December Calling

user: Elizabeth Satterly

Valerie Did Not Write This Dance

by: Sam Whited

introduces moves: slice, right left through, down the hall, up the hall, petronella, swing, balance the ring, custom

formation: Duple becket

Neighbor swing variant of "Vivian's Catwalk" by Valerie Young.

A1 8
slice left and straight back
8
right left through, power courtesy turn to 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
balance & petronella
8
neighbors swing
B2 4
balance the ring
8
Ladles pull partner to your home side into a swing

Power courtesy turn differs in length depending on what side of the set you're on.

Get Me Going

by: Lisa Greenleaf

introduces moves: long lines, do si do, chain, star

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles do si do 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places and on to the next ⁋

Bowl of Cherries

by: Sue Rosen

introduces moves: promenade, allemande, circle, roll away, cross trails

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
neighbors promenade
8
ladles chain
B1 8
ladles allemande right once
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
4
cross trails - partners across the set right shoulders, neighbors along the set left shoulders ⁋

With neighbor along the set roll away with half sashay (ladles rolling from left to right)

Frannie's Alarm Clock

by: Luke Donforth

introduces moves: hey, meltdown swing

formation: Becket

A1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back, gentlespoons roll new N away
8
ladles chain to partner
B1 8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
8
partners promenade single file ccw 1x, ladles turn around
B2 16
partners meltdown swing ⁋

Sauce for the Goose

by: Breaking Up Thanksgiving Dance Writing Workshop 2024

introduces moves: custom, balance, square through

formation: improper

A1 8
ladles two-hand turn, once around
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
gentlespoons chain
4
neighbors balance right hand,
4
square through three - neighbors pull by right, then partners pull by left, then neighbors pull by right
B1 16
partners meltdown swing
B2 8
gentlespoons chain
8
gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - gentlespoons ricochet, ladles ricochet ⁋
8
gentlespoons two-hand turn, once around
8
neighbors swing
8
ladles chain
4
neighbors balance right hand
4
square through three - neighbors pull by right, then partners pull by left, then neighbors pull by right
16
partners meltdown swing
8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - ladles ricochet, gentlespoons ricochet ⁋

*Balance & Square Through Three: just one balance, and the third hand will be in the B1, but meltdown swing is elastic.

Breaking Up Thanksgiving, Dance Writing Workshop 2024: Adam, Coleman, Cristy, Dave, Dylan, Joel, Laura, Moose, Summer, Victoria

42 minutes of Puffin Pablo

by: Moose Flores

formation: Becket

Triple progression (sometimes there will be a couple out at the ends)
If you are out, wait on the side, ready for the left diagonal.
If there is no one at all on your left diagonal, WAIT 8 beats & resume dancing.
(If you get completely wonky and you have no neighbors at A1, EJECT and rejoin the bottom of the line.)

A1 2
circle left 1 place
14
neighbors swing
A2 8
left diagonal ladles chain (to Shadow) ⁋
8
right left through across set
B1 8
ladles start a left diagonal half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends by right shoulder ⁋
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Triple progression (the diagonal half hey is two of them).

Variation of 40 Years of Penguin Pam:
http://contradb.com/dances/74

Too Hot to Trot var.

by: Eric Black

introduces moves: gyre, pass through

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
ladles chain to partners
8
ladles gyre once in the center
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
pass through ⁋

Northalstead Jig (var. on Riverside Jig)

by: Moose Flores

introduces moves: custom

formation: Becket

A1 16
partners balance & swing
A2 8
star right 4 places
8
star left 4 places
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
neighbors do si do once
B2 16
top 2 couples form line of 4 with arches, dance to the bottom, arching over everyone's heads. MEANWHILE everyone else step up the hall

A good friend asked for a version of Riverside Jig that had a swing. I didn't want to lose the rest of the dance, so I rearranged the pieces.

Riverside Jig: https://contradb.com/dances/1918