Program 2 Louisville

user: Thomas Begley

Table of Contents

  1. Howl at the Moon by Nicholas Rockstroh
  2. Tuesday Night Special by Larry Jennings
  3. Undercurrent by Jacqui Grennan
  4. You Can Get There From Here by Linda Leslie

    Alt above
  5. Streetsboro Daisies by Cary Ravitz
  6. Cross Currents by Ben Sachs-Hamilton

    4x4
  7. New Year, Same Old Charlie by Isaac Banner

  8. Waltz
  9. Fire in the Tunnel by Yoyo Zhou
  10. Square Affair by Becky Hill

    Alt
  11. Into The Spaghetti Bowl by Kenny Greer
  12. Apogee by Chris Page
  13. Everybody Dance by Jim Hemphill


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Howl at the Moon

by: Nicholas Rockstroh

introduces moves: long lines, do si do, swing, promenade, gyre

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back ⁋
8
gentlespoons do si do 1½
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
partners promenade
8
ladles gyre 1½
B2 16
neighbors balance & swing

Tuesday Night Special

by: Larry Jennings

introduces moves: circle, chain, star

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 6
circle left 3 places
10
partners swing
B1 8
partners promenade
8
ladles chain
B2 8
neighbors promenade
8
star left 4 places to next neighbors

One of the great glossary dances. Simple figures and gentle timing, but not so comprehensive that it leaves you with no options to make the second dance feel distinctive. Definitely a favorite of mine.

Undercurrent

by: Jacqui Grennan

introduces moves: form an ocean wave, allemande, right left through

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
pass through to an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
A2 2
neighbors allemande right ½
2
ladles allemande left ½
12
partners swing
B1 8
right left through
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B2 16
neighbors balance & swing ⁋

You Can Get There From Here

by: Linda Leslie

Alt above

introduces moves: Rory O'More, 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

Streetsboro Daisies

by: Cary Ravitz

introduces moves: hey

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande left 1½
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors allemande right 1½ ⁋

Cross Currents

by: Ben Sachs-Hamilton

4x4

introduces moves: custom

formation: four face four

A1 8
lines of 4 forward and back
8
corners swing
A2 8
ladles star right once around, give left hand to corner in perpendicular waves
8
balance & Rory O'More left
B1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
corners allemande left to face partners
B2 8
grand right and left (four changes)
8
partners swing, face direction of progression ⁋

New Year, Same Old Charlie

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, petronella, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing, end facing down the hall
A2 8
down the hall and turn alone
8
up the hall and ones cast down one couple to new rings ⁋
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
partners swing
B2 8
balance & petronella
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

A2 cast down is mirrored with the active couple turning over their outside shoulders to drop down into a new ring of foot while the inactive couples finish moving up the hall.

Waltz

Fire in the Tunnel

by: Yoyo Zhou

introduces moves: 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.

Square Affair

by: Becky Hill

Alt

formation: Becket

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
A2 16
square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left, then repeat ⁋
B1 16
next neighbors balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing on original side

Original published in RosenHill Collection 2005. Available at https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=2ahUKEwjh-ZCcz6reAhUKXa0KHb-qA_sQFjACegQICBAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Faptsg.org%2FDance%2Feasy_dances.rtf&usg=AOvVaw1iKx8xkRMJlMTgwuoBnYep

Into The Spaghetti Bowl

by: Kenny Greer

introduces moves: roll away, mad robin, meltdown swing

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
A2 8
long lines forward & back
0
ladles roll away neighbors
8
mad robin, ladles in front Clockwise ⁋
B1 8
mad robin, ladles in front With new couple, Counterclockwise
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B2 16
partners meltdown swing

Dancers waiting out need to stand the wrong way (ladle on the left) to come back in on the second mad robin). This is the second dance that I wrote at Holiday World on August 6, 2025, while waiting in line for The Voyage. The name comes from the portion of track on The Voyage that is back in the woods and extremely twisted, called "the spaghetti bowl" by coaster enthusiasts.

Apogee

by: Chris Page

introduces moves: allemande orbit

formation: Becket

A1 8
partners promenade ⁋
8
ladles chain to next neighbor
A2 8
ladles allemande right 1½ around while the gentlespoons orbit counter clockwise ½ around
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
gentlespoons chain
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½ around while the ladles orbit clockwise ½ around
B2 16
partners meltdown swing

Chris Page notes:
[2] To flow into the orbit figure, consider an open ladles chain, where ladles pull by right, and then neighbor N2 allemande left 1. The transition also works well with a twirl substituted for the courtesy turn.
[3] In tight quarters, it helps if gentlespoons from other sets intersect by passing each other by left shoulders.
[4] I strongly recommend an open gentlespoons chain, where gentlespoons pull by left, and then partner allemande right 1. Not only will this be less confusing than a regular gentlespoon's chain, but the ladles will have proper momentum into the orbit.

available http://chrispagecontra.awardspace.us/dances/index.htm#apogee

Everybody Dance

by: Jim Hemphill

introduces moves: 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).