Family Learning Center 2026/07/03

user: Mattie Rynkiewicz

Lakeside Room Stomp (version II)

by: Mattie Rynkiewicz

introduces moves: long lines, custom, allemande

formation: longways

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
long lines forward & back
A2 16
top couple promenade to the bottom of the set, everyone else move up ⁋
B1 4
three claps, three stomps
4
three claps, three stomps
8
partners allemande right once
B2 4
three claps, three stomps
4
three claps, three stomps
8
partners allemande left once

Sasha! partner mixer

Family Contra (variation)

by: Sherry Nevins

introduces moves: balance the ring, circle, do si do

formation: improper

A1 4
balance the ring
4
balance the ring
8
circle left 4 places
A2 4
balance the ring
4
balance the ring
8
circle right 4 places
B1 8
partners do si do once
8
neighbors do si do once
B2 16
neighbors do si do 1½ as couples ⁋

Do-Si-Three

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: swing, pass through

formation: three-face-three

Three face three in lines facing up/down the hall. Teach "home position".

A1 8
circle left 6 places
8
circle right 6 places
A2 8
neighbors do si do once "ends do-si-do your opposite"
8
neighbors do si do once "middles do-si-do your opposite"
B1 8
neighbors swing "ends swing your opposite"
8
neighbors swing "middles swing your opposite"
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
pass through to a new line of 3 ⁋

Linda Leslie notes: Although I don't have the exact time that I wrote this dance, it must predate the first date I called it: 10/22/93 for the Appalachian Mountain Club, Joy Street, Boston. Especially useful for one night stands! Any combination of three. All dancers CAN do this dance, and it really mixes up the dancers. Great for weddings, etc. For these type evenings, I don't talk about #1 or #2 lines of three, or progression: rather I describe "home position". Once we have walked through the dance once, I then point out the couples who have come out at the top and/or bottom, asking them to wait out one time through the dance, turn around, and that this is when "home" changes. Works like a charm.....and the dancers are very happy finding new opposites for each cycle.

Original at http://www.lindalesliecaller.website/very-easy-dances.html

Monkey in the Middle (variation II)

by: Sherry Nevins

introduces moves: custom

formation: square with ninepin

A1 8
into the middle & back
8
into the middle & back
A2 8
circle left 4 places
8
circle right 4 places
B1 8
monkey in the middle swing one person at random
8
those two swing two more
B2 16
those four swing four more, new monkey to the middle ⁋

Arkansas Traveler

by: Sue Hulsether

introduces moves: custom

formation: circle mixer

get dancers into concentric circles like spokes of a wheel, role terms "inside person" and "outside person"

A1 8
wheelbarrow in & out
8
wheelbarrow in & out
A2 16
turn inividual right, promenade single
B1 16
other way back, pass original partner ⁋
B2 8
next neighbors do si do once (becomes new partner)
8
partners swing

received from Ladle Nelson

Brain Break

by: Mattie Rynkiewicz

introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall

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

Gay Gordon (guest caller Rin Kilde)

Kurt's Woodshed

by: Mattie Rynkiewicz

introduces moves: custom

formation: Three-facing-three

A1 8
lines of three forward & back (up & down)
8
centers allemande R 5/4
A2 8
lines of three forward & back (across)
8
centers allemande L 5/4
B1 16
neighbors do si do 1½ (as throuples) ⁋
B2 16
partners long swing (throuples)