Fall Ball, Tampa, FL 2025-09-06 (Saturday Evening)

user: Kenny Greer

The Big Easy

by: Becky Hill

No Walkthrough

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

formation: improper

A1 4
balance the ring
12
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles allemande left 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
pass through

PetroCaliTwirlification by Jerome Grisanti

E6

by: Robert Cromartie

introduces moves: hey, chain, arch & dive

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
8
ladles chain
B1 8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
twos arch ones dive to next couple ⁋

Happy Trails to You

by: Dean Snipes

Called by Katie Zanders

introduces moves: roll away

formation: Becket

A1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain left diagonal to shadow
B1 4
balance the ring
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay (across, maybe past/future neighbors)
4
balance the ring
4
gentlespoons roll away shadows with a half sashay (along)
B2 16
partners balance & swing ⁋

via Bradley at Meet Me In Saint Louis

Love At First Swing by Bob Isaacs

Friday Night Fever

by: Tony Parkes

introduces moves: promenade, square through

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B1 8
partners promenade
8
ladles chain, end facing partner across, give right hand to partner
B2 16
square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left, then repeat ⁋

Waltz/Break

Snake Oil Reel

by: Roger Diggle

No Walkthrough

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.

Four Have Sprung

by: Yoyo Zhou

introduces moves: form long waves, Rory O'More

formation: Becket

Line up improper to have couples identify their 1st neighbors, 2nd neighbors, and 3rd neighbors, then turn one place to the left for Becket.

A1 8
circle left 3 places
2
1st neighbors allemande right ½
2
2nd neighbors allemande left ½
2
3rd neighbors allemande right ½
2
form long waves - gentlespoons face in, ladles face out ¹
A2 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
2nd neighbors swing ² ⁋
B1 8
long lines forward & back
2
ladles pull by right
2
partners pull by left
4
gentlespoons allemande right once
B2 16
partners balance & swing

¹ 3rd neighbors in right hand, gentlespoons face in at partner's back
² this is your new minor set

http://epicyclic.org/dance/compositions.html#four

For the organizers of Fall Has Sprung, the 12-hour dance in Grass Valley: Dan Skeahan, Eric Engels, Joyce Miller, and Lisa Frankel. You also get to see four of your neighbors each time through.

Some have suggested, in the B1, changing the pull by left to an allemande left 1/2. I prefer the timing with a pull by, but the allemande left 1/2 may be better in a crowded hall.

Summer of '84

by: Gene Hubert and Steve Schnur

introduces moves: balance, custom, right left through

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back - New Neighbor gentlespoons on left diagonal
2
gentlespoons pull by right
6
partners allemande left once - hold on
A2 0
form an ocean wave - gentlespoons by right hands and partners by left hands
4
balance the wave
4
walk forward along the set to next couple
0
form an ocean wave - gentlespoons by right hands and shadows by left hands
4
balance the wave
4
shadows allemande left ¾
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
right left through - identify next neighbors

The Hartmann Reel

by: Chart Guthrie

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 ⁋

Cats and More Cats

by: Melanie Axel-Lute

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
next neighbors allemande right 1½ to long waves, ladles facing out
A2 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
B1 16
neighbors balance & swing
B2 6
circle left 3 places
10
partners swing