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Table of Contents

  1. Airpants, Bradley Smith pass through by Lisa Greenleaf
  2. Piece of Cake by Carol Kopp

  3. Honeymoon by Becky Hill https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=10500

  4. In the Firefly Light we Dance by Don Flaherty https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=4266
  5. Box the Cat by Lisa Greenleaf

  6. Abby’s Pushback Hey by Jan Larsen https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=7447

  7. Waltz

  8. Break
  9. Jubilation by Gene Hubert
  10. Delphiniums and Daisies by Tanya Rotenberg
  11. Butter by Gene Hubert

  12. Waltz


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Airpants, Bradley Smith pass through

by: Lisa Greenleaf

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

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
4
balance the ring
4
pass through to new neighbors ⁋

Bradley Smith Notes: Originally, the last figure of this dance was a neighbor do-si-do 1 1/2, but I usually swap it for the ring balance and pass through to make the progression as simple as possible for inexperienced dancers.

Piece of Cake

by: Carol Kopp

introduces moves: hey, pass by, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 16
gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
B1 2
gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
14
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

In the Firefly Light we Dance by Don Flaherty https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=4266

Box the Cat

by: Lisa Greenleaf

introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers, custom, chain, star

formation: improper

Have dancers introduce themselves to their previous neighbor during walkthrough.

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
2
neighbors pull by right
6
previous neighbors allemande left once
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 6
circle left 3 places
10
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Waltz

Break

Jubilation

by: Gene Hubert

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners allemande right 1½
B1 8
ladles start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
8
partners swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain ⁋

Delphiniums and Daisies

by: Tanya Rotenberg

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande left 1½
8
ladles chain
A2 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
partners long swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors allemande right 1½ ⁋

Written in 1985 for the 20th anniversary of her parents' wedding, these being their wedding flowers.

Butter

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: slide along set

formation: Becket

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B2 16
partners balance & swing

http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/437-butter-by-gene-hubert-becket

Waltz