Santa Cruz 2025/10/24

user: Dane Wallinga

Thursday Night Special #1

by: Larry Jennings

introduces moves: swing, down the hall, up the hall, circle, chain, long lines

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
long lines forward & back - ID next neighbors

Don't Have to Walk but You Can Dance

by: Luke Donforth

introduces moves: do si do, promenade, allemande, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
neighbors promenade
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Rollin' to the Grey Eagle

by: Hank Morris

introduces moves: roll away, hey

formation: improper

A1 4
long lines forward
4
ladles roll away neighbors with a half sashay
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
8
neighbors swing

Cutler Coast

by: Dugan Murphy

introduces moves: Rory O'More, cross trails, form an ocean wave

formation: improper

start in short wave, neighbor by right, ladles by left

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left, ladles slide extra to meet partner on opposite side
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing
B2 4
balance the ring
4
cross trails - partners across the set right shoulders, neighbors along the set left shoulders ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do 1¼
0
form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands

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.

Mad, Mad World

by: Martha Wild

introduces moves: mad robin, pass by, meltdown swing, pass through

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
mad robin, ladles in front
A2 2
ladles pass by left shoulders
14
partners meltdown swing
B1 4
pass through across the set
4
partners California twirl
8
mad robin, gentlespoons in front
B2 2
gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
14
neighbors meltdown swing ⁋

Kitchen Stomp

by: Becky Hill

introduces moves: petronella, star

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B1 8
ladles chain
8
balance & petronella
B2 8
balance & petronella
8
star left 4 places ⁋

24 Below

by: Melanie Axel-Lute

This dance is not published.

Train Delay

by: Maia McCormick

introduces moves: slide along set, box the gnat

formation: Becket

Shadow is next to you.

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places
B1 8
shadows right hand balance & box the gnat
8
shadows do si do 1½
B2 16
partners balance & swing

In the second half of B1, pull by R at the start of the do-si-do for some extra momentum.

Written on a stuck train to Princeton, NJ, late 2014, and first called March 2015 in Silver Spring, MD.

Bolle Me Over

by: Becky Hill

This dance is not published.

Surfing the Set

by: Bob Isaacs and Richard Alan Fisher

introduces moves: box circulate

formation: improper

Introduce new neighbor by looking past first Neighbor

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B1 8
partners promenade
8
ladles do si do 1½ to face out in long wavy line
B2 8
balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
8
balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right to next neighbor ⁋

Northeast on Southwest

by: Susan Petrick

This dance is not published.