SCT 07.12.26 Hayward

user: Sarah Trop

First of November

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: long lines, swing, allemande, do si do, chain, right left through

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners do si do 1¼
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain to neighbors
8
right left through ⁋

Dosido as much as you want, until it’s time to balance - it’s still a free country, for now.

Dancing on the Train

by: Michael Karcher

introduces moves: circle, star, Rory O'More

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places to long waves (gentlespoons face out, partner left, shadow right)
B1 8
balance & Rory O'More right (past shadow)
8
balance & Rory O'More left
B2 16
partners balance & swing... slide left ⁋

Spend Some Money Together

by: Luke Donforth

introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, promenade

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
down the hall and turn alone
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B1 6
circle left 3 places
10
partners swing
B2 8
partners promenade
8
ladles chain ⁋

Last Hey

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: balance the ring, pass through, balance, hey

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
pass through ⁋
A2 8
ladles allemande left 1½ (new ladles)
4
balance short waves
4
partners allemande right ¾
B1 16
ladles start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Based on Paul Balliet's First Hey, shifted and with one phrase changed. Offers an opening that works much better with a barn-burner of a tune, with a runaway B section. Manages the energy throughout the sequence better than Paul's original dance, in my opinion. At the very least it offers a distinctly more driving and chunky feel compared to the original.

Strange New Worlds

by: Michael Karcher

introduces moves: custom

formation: becket

A1 8
right left through
8
star left - hands across - 4 places
A2 8
single file promenade along major set to new neightbors ⁋
8
star left - hands across - 4 places with the new
B1 16
neighbors long swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing

Fourth Friday

by: Chris Page

introduces moves: slide along set, zig zag

formation: improper

start in short waves, neighbor in right hand, ladles holding left in the center

A1 4
balance
4
slide right along set past neighbor
4
balance
4
slide right along set past neighbor
A2 2
neighbors allemande right ½
2
gentlespoons allemande left ½
12
partners swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back ⁋
8
right left through
B2 10
circle right 5 places
6
zig right zag left form a short wave with next

BREAK

Hot Buttered Rolls

by: Perry Shafran

introduces moves: slice, roll away

formation: Becket

A1 4
slice left, on the way back ⁋
4
gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay
4
long lines forward, on the way back
4
ladles roll away partners with a half sashay
A2 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners do si do once
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Craggy Gardens

by: Becky Hill

introduces moves: turn alone

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 2
pass through across the set
4
turn alone
8
star right 4 places ⁋
2
pass through

Bear Country

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: pull by dancers, meltdown swing

formation: Becket

A1 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
star left - hands across - 4 places
B1 2
gentlespoons pull by left (ladles drop out)
14
neighbors start a hey - rights on ends, lefts in center - until partners meet the second time
B2 14
partners meltdown swing
2
slide left along set ⁋

Tangled Yarns

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: square through

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
star left 4 places
A2 8
right diagonal ladles chain
8
ladles chain across to shadows
B1 8
square through two - neighbors balance & pull by right, then shadows pull by left
8
square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Ellen’s Yarns meets Square Through to You, for when you want to call Square Through to You but you can’t call Square Through to You because Bob Isaacs refuses to publish his dances literally anywhere. Where’s the book, Bob?