Palo Alto 2025/08/09

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

Delphiniums and Daisies

by: Tanya Rotenberg

introduces moves: allemande, hey

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.

There You Go

by: Sue Rosen

This dance is not published.

Charismatic Megafauna

by: Linda Leslie

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

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!"

All You Can Eat

by: Ted Crane

introduces moves: gyre, meltdown swing

formation: improper

A1 8
next neighbors gyre once
8
ladles allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners meltdown swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
star left 4 places
8
neighbors gyre left shoulders once ⁋

(B2 ) Face across, your current neighbor is next to you; your Next neighbor is on the other side of you. Form a left hand star, ladles look back over their left shoulder to gyre their current neighbor. (A1) Find your next neighbor. The dance starts over with a right shoulder 'round with next neighbor.

Made in the Shade

by: Rick Mohr

introduces moves: long lines, pull by dancers, balance the ring, roll away

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
6
partners balance & pull by right
2
ladles pull by left
B1 6
neighbors balance & pull by right
2
gentlespoons pull by left
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay

Trip to Belfast

by: Luke Donforth

introduces moves: form a long wave

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 ⁋

(We're) In This Love Together

by: Chuck Abell

This dance is not published.

Feeling Giddy

by: Susan Petrick

This dance is not published.

Snow in July

by: Bill Baritompa

This dance is not published.

Read Between the Lines

by: Bob Isaacs

This dance is not published.