2026-05-11: Louisville

user: Chet Gray

Simplicity Swing

by: Becky Hill

John Michael

introduces moves: swing, circle, long lines, chain, star, do si do

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain to neighbor
B2 8
star left 4 places ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do once

Butter

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: slide along set, hey

formation: Becket

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Missing Duck simple A variation

by: Erik Hoffman

John Michael

introduces moves: allemande, form long waves, Rory O'More

formation: Becket

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
6
circle left 4 places
8
partners allemande right 1½ to
A2 0
form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out. The person in one's left hand is a shadow.
8
balance & Rory O'More right
0
form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out with partner and second shadow
8
balance & Rory O'More left +
B1 16
ladles start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
B2 16
partners balance & swing

+slide past partner nose to nose and take partner's right hand to pull ladles into a hey for four

This version, actually the original, simplifies snappy allemandes in https://contradb.com/dances/689

Erik writes, "I've been sworn to secrecy about the origins of the title, so don't bother to ask! However, The Duck Returns is related."

Entered from https://www.prismnet.com/contradance/sequences/missing-duck.html

Will You Marry Me?

by: Seth Tepfer

John Michael

introduces moves: form an ocean wave

formation: Becket cw

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
4
form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
4
ladles allemande left once
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
4
form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and partners by right hands
4
ladles allemande left once
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Autumn Air

by: Cary Ravitz

John Michael

introduces moves: pass through

formation: Becket

A1 8
ladles chain
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 7
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
7
circle right 3 places

Woven Waves

by: Cary Ravitz

John Michael

introduces moves: form a long wave, custom, facing star

formation: Improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
8
gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave (there are interlinked wavy lines)
B1 0
gentlespoons drop left hands, ladles drop right hands, to form
8
facing star counter-clockwise 3 places with ladles putting their right hands in and backing up
8
partners swing
B2 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through up and down ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do once

Trip to Lambertville

by: Steve Zakon-Anderson

John Michael

introduces moves: right left through

formation: improper

A1 8
ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
8
ladles dance out while gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
A2 4
gentlespoons allemande left ½
4
form an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by left hands and neighbors by right hands
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
right left through
8
ladles chain ⁋

Rock Creek Reel

by: David Harris

John Michael

introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall

formation: improper

A1 8
gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
8
gentlespoons dance out while ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
A2 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
partners swing and end facing down
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
neighbors swing ⁋

Vote With Your Feet (original, simpler B1)

by: Bob Isaacs

This dance is not published.


Love and Twirls

by: James Hutson

introduces moves: pull by dancers

formation: improper

Starts in long waves, gentlespoons face out

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
long lines forward & back
4
ladles pull by right across
4
neighbors allemande left ¾ ⁋
0
form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out