CBDC 6/8/26 planning

user: Andrea Craft

M.A.D. About Dancing

by: Robert Cromartie

introduces moves: balance, allemande, swing, circle

formation: improper

Starts in ocean waves, ladles in the middle taking left hands, neighbors taking right hands, 1s facing down

A1 4
balance wave right, then left
4
neighbors allemande right ½ (and reform wave with gentlespoons in the middle)
4
balance wave left, then right
4
gentlespoons allemande left once
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places and step into original ocean wave ⁋
4
balance wave forward and back, and walk forward to new waves

The A1 balance LEFT then right is editorial; I think it flows better but as far as I can tell it wasn't specified in the original dance. (Also, experienced dancers often balance to the right here out of instinct, so either really emphasize the balance left or don't bother.)

Eeyore's Excuse

by: Melanie Axel-Lute

introduces moves: custom, California twirl, down the hall, up the hall, pass through, do si do

formation: improper

A1 0
neighbors join inside hands (gentlespoon's right, ladle's left)
4
neighbors balance
4
neighbors California twirl (star through)
8
ladles allemande right 1½
A2 16
partners balance & swing, end facing down the hall in a line of four
B1 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B2 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do once

Love and Twirls

by: James Hutson

introduces moves: Rory O'More, long lines, pull by dancers, form long waves

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

Boys From Urbana

by: John Coffman

introduces moves: zig zag

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 3 places
6
zig left zag right, trailing two catching hands ⁋
2
gentlespoons allemande left ½
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Mad, Mad World

by: Martha Wild

introduces moves: mad robin, pass by, meltdown swing

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
mad robin, ladles in front
A2 2
ladles pass by left shoulders
14
partners meltdown swing
B1 4
pass through across the set
4
partners California twirl
8
mad robin, gentlespoons in front
B2 2
gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
14
neighbors meltdown swing ⁋

Melanie's Triplet

by: Melanie Axel-Lute

introduces moves: contra corners, custom

formation: triplet

A1 4
ones down the center past twos and threes
4
ones up the outsides to end in the twos' place while twos move up to ones' place
8
long lines forward & back
A2 16
ones contra corners
B1 16
partners balance & swing, all face up the hall
B2 8
invert the set, twos separating followed by ones and threes ⁋
8
partners do si do once

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Balance to My Lou (correct)

by: Becky Hill

introduces moves: right left through, chain, petronella

formation: Becket

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
circle left 4 places
A2 8
right left through
8
left diagonal ladles chain
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 8
balance & petronella, turn a little more to face partners
8
partners swing

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