Louisville, KY 2026-01-05

user: Nicholas Rockstroh

Honey variation

by: Don Flaherty

introduces moves: do si do, swing, circle, chain, star

formation: improper

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

Patience

by: Chris Page

introduces moves: long lines, allemande, promenade

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
partners promenade
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B2 16
neighbors long swing

Winter Evening Rollaway

by: Yoyo Zhou

introduces moves: form an ocean wave, pass through, right left through, balance the ring, roll away

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors do si do 1¼
A2 4
form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
2
pass through ⁋
10
next neighbors swing
B1 8
right left through
8
ladles chain
B2 4
balance the ring
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay
8
partners swing

Levi Jackson Brag

by: Mattie Rynkiewicz

introduces moves: custom

formation: triad (triple minor dutribecket)

1s improper, 2s & 3s becket

A1 8
right left through, ones promenade in between, turn single
8
right left through, ones promenade back, turn single
A2 8
partners do si do once
8
partners swing
B1 8
ladles chain to corner I
8
ladles chain to corner II
B2 8
ladles chain to partner
8
promenade the set halfway ⁋

New Sweetheart

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: mad robin

formation: Becket

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
mad robin, gentlespoons in front
A2 6
circle left 3 places
10
neighbors swing
B1 8
right diagonal ladles chain
8
star left 4 places
B2 16
partners balance & swing ⁋

Waltz

Everything Old is New Again

by: Andrea Nettleton

introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers, square through

formation: improper

A1 4
neighbors box the gnat
2
gentlespoons pull by left
10
partners swing
A2 8
right left through
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B1 16
neighbors balance & swing
B2 16
square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left, then repeat ⁋

Hedgehog’s Favorite

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: gate, zig zag, meltdown swing

formation: Becket

A1 4
balance the ring
2
pass through
4
gentlespoons gate partners to face into the set
6
circle right 3 places
A2 6
zig right zag left to next neighbors, dropping hands with partners
10
neighbors swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
2
pass through across the set
6
circle left 3 places single-file, gentlespoons turn back to face partners
B2 16
partners meltdown swing

Trust the A1 timing - it all fits.

Diamond Allotrope

by: Lindsey Dono

introduces moves: petronella, give & take, hey, custom

formation: improper

Begins in short wave, ladles by the left in middle.

A1 4
form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
4
petronella to end in a diamond shape +
4
balance the ring (diamond)
4
petronella
A2 4
balance the ring (diamond)
4
gentlespoons take neighbors
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
0
ladles ricochet to a
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

/+ ladles facing across, gentlespoons facing up/down- gentlespoons are facing the same direction that they do in the short wave.
Inspired by Jerome Grisanti’s Kimmswick Diamonds, http://contradb.com/dances/263

Adrift

by: Cary Ravitz

formation: Becket ccw

A1 4
long lines forward
4
gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay on lines back
8
circle right 3 places
A2 4
zig right zag left ⁋
12
next neighbors swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
3
partners allemande right ¾
5
gentlespoons allemande left once
B2 16
partners meltdown swing

Progresses indecent