5/13/26 Wilmington Wed Contra

user: Casey Caison



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Unbelievable!

by: Nicholas Rockstroh

introduces moves: swing, allemande, long lines, chain, promenade, star

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B2 8
neighbors promenade
8
star left 4 places ⁋

According to The Caller's Box, this dance has never been written. I have a very hard time believing that, hence the name.

After publishing this dance here, Chris Page contacted me to let me know that it is, in fact, extremely similar to Bob Isaacs's dance Easy Street. The difference is that Bob's dance has a right and left through instead of a promenade. I'm still leaving the title, since the sequence with the promenade remains, to the best of my knowledge, unique, which is still surprising to me.

Mad Robin in Love

by: Greg Frock

introduces moves: do si do, mad robin, pass by, circle, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
mad robin, gentlespoons in front
B1 4
gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
12
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Dancers will try to rush the mad robin to include the gentlespoons cross in A2. Remind them there is plenty of time to complete the figure. Written for Robin Wilson in 2011

Greetings

by: Tori Barone

No walk through

introduces moves: meltdown swing, pass through

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors meltdown swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋