Tapestry 2025/10/11 (offsite)

user: Mattie Rynkiewicz

Charles Thompson Hall Mixer

by: Mattie Rynkiewicz

introduces moves: custom, allemande, swing, promenade

formation: circle mixer

A1 8
into the middle & back
8
into the middle & back
A2 8
gentlespoons to the middle & back
8
ladles to the middle & back
B1 6
partners allemande right once
10
neighbors swing (new partner) ⁋
B2 16
partners promenade, gentlespoons on the inside

Airpants, Bradley Smith pass through

by: Lisa Greenleaf

introduces moves: long lines, 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.

Festival Reel

by: Will Mentor

introduces moves: custom, star, do si do

formation: Becket

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
long lines slice left & back ⁋
A2 8
star left - hands across - 4 places
8
star right - hands across - 4 places
B1 8
ladles do si do once
8
gentlespoons do si do once
B2 16
partners balance & swing

The Baby Rose

by: David Kaynor

introduces moves: chain

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't Get There From Here

by: Carol Ormand

(neighbor right shoulder round 3/2 to finish)

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

Heartbreak Contra (A2 ring balance)

by: Dugan Murphy

introduces moves: petronella

formation: improper

A1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
A2 4
balance the ring
12
neighbors swing
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
pass through ⁋

The Becket Reel

by: Herbie Gaudreau

introduces moves: right left through

formation: Becket

Double progression.

In long lines, your partner is on one side of you, and your shadow is on the other side of you.

A1 8
shadows allemande left once
8
partners swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles chain
B1 8
left diagonal right left through ⁋
8
right left through
B2 8
star left 4 places
8
star right 4 places

Butter

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: slide along set, hey

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

The Nice Combination

by: Gene Hubert

followed by waltz & break

introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing end facing down the hall
A2 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Right Left Through or Swing

by: Mattie Rynkiewicz

introduces moves: box circulate, custom

formation: four face four

A1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
A2 16
partners balance & swing, end in short waves with gentlespoons facing in, ladles facing out
B1 8
balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
8
balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right, ladles turn single half to face opposites across
B2 8
lines of four forward & back
8
left diagonal right left through, partner swing if no one is there

Those who do the left diagonal right left through do a butterfly whirl to face the next instead of a courtesy turn - those who get the 2nd partner swing end facing the next.

Name may change if I find something better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xysxSMP05DY

Heart of Glass

by: Cary Ravitz

made a major flub - totally forgot to call the hey and didn't realize the dance was only 48 beats until the dancers had been going for five minutes

introduces moves: star promenade, butterfly whirl

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
next neighbors swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½, keeping hands, pick up partner
4
star promenade left ½
4
butterfly whirl to face in
B1 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Cary Ravitz notes: This dance is an easier version of Through the Looking Glass, or you
might see it as Amy Kahn's Sweet Music with a different progression,
or Steve Zakon-Anderson's Twirling at the Alter with the progression
moved from the hey to the circle, or David Zinkin's Becky's Becket
with a different A2.

http://www.dance.ravitz.us/dance2011.htm#hg

Prince Harry

by: Mattie Rynkiewicz

formation: Becket

A1 4
balance the ring
12
gentlespoons do si do 1½
A2 4
balance the ring
12
ladles do si do 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
right diagonal right left through ⁋

Tune: Prince William (if possible)

If no one is on the right diagonal, don't move. Double progression.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBVU1_A9I4w

California Contra

by: Tony Parkes

introduces moves: California twirl

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 6
shadows allemande left once
10
partners swing
B2 12
circle left 5 places
4
partners California twirl ⁋