KW 2026-03-07 Port Angeles w/ Laurie A., Amy & Ruthie C.

user: Koren A Wake

Everybody Dance

by: Jim Hemphill

introduces moves: swing, long lines, star, meltdown swing, circle, balance the ring, arch & dive

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
star right 3 places
B1 16
partners meltdown swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
twos arch ones dive ⁋

Can be called without role terms (but still requires that the neighbor swing ends in the progressed position).

Lark in The Afternoon

by: Yoyo Zhou

introduces moves: allemande, do si do, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners do si do once
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl to progress

Kinematic Vorticity

by: Carol Ormand

introduces moves: gate, down the hall, up the hall

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back ⁋
8
twos gate ones to face down the set
A2 8
down the hall and turn alone
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing

JoLaine Jones Pokorney notes that this is a good dance for enabling dancers of limited mobility to keep up. Here are some more: http://jolainejonespokorney.blogspot.com/2018/03/if-you-stumble-make-it-part-of-dance.html?m=1

Hay in the Barn

by: Chart Guthrie

introduces moves: chain, hey

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends to new neighbor ⁋

Saturday Night Line

by: Joseph Pimentel

introduces moves: Rory O'More, give & take, form an ocean wave

formation: improper

begin in short waves (ladles in center by left, neighbor in right)

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
gentlespoons give & take partners
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors do si do 1½ and dance forward to ⁋
0
form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands

Mac McKeever note on balances before Rory O'More: first balance is in the direction you will be going

Pizza Shop

by: Yoyo Zhou

introduces moves: slice

formation: Becket

A1 8
slice left and straight back ⁋
8
ladles chain
A2 8
ladles allemande right once
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing

waltz & break

The Carousel

by: Tom Hinds

formation: improper

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

The Connectrix

by: Rick Mohr

introduces moves: custom

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
down the hall and form a cozy line
8
up the hall and bend into a cloverleaf
B1 8
cloverleaf left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Rick's notes:

"Once when my foursome improvised the A2 (from Fred Feild's classic modern contra "Symmetrical Force") in a different dance, I noticed the seamless transition from cloverleaf to swing. The result is this pleasing straightforward dance, with the additional quality that hand connection is never broken."

Green Lake Twirl

by: Isaac Banner

formation: Becket

A1 4
slice left ⁋
4
gentlespoons take neighbors
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners do si do 1¼ into short waves
B1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Inspired by Cheat Lake Twirl by Perry Shafran