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Table of Contents

  2. The Baby Rose by David Kaynor
  3. Butter by Gene Hubert
  4. Straighten Up and Slide Right by Lindsey Dono
  5. Chuck the Budgie by Rick Mohr

  6. Waltz

  7. Break
  10. Winter in Summerland by Jeff Spero & James Hutson

  11. Ariel's Celebration by Nils Friedland https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=18469

  12. Waltz

  13. Other Selections
  14. I've Got Your Shadow Cornered by Jim Hemphill
  15. Summer of '84 by Gene Hubert


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The Baby Rose

by: David Kaynor

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

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners do si do once
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places to new neighbors ⁋

Butter

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: slide along set, long lines, 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

http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/437-butter-by-gene-hubert-becket

Straighten Up and Slide Right

by: Lindsey Dono

introduces moves: mad robin, allemande

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 6
mad robin, ladles in front (ccw)
8
circle right 4 places
2
slide right along set ⁋
B2 6
gentlespoons allemande left once
10
partners swing

Inspired by a Facebook discussion of the question: “can dancers intuitively slide to the right along the set?” Called at several house parties and Faultline Frolic.

Chuck the Budgie

by: Rick Mohr

introduces moves: form an ocean wave, form long waves, balance

formation: improper

A1 6
gentlespoons allemande left once
10
neighbors swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles allemande right 1½ - don't let go
B2 4
form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by right hands and neighbors by left hands
4
neighbors allemande left ¾ to long wavy lines
0
form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out ⁋
4
balance
4
next neighbors allemande right ¾

https://www.jefftk.com/contras/dances/budgie

Waltz

Break

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Winter in Summerland

by: Jeff Spero & James Hutson

introduces moves: custom, gyre

formation: Becket

A1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
B1 4
dance forward to next neighbor ⁋
4
neighbors gyre ½
8
three-quarters hey (gentlespoons by left in the center)
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Waltz

Other Selections

I've Got Your Shadow Cornered

by: Jim Hemphill

introduces moves: slice, give & take

formation: Becket

Identify 1st shadows standing next to you and 2nd shadows standing past your partners.

A1 4
slice left ⁋
4
ladles take neighbors
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
B1 2
partners allemande right ½
6
1st shadows allemande left once
2
partners allemande right ½
6
2nd shadows allemande left once
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Summer of '84

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: pull by dancers, custom, right left through

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
2
gentlespoons pull by right - next gentlespoon is on left diagonal
6
partners allemande left once
A2 4
form an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by right hands and partners by left hands
4
walk forward to ⁋
4
form an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by right hands and shadows by left hands
4
shadows allemande left ¾
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
right left through

co written by Steve Schnur