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Table of Contents

  1. Airpants, Bradley Smith pass through by Lisa Greenleaf
  2. Balance and Cross by Rick Mohr

  3. Frog Stars by Luke Donforth https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=15030

  4. In the Firefly Light we Dance by Don Flaherty https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=4266
  5. The Baby Rose by David Kaynor

  6. Waltz

  7. Break
  8. Delphiniums and Daisies by Tanya Rotenberg

  9. Indian Summer by Tom Lehmann https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=921
  10. Chuck the Budgie by Rick Mohr
  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.

Balance and Cross

by: Rick Mohr

introduces moves: pass by, down the hall, up the hall, hey

formation: improper

A1 4
balance the ring
2
gentlespoons pass by right shoulders
10
partners swing, end facing down in lines of four
A2 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B1 4
balance the ring
2
ladles pass by right shoulders
10
neighbors swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - and look for next neighbors ⁋

Rick notes, "A straightforward dance with good symmetry and timing."

Sometimes, that's all you have to say.

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

The Baby Rose

by: David Kaynor

introduces moves: do si do, chain, star

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners do si do once
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places to new neighbors ⁋

Waltz

Break

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.

Chuck the Budgie

by: Rick Mohr

introduces moves: form an ocean wave, form long waves, balance

formation: improper

A1 6
gentlespoons allemande left once
10
neighbors swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles allemande right 1½ - don't let go
B2 4
form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by right hands and neighbors by left hands
4
neighbors allemande left ¾ to long wavy lines
0
form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out ⁋
4
balance
4
next neighbors allemande right ¾

https://www.jefftk.com/contras/dances/budgie

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