Dancing Fish 2025-08-30 (Saturday)

user: Kenny Greer

Airpants

by: Lisa Greenleaf

No Walkthrough

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 ⁋

Harmony Supper Line

by: Jim Saxe

introduces moves: chain, star

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 Hartmann Reel

by: Chart Guthrie

introduces moves: hey, right left through

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons right-hand chain
A2 16
gentlespoons start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
right left through
8
ladles chain ⁋

Sarah's Journey

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers

formation: improper

A1 4
neighbors box the gnat
4
gentlespoons pull by left
8
partners swing
A2 8
circle left 4 places
8
partners do si do once
B1 4
partners box the gnat
4
ladles pull by left
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
right left through
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Red Beard Reel by Bob Isaacs

Stephanie's "Keller" Swing

by: Kenny Greer

introduces moves: petronella, balance, custom, roll away, gyre, give & take

formation: Becket

A1 8
balance & petronella
4
neighbors balance
4
Star Thru (Use Inside Hands)
A2 8
long lines forward & back
0
ladles roll away next neighbors (Ladles Roll New Neighbor Gentlespoons In Front) ⁋
8
ladles chain
B1 8
ladles gyre 1½
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
gentlespoons give & take partners
8
partners swing

In the A2, the roll away is with your new neighbor. In order to be on time, the roll away happens on the way back (the last 4 beats) of the long lines. Ladles roll the gentlespoons away in front from the right to the left, allowing for a smooth transition into the chain.

Waltz/Break

Petronella Stomp

by: Tom Lehmann

No Walkthrough

formation: Becket

A1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella to a left hand star
B1 8
star left 4 places ⁋
8
ladles allemande right 1½ with next ladle; gentlespoons slide left 1 place
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Vote With Your Feet by Bob Isaacs

Road Weary by Bill Olson

Around the Sound

by: Cary Ravitz

introduces moves: custom

formation: Becket

A1 2
long lines forward
4
neighbors gyre ½
2
gentlespoons take neighbors
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
ladles start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
8
neighbors swing
B1 2
long lines forward
4
partners gyre ½
2
long lines back
8
star right 3 places and a little more until next larks are adjacent ⁋
B2 4
next larks allemande left ¾ while robins shift left
12
partners swing

Link to Cary's site: https://www.dance.ravitz.us/#as

"As suggested by Will Mentor, you can change the timing of this dance so that the first figures of A1 and B1 takes 4 counts each. Then the gentlespoons allemande moves to the end of B1 and the partner swing (or maybe gypsy and swing now) takes all of B2."

Rock Creek Reel

by: David Harris

introduces moves: form a long wave, down the hall, up the hall

formation: improper

A1 8
gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
8
gentlespoons dance out while ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
A2 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
partners swing and end facing down
B1 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing ⁋