Dancing Fish 2025-08-31 (Sunday)

user: Kenny Greer

Small Potatoes

by: Jim Kitch

No Walkthrough

introduces moves: swing, circle, chain, do si do

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 4 places
8
ladles chain
B1 8
ladles do si do once
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
next neighbors do si do once ⁋

Simplicity Swing

by: Becky Hill

Called by Shea Saint Laurent

introduces moves: long lines, star

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain to neighbor
B2 8
star left 4 places ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do once

Mystic to Montreal

by: Becky Hill

introduces moves: hey, promenade, right left through, pass through

formation: Becket

A1 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
partners promenade
8
right left through
B2 7
circle left 3 places
2
pass through
7
circle right 3 places with new neighbors

Based on: "Connecticut to Quebec" by Becky Hill

Happy as a Cold Pig in Warm Mud

by: Mike Boerschig

introduces moves: allemande, custom, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners allemande right 1½
B1 8
The first gentlespoon and second ladle star left above, and the second gentlespoon and first ladle star left below
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Winter in Summerland

by: Jeff Spero & James Hutson

introduces moves: form an ocean wave, custom, gyre

formation: Becket

A1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
B1 4
dance forward to next neighbor ⁋
4
neighbors gyre ½
8
three-quarters hey (gentlespoons by left in the center)
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Zag it Back

by: Jacqui Grennan

introduces moves: slice, zig zag

formation: Becket

A1 8
slice left and straight back ⁋
8
ladles allemande left 1½
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 6
circle left 3 places
6
neighbors zig left zag right
4
shadows allemande left once
B2 16
partners balance & swing

The timing is fuzzy in the B1 but it does all fit.

Waltz/Break

The Baby Rose

by: David Kaynor

No Walkthrough

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

The Emptied Crack

by: Al Olson

introduces moves: pass by

formation: improper

A1 8
1st neighbors allemande left 1½
8
2nd neighbors swing
A2 6
3rd neighbors allemande left ¾
2
2nd neighbors pass by right shoulders
8
1st neighbors swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places with original foursome
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star right 4 places ⁋

Entered into ContraDB to test multiple named neighbors, and later collected at Sugar Hill 2018.
Original at http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/acdol/dance/acd_48.html

Good Friday

by: Kirston Koths

introduces moves: Rory O'More

formation: improper

start in a short wave, right hand to neighbor

A1 0
form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
A2 2
neighbors allemande right ½
2
gentlespoons allemande left ½
12
partners swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
4
pass through across the set
4
partners California twirl
B2 6
circle left 3 places
10
neighbors do si do 1½ to a wave with next neighbors

All You Can Eat

by: Ted Crane

introduces moves: meltdown swing

formation: improper

A1 8
next neighbors gyre once
8
ladles allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners meltdown swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
star left 4 places
8
neighbors gyre left shoulders once ⁋

(B2 ) Face across, your current neighbor is next to you; your Next neighbor is on the other side of you. Form a left hand star, ladles look back over their left shoulder to gyre their current neighbor. (A1) Find your next neighbor. The dance starts over with a right shoulder 'round with next neighbor.

Happy Ending

by: Chris Weiler

introduces moves: petronella

formation: Becket

A1 8
balance & petronella
8
neighbors allemande left 1½
A2 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
next neighbors balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing