KW 2026-04-12 Hayward CA w/ Alex & Audrey

user: Koren A Wake

Spend Some Time Together

by: Luke Donforth

introduces moves: long lines, swing, allemande, do si do, promenade, chain

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
neighbors swing (this is a new neighbor)
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners do si do once
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
partners promenade
8
ladles chain ⁋

South Union Reel var

by: Don Lennartson

introduces moves: circle, star

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
star right - hands across - 4 places
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Apples and Caramel

by: Seth Tepfer

"smoosh" var

introduces moves: Rory O'More, pass through

formation: improper

Starts in short waves, right hand to neighbors

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
partners swing
B2 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do 1¼ to short waves

Based on Apples and Chocolate by Sue Rosen

Delphiniums and Daisies

by: Tanya Rotenberg

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 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.

Spring Break (variation)

by: Nils Fredland

introduces moves: petronella

formation: improper

Begins hands-4 in a ring.

A1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet
8
partners swing
B2 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
neighbors do si do once and form a ring

Variation by Nils.

Train Delay

by: Maia McCormick

introduces moves: slide along set, box the gnat

formation: Becket

Shadow is next to you.

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places
B1 8
shadows right hand balance & box the gnat
8
shadows do si do 1½
B2 16
partners balance & swing

In the second half of B1, pull by R at the start of the do-si-do for some extra momentum.

Written on a stuck train to Princeton, NJ, late 2014, and first called March 2015 in Silver Spring, MD.

waltz, break, hambo

Birds from Urbana

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: zig zag, meltdown swing, mad robin

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 3 places
6
zig left zag right, trailing two catching hands ⁋
2
gentlespoons allemande left ½
A2 16
neighbors meltdown swing
B1 8
mad robin, gentlespoons in front
8
circle left 3 places
B2 16
partners meltdown swing

3, 33-33

by: Steve Zakon-Anderson

introduces moves: pull by dancers

formation: improper

A1 4
1st neighbors balance & pull by right
4
2nd neighbors pull by left
8
3rd neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
A2 4
3rd neighbors pull by right
4
2nd neighbors pull by left
8
1st neighbors swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles do si do 1½ ⁋

Marshmallows in Flight

by: Rich Goss

introduces moves: balance the ring, roll away, give & take, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 4
balance the ring
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay along
4
balance the ring
4
gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay across
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 4
gentlespoons give & take partners
12
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Mirror, Mirror

by: Jim Kitch

introduces moves: pass by, right left through

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
8
mad robin, gentlespoons in front
A2 2
gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
14
partners meltdown swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
right left through
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Still More O'Moore

by: Jim Kitch

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
next neighbors swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners allemande right 1½ to long waves
B1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
B2 16
partners balance & swing