Elisabeth Monica Bellingham 2025.10.11

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Table of Contents

  1. Airpants, Bradley Smith pass through by Lisa Greenleaf

  2. Bob's Valentine by Chris Ricciotti https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=11974
  3. Hey in the Barn by Chart Guthrie
  4. First Hey by Paul Balliet
  5. 20 Below by Bill Olson

  6. Waltz

  7. Break

  8. Mistakes Happen; Have Fun by Julian Blechner https://contradances.tumblr.com/post/145541633285/mistakes-happen-have-fun

  9. Summer of 84 by Gene Hubert and Steve Schner (Seth Tepfer v) https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=16948
  10. Butter by Gene Hubert
  11. Jubilation (var) by Cary Ravitz

  12. Waltz


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Airpants, Bradley Smith pass through

by: Lisa Greenleaf

introduces moves: swing, long lines, allemande, circle, balance the ring, pass through

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
4
balance the ring
4
pass through to new neighbors ⁋

Bradley Smith Notes: Originally, the last figure of this dance was a neighbor do-si-do 1 1/2, but I usually swap it for the ring balance and pass through to make the progression as simple as possible for inexperienced dancers.

Hey in the Barn

by: Chart Guthrie

introduces moves: chain, hey

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - ____ in center, ____ on ends ⁋

First Hey

by: Paul Balliet

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
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
pass through

20 Below

by: Bill Olson

introduces moves: balance, custom

formation: Becket

Nice to start with a couple out at the top because the progression is in A2
Last time thru likewise should start with a couple out at top

A1 8
circle left 3 places to wavy line across, L in cntr
4
balance wave
4
move forward to new wavy line (progression) ⁋
A2 8
balance the wave
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
B2 16
partners balance & swing (start again with same neighbors)

http://www.billolsondance.com/billsdances.html

Waltz

Break

Summer of 84 by Gene Hubert and Steve Schner (Seth Tepfer v) https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=16948

Butter

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: slide along set

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

Jubilation (var)

by: Cary Ravitz

introduces moves: right left through

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B1 8
gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
8
partners swing
B2 8
right left through
8
ladles chain ⁋

Author's Notes:

This dance started out as a variation of Jubilation by Gene Hubert in which the partner allemande is replaced by a swing and the gentlespoons start the hey. This gives the same swing / 1/2 hey / swing sequence as in Diagonal Discovery, also by Gene Hubert. The dance is further modified by replacing the gentlespoons allemande left 1+1/2 and long lines with circle left 3/4 and right and left through, which moves the middle of the dance to the opposite side of the set.

Waltz