Actual Program 12-1-25

user: Elizabeth Satterly

Table of Contents

  1. Jefferson & Lincoln by Seth Tepfer
  2. Viviana's Chainsaw Massacre by Bob Green
  3. Dancing Bear by Becky Hill
  4. Don't Have to Walk but You Can Dance by Luke Donforth
  5. Dog Branch Reel by Bob Dalsemer

  6. Waltz/Break
  7. Rod's Grits by Bill Olson
  8. Star Trek by Mike Richardson
  9. Giant Robot Dance by Linda Leslie

  10. Catch Em On The Fly


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Jefferson & Lincoln

by: Seth Tepfer

introduces moves: circle, star, long lines, swing, down the hall, arch & dive, up the hall

formation: improper or proper

A1 8
circle left 4 places
8
circle right 4 places
A2 8
star right 4 places
8
star left 4 places
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ones swing
B2 6
down the hall
4
ones arch twos dive ⁋
6
up the hall two by two, ones walking backwards, facing next neighbors

Viviana's Chainsaw Massacre

by: Bob Green

introduces moves: chain, see saw, slide along set

formation: Becket

A1 8
ladles chain
8
neighbors see saw once
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
ladles chain
8
partners see saw once
B2 14
partners swing
2
slide left along set ⁋

Viviana, a blind dancer, exclaimed to Bob after a dance where you had to watch for your partner to return in the long oval: "That was a chainsaw massacre!"

Bob wrote a new Chainsaw Massacre that was more accommodating to dancers without sight: a ladles' chain into a seesaw. Call it as "chainsaw to neighbor" and "chainsaw to partner".

Video available: http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/506-viviana-s-chainsaw-massacre-by-bob-green-becket

Dancing Bear

by: Becky Hill

introduces moves: allemande, hey

formation: improper

A1 4
neighbors allemande right ½
4
neighbors allemande left once
8
ladles chain
A2 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places

In A1, allemande right for just three steps, then "jump and grunt" to change hands on the 4th count. Allemande left the same neighbor all the way around so that they have traded places.

Don't Have to Walk but You Can Dance

by: Luke Donforth

introduces moves: do si do, promenade, 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 ⁋

Dog Branch Reel

by: Bob Dalsemer

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
ones swing
A2 8
down the hall forward then backward and turn alone
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B1 8
circle left 4 places
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
twos swing ⁋

Waltz/Break

Rod's Grits

by: Bill Olson

introduces moves: box the gnat, right left through, pass through

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
8
star right - wrist grip - 4 places
A2 8
right left through
8
ladles do si do 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
partners promenade
6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋

Star Trek

by: Mike Richardson

introduces moves: pass by

formation: Becket

A1 8
star right - hands across - 4 places
8
ladles chain after gentlespoons drop
A2 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 4
ladles pass by right shoulders
12
partners swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
star right - hands across - 4 places then slide left ⁋

Giant Robot Dance

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: give & take

formation: Becket

double progression

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
neighbors do si do once
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
next neighbors swing ⁋
B2 4
gentlespoons give & take partners
12
partners swing

"Written for Dance Flurry, 2009 and the Band!" - Linda

Catch Em On The Fly