Northland Rec Lab 2026/04/28

user: Mattie Rynkiewicz



Database

Validation

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

Zemer Atik, guest caller Amy Robertson-Smith

Cheers

by: unknown

introduces moves: circle, custom, star

formation: three-couple scatter mixer

A1 8
circle left 4 places (hands six)
8
circle right 4 places (hands six)
A2 8
into the middle & back
8
star right - hands across - 4 places
B1 16
bottom pull through and swing, then the next two, and the last two
B2 16
scatter promenade with new partner around the hall, make new hands six ⁋

Author unknown. Collected from Rоbin Nelson.

Brain Break

by: Mattie Rynkiewicz

introduces moves: long lines, swing, down the hall, up the hall, do si do

formation: duple neutral

A1 8
circle left 4 places
8
circle right 4 places
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ones swing
B1 8
down the hall and turn alone (ones in the center)
8
up the hall and bend into a ring ⁋
B2 8
partners do si do once
8
next neighbors do si do once

An dro

Northland Mixer #2

by: Mattie Rynkiewicz

introduces moves: custom, see saw

formation: circle mixer

A1 8
partners promenade counterclockwise
8
turn alone, back up
A2 8
partners promenade clockwise
8
turn alone, back up
B1 8
partners do si do once
8
partners see saw once
B2 4
outside people walk forward four steps ⁋
12
swing the next, end in promenade position

A slowed-down take on Gay Gordon

Double Chocolate Milk

by: Mattie Rynkiewicz

introduces moves: custom

formation: longways

A1 8
star right 4 places
8
star left 4 places
A2 8
partners do si do once
8
long lines forward & back
B1 32
top couple cast off, top two couples make arches at the bottom of the set
32
everyone else go through the arches, take hands four from the top ⁋

Double progression. Ideally done to 96-beat tunes. Hands four does not change in this dance.

Named for taking two cartons of chocolate milk during mealtimes at Northland Rec Lab.