Northland Rec Lab 2026/04/27

user: Mattie Rynkiewicz



Database

Validation

toggle validations for common dance entry errors, e.g. typing 'gentlemen' when you're using 'leads'

Northland Reel

by: Mattie Rynkiewicz

Northland Reel

introduces moves: custom, do si do, long lines

formation: proper

A1 8
ones set & turn single right
8
ones two-hand turn once
A2 8
twos set & turn single right
8
twos two-hand turn once
B1 16
neighbors do si do 2½ ⁋
B2 8
partners do si do once
8
long lines forward & back

(neighbor dosido 3/2 if crowd is slow-moving)

Samantha's Fancy (partnerless circle dance), Mattie Rynkiewicz

Arkansas Traveler

by: Sue Hulsether

introduces moves: custom, swing

formation: circle mixer

get dancers into concentric circles like spokes of a wheel, role terms "inside person" and "outside person"

A1 8
wheelbarrow in & out
8
wheelbarrow in & out
A2 16
turn inividual right, promenade single
B1 16
other way back, pass original partner ⁋
B2 8
next neighbors do si do once (becomes new partner)
8
partners swing

received from Ladle Nelson

Millenium Bug (variant)

by: Erik Hoffman

introduces moves: custom, circle

formation: 9-person mixer

A1 8
long lines forward & back (forward up eight, eight fall back)
8
lonesome person promenade to the bottom of the set, turn single
A2 16
circle left 9 places (hands nine)
B1 16
circle right 9 places (hands nine)
B2 16
four couples swing at random, new lonesome person to the top of the set ⁋

formation is one person short of Levi Jackson Rag - four couples becket and one lonesome person at the top of the set. the "bug"