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Table of Contents

  1. Monday Night in Ballard by Mike Richardson
  2. You Can Get There From Here by Linda Leslie
  3. A Thing of Trust by Chris Page
  4. Still Deciding by David Smuckler
  5. Butter by Gene Hubert
  6. I'll Hold You In My Arms by Maia McCormick

  7. BREAK
  8. Easy Peasy by Diane Silver
  9. In Cahoots by Rick Mohr
  10. Becky's Brouhaha by Rhiannon Giddens
  11. Delphiniums and Daisies by Tanya Rotenberg
  12. Green Lake Twirl by Isaac Banner


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Monday Night in Ballard

by: Mike Richardson

introduces moves: swing, long lines, allemande, do si do, circle, pull by dancers

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles allemande left 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
gentlespoons do si do once
6
circle left 3 places
2
neighbors pull by right

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

A Thing of Trust

by: Chris Page

introduces moves: poussette, chain

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.

Still Deciding

by: David Smuckler

introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall

formation: improper

A1 8
down the hall and turn alone 1s in center
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
circle left 3 places 2s let go and 1s move down center to new line of 4 (2s assist)

Butter

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: slide along set, hey

formation: Becket

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B2 16
partners balance & swing

http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/437-butter-by-gene-hubert-becket

I'll Hold You In My Arms

by: Maia McCormick

introduces moves: petronella

formation: improper

A1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 16
neighbors balance & swing ⁋

BREAK

Easy Peasy

by: Diane Silver

introduces moves: balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

In Cahoots

by: Rick Mohr

introduces moves: balance, pass through

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
partners allemande left 1½ to form an ocean wave
B1 4
balance forward and back
4
pass through to form an ocean wave with shadows
4
balance forward and back
4
shadows allemande left ¾
B2 14
partners balance & swing
2
slide left along set ⁋

Becky's Brouhaha

by: Rhiannon Giddens

introduces moves: box the gnat, star

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
2
neighbors pull by right to prev neighbors
6
prev neighbors allemande left once - return to current neighbors
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places - reach right hand to next neighbors ⁋

Delphiniums and Daisies

by: Tanya Rotenberg

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande left 1½
8
ladles chain
A2 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
partners long swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors allemande right 1½ ⁋

Written in 1985 for the 20th anniversary of her parents' wedding, these being their wedding flowers.

Green Lake Twirl

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: slice, give & take

formation: Becket

A1 4
slice left ⁋
4
gentlespoons take neighbors
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners do si do 1¼ into short waves
B1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Inspired by Cheat Lake Twirl by Perry Shafran