7/15/26 Berkeley Contra

user: Edie Sussman

Table of Contents

  1. Get Me Going by Lisa Greenleaf
  2. Spend Some Money Together by Luke Donforth
  3. Early Evening Rollaway by Bob Isaacs
  4. Aioli by Will Mentor
  5. Charismatic Megafauna by Linda Leslie

  6. Waltz & Break
  7. Mama Loo's Reel by Gene Hubert
  8. Becky's Brouhaha by Rhiannon Giddens
  9. Green Lake Twirl by Isaac Banner


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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 ⁋

Spend Some Money Together

by: Luke Donforth

introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, circle, 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 ⁋

Early Evening Rollaway

by: Bob Isaacs

introduces moves: right left through, balance, roll away, pass through

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
right left through
8
ladles chain
B1 4
balance the ring
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay across the set
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do once

Aioli

by: Will Mentor

introduces moves: slide along set, custom, allemande, hey

formation: Duple Minor Becket

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
4
Gentlespoons cross by the right
10
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
2
Gentlespoons pull by Left
6
partners allemande right once -until gentlespoons face in
B1 16
gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
B2 16
partners balance & swing ⁋

Charismatic Megafauna

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: give & take, petronella

formation: Becket

Identify next neighbors on left diagonal.

A1 4
gentlespoons give & take neighbors
12
neighbors swing
A2 8
ladles chain
6
partners promenade
2
slide right along set (j-hook) ⁋
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Linda's notes:

"Written for our friends Lucia Watson and Jeff Weiler so they could twirl like crazy in the chain. In 2017, I actually switched the sequences: the dance used to start at the B1. I like this much better!"

Waltz & Break

Mama Loo's Reel

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: stand still

formation: improper

A1 8
circle left 4 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
6
circle right 4 places
2
stand still let go hands and turn ⁋

Becky's Brouhaha

by: Rhiannon Giddens

introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
2
neighbors pull by right to prev neighbors
6
prev neighbors allemande left once - return to current neighbors
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places - reach right hand to next neighbors ⁋

Green Lake Twirl

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: slice, Rory O'More

formation: Becket

A1 4
slice left ⁋
4
gentlespoons take neighbors
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners do si do 1¼ into short waves
B1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Inspired by Cheat Lake Twirl by Perry Shafran