KW 2025-06-21 Vancouver w/ No Mean Feat

user: Koren A Wake

Everybody Dance

by: Jim Hemphill

introduces moves: swing, long lines, star, meltdown swing, circle, balance the ring, arch & dive

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
star right 3 places
B1 16
partners meltdown swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
twos arch ones dive ⁋

Can be called without role terms (but still requires that the neighbor swing ends in the progressed position).

Forgotten Treasure

by: Beth Parkes

or Kinematic Vorticity

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

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain ⁋

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

Mirror, Mirror

by: Jim Kitch

or Rollin' & Tumblin'

introduces moves: box the gnat, mad robin, pass by, right left through

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
8
mad robin, gentlespoons in front
A2 2
gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
14
partners meltdown swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
right left through
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Heartbeat Contra

by: Don Flaherty

introduces moves: petronella, gyre, balance, California twirl

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 ⁋

Zag it Back

by: Jacqui Grennan

introduces moves: slice, allemande, 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.

waltz & break

Sarah's Journey

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: pull by dancers, do si do

formation: improper

A1 4
neighbors box the gnat
4
gentlespoons pull by left
8
partners swing
A2 8
circle left 4 places
8
partners do si do once
B1 4
partners box the gnat
4
ladles pull by left
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
right left through
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Down by the Riverside 3-face-3

by: Melanie Axel-Lute

introduces moves: custom, contra corners

formation: three face three

With your two partners, face another line of 3 up & down the set (or around a sicilian circle). "Active" partner in the middle of your line of 3.

A1 8
lines of 3 forward & back
8
neighbors do si do once (the person opposite)
A2 16
twos contra corners (center people)
B1 8
opposite neighbor two hand turn once, end in original place
8
circle left 3 places (hands six, circle halfway)
B2 16
trios basket swing, end facing direction of travel with new "active" in the middle

It's difficult to get ContraDB's presets to really work here.

Luck be a Lady

by: John Coffman

introduces moves: hey

formation: Becket

A1 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
B2 16
partners balance & swing and slid left to new couples ⁋

David K's Reel

by: Bob Isaacs

This dance is not published.

Charismatic Megafauna

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: give & take, promenade, slide along set

formation: Becket

Identify next neighbors on left diagonal.

A1 4
gentlespoons give & take neighbors
12
neighbors swing
A2 8
ladles chain
6
partners promenade
2
slide right along set (j-hook) ⁋
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Linda's notes:

"Written for our friends Lucia Watson and Jeff Weiler so they could twirl like crazy in the chain. In 2017, I actually switched the sequences: the dance used to start at the B1. I like this much better!"