Cherylyn Geers 2026-08-10 Louisville, KY

user: Cherylyn Geers

Table of Contents

  1. The Baby Rose by David Kaynor
  2. November Night by Jim Hemphill
  3. Old Time Elixir #2 by Linda Leslie
  4. Sponge Bob Square Dance by Carol Ormand
  5. Break #8 by [none]
  6. Left Where You Right It, That's Left by Cherylyn Geers

  7. break
  8. Not My Second Rodeo by Isaac Banner
  9. Road to Yesterday by Nicholas Rockstroh
  10. Kimmswick Express by Gene Hubert
  11. Middle Break by Bob Isaacs
  12. Cloverloop by Cherylyn Geers
  13. Reel to Reel by Cary Ravitz


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The Baby Rose

by: David Kaynor

introduces moves: swing, circle, do si do, chain, star

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners do si do once
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places to new neighbors ⁋

November Night

by: Jim Hemphill

introduces moves: allemande, promenade, long lines

formation: improper

A1 8
gentlespoons do si do once
8
ladles allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
neighbors promenade across
8
long lines forward & back ⁋

Bradley Smith Notes:
The first time through the dance, the gentlespoons do-si-do in A1 is with the couple that you start the dance with. Every time after that, the gentlespoons have to look to the left to find the next gentlespoon to do-si-do. It's a very simple progression that just requires reminding gentlepoons that they must look to the left every time through the dance after the first to find the next gentlespoon to Do-si-do.

Old Time Elixir #2

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: slide along set, right left through, petronella

formation: Becket

A1 0
slide left along set ⁋
8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
right left through
8
ladles chain to partner
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 16
partners balance & swing

A variation of the dance Old Time Elixir by Mike Boerschig.

Sponge Bob Square Dance

by: Carol Ormand

introduces moves: custom

formation: square dance

Keeper square

A1 4
actives down the center and split the ring
4
actives come up the outside
8
elbow swing by the right
A2 8
elbow swing corner by the left
8
elbow swing next by the right
B1 8
elbow swing next by the left
4
actives up the middle to home and make an arch
4
others dive through
B2 8
inactives separate and go home around the outside
8
partners swing at home (all) ⁋

Probably could have formatted this better but I just wanted to get this dance up to put in a program.

This dance has a reel the ring: the first elbow swing with partner is once around and the rest are once and a a half.

In B1, not everyone is with their partners to go through the arch. This is fine.

Break #8

by: [none]

introduces moves: custom

formation: square dance

A1 8
circle left 4 places
8
circle right 4 places
A2 8
one from each couple forward and back
8
other four star right
B1 8
same four star left
8
partners swing
B2 8
promenade home

From Tony Parkes' square syallabus: https://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2005.pdf

Left Where You Right It, That's Left

by: Cherylyn Geers

introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: Becket

Set up the line with a partner swing ending facing down the hall, as in the B2.

A1 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
A2 8
right left through
8
balance & petronella RIGHT
B1 4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋
8
balance & petronella LEFT
B2 16
partners balance & swing, end facing down the hall

Loosely inspired by Ted Hodapp's Right Where You Left It, That's Right.

break

Not My Second Rodeo

by: Isaac Banner

introduces moves: hey, meltdown swing, pass through

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
B1 16
partners meltdown swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
0
pass through ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do once

Kind of but not really The Second Time Around by Jim Kitch. Hey-to-allemande offers a refreshing broken-hey-ish redux of allemande-to-hey and creates an illusion of less inactivity in the ladle's role.

Road to Yesterday

by: Nicholas Rockstroh

introduces moves: slice, give & take, roll away

formation: Becket cw

A1 4
slice left ⁋
4
ladles take neighbors
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
circle right 4 places
B1 4
gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay
8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
12
partners swing

I wrote a dance called “Bridge to Yesterday” which was very similar to this one, but turned out to be excessively clockwise. This is the result of my rewrite of that dance. Note the petronella turns where the spinning figures come before the balances as in the original dance “petronella.” I wanted something using the traditional-style petronella turns since it would enable a spin into a 12-count swing.

Kimmswick Express

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: custom, balance

formation: square dance

A1 8
Heads forward & back
8
right left through Heads
A2 6
circle left 3 places Heads
2
pass through to face Sides
8
neighbors do si do 1¼ to a wave of 4 (2 ladles in the middle by the left, neighbor right)
B1 4
balance right & left
2
neighbors allemande right ½
2
gentlespoons allemande left ½
8
partners swing
B2 16
partners promenade along the set on the right to home

Middle Break

by: Bob Isaacs

introduces moves: custom

formation: Square Break

A1 6
neighbors allemande left once
10
grand right and left
A2 8
partners do si do once
8
partners swing
B1 6
neighbors allemande left once
10
grand right and left
B2 8
partners do si do once
8
partners swing

Cloverloop

by: Cherylyn Geers

introduces moves: custom

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
balance & petronella around loop
8
balance & petronella around loop
A2 8
right left through
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - ladles ricochet, gentlespoons ricochet
B1 4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl, stay facing out
0
reach across and behind to form clover
4
balance in a clover
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay across the set
B2 16
partners balance & swing ⁋

This works best as a double-progression since that means traveling one full place in each of the petronellas.

In the B1, stay facing out after the California Twirl. Free hand crosses in front of you and then between you and your partner, and then connects with the hand of the person behind you to make a clover.

Reel to Reel

by: Cary Ravitz

introduces moves: allemande orbit

formation: improper

To start, neighbors dosado 1¼ to a wave across, neighbor right, ladles left in the middle, ones facing down.

A1 2
neighbors allemande right ½
6
gentlespoons allemande left once around while the ladles orbit clockwise ½ around to meet partner
2
partners allemande right ½
6
ladles allemande left once around while the gentlespoons orbit clockwise ½ around to meet neighbor
A2 16
neighbors meltdown swing
B1 8
ladles give & take partners
8
partners swing
B2 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through (improper here) ⁋
8
neighbors do si do 1¼

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B1 can be danced as gentlespoons pass left (4), partners swing (12).

Alternate B2 (from Real to Surreal) - circle left 3/4 and pass through up and down (8), new neighbors box the gnat (4), spin (forward and to the right) to a wave across with ladies in the middle, ones facing down (4).