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Table of Contents

  1. Airpants by Lisa Greenleaf
  2. Still More O'Moore by Jim Kitch
  3. Hocus Pocus by Lisa Greenleaf
  4. Train Delay by Maia McCormick
  5. Wrinkled Ribbon by Melanie Axel-Lute
  6. Marshmallows in Flight by Rich Goss

  7. BREAK
  8. Still Deciding by David Smuckler
  9. Triassic Poetry by Lindsey Dono
  10. You Can't Get There From Here by Carol Ormand
  11. Becky's Brouhaha by Rhiannon Giddens
  12. Delphiniums and Daisies by Tanya Rotenberg
  13. Recombobulated by Chris Page


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Airpants

by: Lisa Greenleaf

introduces moves: swing, long lines, allemande, circle, do si do

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors do si do 1½ ⁋

Still More O'Moore

by: Jim Kitch

introduces moves: pass through, Rory O'More

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
next neighbors swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners allemande right 1½ to long waves
B1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Hocus Pocus

by: Lisa Greenleaf

introduces moves: chain, hey, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends right shoulder
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Train Delay

by: Maia McCormick

introduces moves: slide along set, star, box the gnat

formation: Becket

Shadow is next to you.

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places
B1 8
shadows right hand balance & box the gnat
8
shadows do si do 1½
B2 16
partners balance & swing

In the second half of B1, pull by R at the start of the do-si-do for some extra momentum.

Written on a stuck train to Princeton, NJ, late 2014, and first called March 2015 in Silver Spring, MD.

Wrinkled Ribbon

by: Melanie Axel-Lute

introduces moves: promenade

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 balance & swing
B2 8
partners promenade across & loop wide to new neighbors (J-hook) ⁋
8
circle right 3 places

Marshmallows in Flight

by: Rich Goss

introduces moves: roll away, give & take

formation: improper

A1 4
balance the ring
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay along
4
balance the ring
4
gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay across
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 4
gentlespoons give & take partners
12
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

BREAK

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)

Triassic Poetry

by: Lindsey Dono

introduces moves: pass by, gyre

formation: improper

A1 2
neighbors pass by right shoulders
6
next neighbors gyre left shoulders once
8
neighbors swing original neighbor
A2 8
long lines forward & back ⁋
8
gentlespoons allemande left ½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends

video available: http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/496-triassic-poetry-by-lindsey-dono-duple-improper

You Can't Get There From Here

by: Carol Ormand

introduces moves: balance, form long waves, form an ocean wave

formation: improper

Begin in short wavy lines with ladles in the center and ones facing down the set.

A1 4
balance the wave
4
neighbors allemande right ¾ to
0
form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out the wave
4
balance
4
neighbors allemande right ¾
A2 0
form an ocean wave - gentlespoons by left hands and neighbors by right hands
4
balance the wave
12
neighbors swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors do si do 1¾ ⁋
0
form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands in short waves

Becky's Brouhaha

by: Rhiannon Giddens

introduces moves: pull by dancers

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.

Recombobulated

by: Chris Page

introduces moves: petronella, meltdown swing

formation: Becket

A1 2
slide left along set to next neighbors ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B1 8
star left - hands across - 4 places
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
B2 16
partners meltdown swing