 8
partners promenade
8
ladles chain
B2 8
neighbors promenade
8
star left 4 places to next neighbors

One of the great glossary dances. Simple figures and gentle timing, but not so comprehensive that it leaves you with no options to make the second dance feel distinctive. Definitely a favorite of mine.

Contra Essentialism

by: Nicholas Rockstroh

introduces moves: long lines, right left through, allemande

formation: improper

Note the hand in which the next neighbor's hand will be held in the long lines

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
right left through
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing and take hands with next neighbors in long lines ⁋

I was taking a course on gender and sexuality at the time I wrote this. The title is a double pun; "Contra is essential" is one meaning, "against cultural/biological essentialism" is another.

Mystic to Montreal

by: Becky Hill

introduces moves: hey, pass through

formation: Becket

A1 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
partners promenade
8
right left through
B2 7
circle left 3 places
2
pass through
7
circle right 3 places with new neighbors

Based on: "Connecticut to Quebec" by Becky Hill

Kimmswick Express

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: custom, do si do, balance

formation: square dance

A1 8
Heads forward & back
8
right left through Heads
A2 6
circle left 3 places Heads
2
pass through to face Sides
8
neighbors do si do 1¼ to a wave of 4 (2 ladles in the middle by the left, neighbor right)
B1 4
balance right & left
2
neighbors allemande right ½
2
gentlespoons allemande left ½
8
partners swing
B2 16
partners promenade along the set on the right to home

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