7/22/2026 Wed Night Contra - Wilmington, NC - draft

user: Casey Caison

Table of Contents

  1. I've Got Your Shadow Cornered by Jim Hemphill
  2. Lucky Rainbow by Casey Caison
  3. Dance All Night by Rich Mohr
  4. Minimum Fuss, Maximum Fun by Dean Snipes


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I've Got Your Shadow Cornered

by: Jim Hemphill

introduces moves: slice, give & take, swing, long lines, allemande

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

Lucky Rainbow

by: Casey Caison

introduces moves: circle, square through, right left through, mad robin

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 16
square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left, then repeat
B1 8
right left through
8
mad robin, ladles in front
B2 4
ladles give & take partners
12
partners swing (Slide Left)

Named by my friend and fellow contra dancer Miriam Wilson

Dance All Night

by: Rich Mohr

introduces moves: custom, do si do

formation: four face four

Have dancers note their "trail buddies" and who their corners are. The two dancers in the middle of the line of 4 are corners and the dancers at the ends have their corners in front of them.

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
corners swing
A2 8
ladles star right once
8
corners allemande left 1.25
B1 10
partners pull by right for grand right and left until they meet their partner
6
partners do si do once
B2 16
partners balance & swing and end facing new lines of 4 ⁋

In the grand right and left dancers end up traveling half way around the circle.

Minimum Fuss, Maximum Fun

by: Dean Snipes

introduces moves: box the gnat, box circulate, chain, star

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
8
balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
A2 8
balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋