user: Kenny Greer
Chain Reaction by Charlotte Crittenden
Waltz/Break
No Walkthrough
by: Tori Barone
introduces moves: meltdown swing, long lines, allemande, swing, circle, pass through
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors meltdown swing
|
| A2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
|
| 8 | ladles allemande right 1½
| |
| B1 | 16 | partners balance & swing
|
| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
|
| 6 | circle left 3 places
| |
| 2 | pass through ⁋
|
Chain Reaction by Charlotte Crittenden
by: Paul Balliet
introduces moves: chain, hey, balance the ring
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
|
by: Tom Hinds
introduces moves: right left through, gyre, turn alone
formation: improper
| A1 | 16 | neighbors balance & swing
|
| A2 | 8 | right left through
|
| 8 | ladles chain
| |
| B1 | 6 | ladles gyre once
|
| 10 | partners swing
| |
| B2 | 8 | long lines forward & back
|
| 8 | gentlespoons allemande left 1½
| |
| 0 | gentlespoons turn alone to face new neighbor ⁋
|
Author's Notes:
In many dances, the dancers do a right and left through with their partners. Beginners who dance together often repeat the same mistakes, especially when doing the courtesy turn in a right and left through. Therefore, this dance was written so that the dancers courtesy turn with their corner.
The dance is named after Gene Hubert, a caller who now lives in Greensboro, North Carolina. The title, "Thanks to the Gene", is a takeoff on the contra written in honor of Ralph Page called "With Thanks to the Dean". Ralph Page was instrumental in preserving and reviving contra dances for the many years that he called.
Editor's Notes:
At the end of B2 the gentlespoons turn around to face a new neighbor. This is very satisfying if the gentlespoons give each other a slight push. I often demonstrate this.
Available: http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/acdol/dance/acd_157.html
by: Roger Diggle
introduces moves: form a long wave, form an ocean wave, pull by dancers
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
|
| 8 | ladles dance out while gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
| |
| A2 | 4 | gentlespoons allemande left ¾
|
| 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by left hands and neighbors by right hands
| |
| 4 | neighbors allemande right ½
| |
| 4 | form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
| |
| B1 | 2 | ladles pull by left
|
| 14 | partners swing
| |
| B2 | 8 | circle left 4 places
|
| 8 | ladles chain ⁋
|
Bob Fab notes: While it does not have waves at the sides, it has them in the middle so you can use it when the hall is too short for everyone to be in the same waves.
It is an excellent dance for incorporating a large group of beginners, because you hardly ever are without someone in your hand, and the storyline is nice.
Waltz/Break
by: Gene Hubert
No Walkthrough
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
|
by: Dean Snipes
introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall
formation: improper
| A1 | 8 | circle left 4 places
|
| 8 | neighbors swing, end in a line of four facing down
| |
| A2 | 8 | down the hall and turn as a couple
|
| 8 | up the hall and bend into a ring
| |
| B1 | 6 | circle left 3 places
|
| 10 | partners swing
| |
| B2 | 8 | ladles chain
|
| 8 | circle right 4 places and turn alone to face new neighbors ⁋
|
by: Dean Snipes
introduces moves: promenade, petronella
formation: Becket
| A1 | 8 | circle left 3 places
|
| 8 | neighbors swing
| |
| A2 | 8 | neighbors promenade
|
| 8 | ladles chain
| |
| B1 | 8 | balance & petronella
|
| 8 | balance & petronella
| |
| B2 | 14 | partners balance & swing
|
| 2 | slide left along set ⁋
|
Julian Bee notes that swapping the promenade for a R+L Thru is Linda Leslie's "Old Time Elixir #2", written in 1998. It's unclear when Dean wrote TTT, so both deserve a cross-reference. https://contradb.com/dances/474
by: Chart Guthrie
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 ⁋
|