SCT 01.24.26 Sacramento

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Table of Contents

  1. Airpants by Lisa Greenleaf
  2. Spend Some Money Together by Luke Donforth
  3. You Can Get There From Here by Linda Leslie
  4. Wrinkled Ribbon by Melanie Axel-Lute
  5. Becky's Brouhaha by Rhiannon Giddens
  6. Tica Tica Timing by Dean Snipes

  7. BREAK
  8. Hume Fogg Reel by Susan Kevra
  9. Fire in the Tunnel by Yoyo Zhou
  10. Another Safe Production by Peter Foster
  11. I'll Hold You In My Arms by Maia McCormick


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Airpants

by: Lisa Greenleaf

introduces moves: swing, long lines, allemande, circle, do si do

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
8
neighbors do si do 1½ ⁋

Spend Some Money Together

by: Luke Donforth

introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, promenade, chain

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
down the hall and turn alone
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B1 6
circle left 3 places
10
partners swing
B2 8
partners promenade
8
ladles chain ⁋

You Can Get There From Here

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: Rory O'More, form an ocean wave, custom

formation: improper

Dance starts in short wavy lines: from improper formation, neighbors take right hands, ladles take left in the center.

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places and walk forward
4
form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands -forward and back
4
walk forward to ⁋
0
form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands

Wrinkled Ribbon

by: Melanie Axel-Lute

introduces moves: hey

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 balance & swing
B2 8
partners promenade across & loop wide to new neighbors (J-hook) ⁋
8
circle right 3 places

Becky's Brouhaha

by: Rhiannon Giddens

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

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
2
neighbors pull by right to prev neighbors
6
prev neighbors allemande left once - return to current neighbors
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places - reach right hand to next neighbors ⁋

Tica Tica Timing

by: Dean Snipes

introduces moves: petronella, slide along set

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
neighbors promenade
8
ladles chain
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 14
partners balance & swing
2
slide left along set ⁋

Julian Bee notes that swapping the promenade for a R+L Thru is Linda Leslie's "Old Time Elixir #2", written in 1998. It's unclear when Dean wrote TTT, so both deserve a cross-reference. https://contradb.com/dances/474

BREAK

Hume Fogg Reel

by: Susan Kevra

introduces moves: pass through, balance

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through
8
next neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 6
ladles allemande right once
6
partners allemande left 1½
4
gentlespoons allemande right once
B2 4
partners balance
12
partners swing

The allemands aren't exactly as indicated above - the idea is to make sure all three happen in time for the Balance at the top of the B2

Fire in the Tunnel

by: Yoyo Zhou

introduces moves: balance the ring, California twirl, square through

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋
A2 8
neighbors do si do once
8
square through two - neighbors balance & pull by right, then partners pull by left
B1 16
neighbors balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing

a request was made on the Contra Callers facebook group for any easy dances with balances halfway through both A1 and A2. Yoyo wrote this and commented it on the Facebook thread on October 23, 2019.

Another Safe Production

by: Peter Foster

introduces moves: give & take

formation: improper

A1 8
star right 4 places
8
neighbors allemande right 1¾
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left once
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
gentlespoons give & take partners
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

I'll Hold You In My Arms

by: Maia McCormick

formation: improper

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