Louisville, KY 2025-07-28

user: Nicholas Rockstroh

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

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.

Autumn Air

by: Cary Ravitz

introduces moves: hey, pass through

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
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B2 7
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
7
circle right 3 places

circle mixer

A Cure for the Claps

by: Bob Isaacs

This dance is not published.

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Cows are Watching

by: Bill Pope and Judy Goldsmith

introduces moves: balance the ring, roll away, zig zag

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles allemande right 1½
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 4
balance the ring
4
gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay Across the set
8
zig left zag right ⁋
B2 8
gentlespoons allemande left once Next Gentlespoons, once and a bit
8
partners swing

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The Amazing Sarah Wilcox

by: Tom Hinds

introduces moves: pass by, balance, California twirl

formation: progressed improper

from improper, trade places with neighbors and face back into the same group of 4

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
3
partners pass by right shoulders
3
neighbors pass by left shoulders
2
partners pass by right shoulders, stay facing out
B2 4
neighbors balance
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay ⁋
4
next neighbors balance
4
next neighbors California twirl

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