SCT 07.17.26 Emerald City

user: Sarah Trop

Get Me Going

by: Lisa Greenleaf

introduces moves: swing, long lines, do si do, chain, star

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles do si do 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places and on to the next ⁋

Apples and Caramel

by: Seth Tepfer

introduces moves: Rory O'More, allemande, circle, pass through

formation: improper

Starts in short waves, right hand to neighbors

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
partners swing
B2 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do 1¼ to short waves

Based on Apples and Chocolate by Sue Rosen

Travels with Rick and Kim

by: Shari Miller-Johnson

introduces moves: balance the ring, custom

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 4
balance the ring
4
pass through across the set
8
promenade single file around the circle 3 places
B1 16
partners balance & swing (on the leads' home side)
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

From Michael Fuerst's compilation of easy dances: http://aptsg.org/Dance/easy_dances.rtf

Star of the County Alameda

by: Yoyo Zhou

introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by direction, promenade

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
8
star right 4 places
A2 4
pull by right across the set w/partner
12
neighbors swing
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
partners promenade
6
star left 3 places
2
pull by left w/neighbor ⁋

Composed September 11, 2012

Choreographer's notes:

Often, when we pull across by the right hand, if we hold on too long, it leads to ladles turning over their right shoulder, which is bad for e.g. a right and left thru. But in this dance, it's good flow for the ladles to keep turning right into the neighbor swing.
Teaching notes:
* B2 needs to be zippy. After the star 3 places, we've come to original place.

Delphiniums and Daisies

by: Tanya Rotenberg

introduces moves: hey

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande left 1½
8
ladles chain
A2 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
partners long swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors allemande right 1½ ⁋

Written in 1985 for the 20th anniversary of her parents' wedding, these being their wedding flowers.

BREAK

3 of 2

by: John Nance

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande left 1½
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors allemande right 1½ ⁋

Squirrel!

by: Chris Page

introduces moves: mad robin, pass by, right left through

formation: improper

A1 6
mad robin, ladles in front
4
circle left 1 place (single file promenade)
6
mad robin, gentlespoons in front
A2 2
gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
14
neighbors swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
right left through
8
ladles chain ⁋

(Notes by Chris Page)
[1] A mad robin is a sideways do-si-do, ladles starting in front of their neighbor.
[2] A no-hands circle left 1/4 in your groups of four. Essentially ladles cross the set while gentlespoons sidestep to their left along the side of the set.
[3] Here you look at your neighbor across the set, and gentlespoons start by going forward to their right, ladles behind to their left, gentlespoons passing in front of partner.

Treasure of the Soda Bar

by: Maia McCormick

introduces moves: square through

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 8
partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center (pass P by R)
8
partners swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B2 16
square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left, then repeat (and look along side for new neighbor) ⁋

A1 is from James Hutson’s “Treasure of the Sierra Madre”. This dance was tested at Soda Bar in Brooklyn, hence the title, and first called at Glen Echo FND in August 2016.

Fun Dance for Marjorie

by: Bob Golder

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 4
gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
4
ladles pass by right shoulders and take RH as they pass
8
star right - hands across - 4 places and walk along the set to find the next couple (ladles behind partner) ⁋

Written by Bob Golder for a friend with some mobility issues, and so contains only moves that she could do comfortably.

Cheat Lake Twirl

by: Perry Shafran

introduces moves: petronella, form an ocean wave

formation: improper

start in ocean wave, ladles by lefts in center

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing, form a ring
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do once
0
form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands