2025-08-11 CBDC

user: Moose Flores

Table of Contents

  1. Intro Lesson NOT A DANCE by unknown
  2. Mad Scatter by Rick Mohr
  3. Boston Cream Pie by Don Veino

    Boston Cream Pie by Don Veino https://web.archive.org/web/20210125013304/http://veino.com/blog/?p=1401
  4. Harmony Supper Line by Jim Saxe
  5. The Slinky Walk variation by Moose Flores, Chris Page
  6. All Hands On Deck (inverted) by Dugan Murphy
  7. Charismatic Megafauna by Linda Leslie

  8. Waltz & break
  9. Happy as a Cold Pig in Warm Mud by Mike Boerschig
  10. Photo Cat Alices by Moose Flores
  11. The Illusion of Eight by Chris Page

    The Illusion of Eight by Chris Page http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=10814

  12. MEDLEY: The Witches Evening

  13. Waltz & g’night

  14. The Witches' Way (corrected) by Cis Hinkle

    Medley
  15. Salmonella Evening by Steve Zakon-Anderson

    Medley


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Intro Lesson NOT A DANCE

by: unknown

introduces moves: circle, allemande, do si do, swing, right left through, chain, long lines, star

formation: circle

Lesson: Circle, give weight, stay connected, AR, AL, DSD, Swing, courtesy turn & chain, better never than late.

A1 8
circle left 4 places
8
neighbors allemande left once
A2 8
neighbors do si do once
8
partners swing
B1 8
right left through
8
ladles chain
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
star left 4 places

Lesson: Circle L/R, F&B, give weight, stay connected, DSD, AL, AR, Swing, courtesy turn & chain, star. Better never than late, keep moving, "Keep smiling and all is forgiven", Everyone makes mistakes!

Mad Scatter

by: Rick Mohr

introduces moves: allemande orbit, promenade

formation: scatter mixer

Scattered circles of two or more couples

A1 8
circle left 4 places
8
neighbors do si do once
A2 8
partners allemande right 1½
8
ladles allemande left 1½ around while the gentlespoons orbit clockwise ½ around. Ladles star if more than two.
B1 16
partners balance & swing New partner
B2 16
partners promenade to find new group to circle with ⁋

In this mixer dancers form scattered groups with any number of couples. That makes for fun chaos, less transition panic (compared with 2-couple scatter mixers), and more flavors to enjoy as circle sizes vary.

The A2 allemande ends with ladles in the center facing counterclockwise and gentlespoons on the outside facing clockwise. If there are two ladles they allemande left for 8 beats; if there are more than two they star left for 8 beats. Either way, the gentlespoons orbit clockwise around the ladles. Then all balance and swing a new partner and promenade to a new group.

I tell the dancers it's a zero-stress dance. "If a couple wants to join your circle, let them in!" And no problem if you happen to keep the same partner now and then.

Boston Cream Pie

by: Don Veino

Boston Cream Pie by Don Veino https://web.archive.org/web/20210125013304/http://veino.com/blog/?p=1401

This dance is not published.

Harmony Supper Line

by: Jim Saxe

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande left 1½
8
ladles chain
A2 6
ladles allemande right once
10
partners swing
B1 6
circle left 3 places
10
neighbors swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
star right 4 places ⁋

The Slinky Walk variation

by: Moose Flores, Chris Page

introduces moves: slide along set, custom

formation: Becket

  • Designate ones and twos, then have each set turn 1 quarter to the left for Becket. Then verify that all the ones are on the same side. Ones progress leftward & down the hall.
  • It may help to walk through a colonnade once without arches, to demonstrate the paths, then add the ones' arch (left to left!)
  • Give the twos a chance to practice arching the colonnade during the walkthrough.
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
left colonnade - "ones arch, colonnade!" +
B2 16
partners balance & swing
  • Left Colonnade: ones join left hands to make an arch and hold that arch for the entire figure. Ladles trade positions by left-shoulder pass through with ladle two going under the arch (and the arch moves!). Gentlespoons trade by left shoulders with gentlespoon two going under the arch. Ladles trade back by left shoulders; gentlespoons trade back by left shoulders. Each trade has 4 beats of music, so there's no need to rush.

All Hands On Deck (inverted)

by: Dugan Murphy

introduces moves: hey, gyre

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing, then pull by hey:
A2 16
ladles start a hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - until gentlespoons meet the second time, gentlespoons allemande right once
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 10
gentlespoons do si do 1½
6
neighbors gyre left shoulders once ⁋

"Inverted" version of the original:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200124072734/http://www.duganmurphy.com/dances-i-wrote/

Charismatic Megafauna

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: give & take, 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!"

Waltz & break

Happy as a Cold Pig in Warm Mud

by: Mike Boerschig

introduces moves: custom, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners allemande right 1½
B1 8
The first gentlespoon and second ladle star left above, and the second gentlespoon and first ladle star left below
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Photo Cat Alices

by: Moose Flores

introduces moves: custom

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 4 places
4
balance the ring
4
long lines go back
A2 8
ladles chain
8
right left through
B1 8
star left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 14
gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
2
slide left along set ⁋

The name is a play on "photocatalysis"

The Illusion of Eight

by: Chris Page

The Illusion of Eight by Chris Page http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=10814

This dance is not published.

MEDLEY: The Witches Evening

Waltz & g’night

The Witches' Way (corrected)

by: Cis Hinkle

Medley

introduces moves: custom, arch & dive

formation: improper

A1 8
Double Wizard's Walk: ones split the twos; next twos split the ones
8
backing up, ones split these twos, then original twos split the ones
A2 8
balance & petronella (no clap)
8
partners swing
B1 8
balance & petronella (no clap)
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
ladles chain
6
circle right 3 places
2
ones arch twos dive ⁋

Double Wizard's Walk details: Ones are facing down; Twos are facing up. All are moving; all continue facing original direction during the entire move.
With first neighbors, twos separate and mirror pass through with the ones in the middle. With second neighbors, ones separate and mirror pass through with the twos in the middle.
Then, backing up all the way to place, mirror pass through with these same second neighbors with the ones in the middle (twos separate), then pass through the original neighbors with the twos in the middle (one separate), and you're back exactly where you started.

Written to go with the tune The Wizard's Walk. It's a tricky tune, but well worth it if the band can play it!

Salmonella Evening

by: Steve Zakon-Anderson

Medley

introduces moves: balance, pass through

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande right 1¾
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 8
balance & petronella
4
balance the ring
2
pass through ⁋