Circle Left 2025/06

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

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

Heart of Glass

by: Cary Ravitz

introduces moves: pass through, allemande, star promenade, butterfly whirl, hey

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
next neighbors swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½, keeping hands, pick up partner
4
star promenade left ½
4
butterfly whirl to face in
B1 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Cary Ravitz notes: This dance is an easier version of Through the Looking Glass, or you
might see it as Amy Kahn's Sweet Music with a different progression,
or Steve Zakon-Anderson's Twirling at the Alter with the progression
moved from the hey to the circle, or David Zinkin's Becky's Becket
with a different A2.

http://www.dance.ravitz.us/dance2011.htm#hg

Trip to Belfast

by: Luke Donforth

introduces moves: form a long wave, long lines

formation: improper

A1 8
gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
8
gentlespoons dance out while ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
A2 8
ladles allemande right 1¼
8
partners swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles do si do 1½
B2 16
neighbors balance & swing ⁋

Kitchen Stomp

by: Becky Hill

introduces moves: petronella

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B1 8
ladles chain
8
balance & petronella
B2 8
balance & petronella
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Kinematic Vorticity

by: Carol Ormand

introduces moves: gate, down the hall, up the hall

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back ⁋
8
twos gate ones to face down the set
A2 8
down the hall and turn alone
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing

JoLaine Jones Pokorney notes that this is a good dance for enabling dancers of limited mobility to keep up. Here are some more: http://jolainejonespokorney.blogspot.com/2018/03/if-you-stumble-make-it-part-of-dance.html?m=1

Monday

by: Jim Hemphill

introduces moves: meltdown swing, right left through

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande right 1½
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners meltdown swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
right left through
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Zag it Back

by: Jacqui Grennan

introduces moves: slice, zig zag

formation: Becket

A1 8
slice left and straight back ⁋
8
ladles allemande left 1½
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 6
circle left 3 places
6
neighbors zig left zag right
4
shadows allemande left once
B2 16
partners balance & swing

The timing is fuzzy in the B1 but it does all fit.

Mad, Mad World

by: Martha Wild

introduces moves: mad robin, pass by, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
mad robin, ladles in front
A2 2
ladles pass by left shoulders
14
partners meltdown swing
B1 4
pass through across the set
4
partners California twirl
8
mad robin, gentlespoons in front
B2 2
gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
14
neighbors meltdown swing ⁋

Dirty Rotten Double Crosser

by: Don Veino

This dance is not published.

A Dance for Dan

by: Bill Olson

introduces moves: box the gnat

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles allemande left 1½
A2 8
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
8
partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing ⁋