Circle Left 2026/08/01

user: Dane Wallinga

Table of Contents

  1. The Nice Combination by Gene Hubert
  2. Don't Have to Walk but You Can Dance by Luke Donforth
  3. Anastasia by Daniel Morse
  4. Footloose by Dean Snipes
  5. Zag it Back by Jacqui Grennan
  6. Minimum Fuss, Maximum Fun by Dean Snipes
  7. Home Cooking by Don Flaherty
  8. Recombobulated by Chris Page
  9. Ribbons for Shoe Laces by Dugan Murphy
  10. Northeast on Southwest by Susan Petrick
  11. The Winter Storm by Linda Leslie


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The Nice Combination

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: swing, down the hall, up the hall, circle, chain, star

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing end facing down the hall
A2 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Don't Have to Walk but You Can Dance

by: Luke Donforth

introduces moves: do si do, promenade, allemande, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
neighbors promenade
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Anastasia

by: Daniel Morse

This dance is not published.

Footloose

by: Dean Snipes

This dance is not published.

Zag it Back

by: Jacqui Grennan

introduces moves: slice, zig zag

formation: Becket

A1 8
slice left and straight back ⁋
8
ladles allemande left 1½
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 6
circle left 3 places
6
neighbors zig left zag right
4
shadows allemande left once
B2 16
partners balance & swing

The timing is fuzzy in the B1 but it does all fit.

Minimum Fuss, Maximum Fun

by: Dean Snipes

introduces moves: box the gnat, box circulate

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 ⁋

Home Cooking

by: Don Flaherty

introduces moves: hey, right left through

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
right left through
8
ladles do si do 1½ ⁋

Recombobulated

by: Chris Page

introduces moves: slide along set, petronella, meltdown swing

formation: Becket

A1 2
slide left along set to next neighbors ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B1 8
star left - hands across - 4 places
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
B2 16
partners meltdown swing

Ribbons for Shoe Laces

by: Dugan Murphy

introduces moves: give & take

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
ladles give & take partners
8
partners swing
B2 8
partners promenade, shifting right along the side to face new neighbors ⁋
8
circle right 3 places

Northeast on Southwest

by: Susan Petrick

This dance is not published.

The Winter Storm

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: form an ocean wave

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors do si do 1¼ to
A2 4
form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands and walk forward to ⁋
12
next neighbors swing
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½ to face partner
8
partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Couples wait out improper to come in for neighbor swing after wave balance.