08.15.26 Aug JC Dance

user: Emily Meredith

Table of Contents

  1. Scottish Reel by Chestnut

    Whiskey in the Jar - Sham Rock
  2. Small Potatoes (variation II) by Jim Kitch
  3. Get Me Going by Lisa Greenleaf

  4. Intersection Reel
  5. Swamp Stomp by Linda Thomas
  6. Heartbeat Contra by Don Flaherty
  7. Off the Rails by Casey Caison

  8. Waltz

  9. Waltz

  10. Aw Shucks
  11. Lily's Pickles by Nora Levitin
  12. Kettle Drum by Jesse Partridge
  13. Pizza Shop by Yoyo Zhou
  14. Monday Night in Ballard by Mike Richardson

    A1: right hand star, balance neighbor and trade places; Sashay the Donut 1

  15. Waltz

  16. Waltz
  17. Love and Twirls by James Hutson


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Scottish Reel

by: Chestnut

Whiskey in the Jar - Sham Rock

introduces moves: custom, do si do, swing

formation: Longways Sets, 4-6 Couples

A1 16
top ladle leads ladles line through gentlespoons line in a slalom (while ladles hold hands)
A2 16
top gentlespoon leads gentlespoons line through ladles line in a slalom (while gentlespoons hold hands)
B1 8
top couple sashay down the middle & back
8
top couple separate, cast, walk down to the bottom ⁋
B2 8
partners do si do once
8
partners swing

alternate B2 is sashay down & back as long lines holding hands (requires more space)

Small Potatoes (variation II)

by: Jim Kitch

introduces moves: long lines, chain, circle, balance the ring, pass through

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 8
ladles do si do once
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
pass through ⁋

Get Me Going

by: Lisa Greenleaf

introduces moves: 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 ⁋

Intersection Reel

Swamp Stomp

by: Linda Thomas

introduces moves: square through

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
neighbors swing
A2 16
square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left, then repeat
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles do si do 1½
B2 8
partners swing
8
ladles chain

Named after an event held by Cape Fear Contra Dancers of Wilmington, NC called "Swamp Stomp".

Heartbeat Contra

by: Don Flaherty

introduces moves: petronella, gyre, balance, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
A2 4
balance the ring
12
neighbors swing
B1 8
ladles gyre 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
partners balance
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Off the Rails

by: Casey Caison

introduces moves: mad robin, allemande, custom

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 8
mad robin, ladles in front (eye contact with neighbor)
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B2 8
ladles ricochet of neighbor and cross set clockwise to partner
8
partners swing (slide left) ⁋

For the ricochets, instruct dancers to put up two hands and push off of each other. The mad robins in this dance will have eye contact with different neighbors as you progress, which I thought would be fun. A friend of mine named the dance as a joke, saying I hope this dance works and doesn't go "Off the Rails".

Waltz

Waltz

Aw Shucks

Lily's Pickles

by: Nora Levitin

formation: Becket

A1 16
partners balance & swing
A2 8
balance & petronella
2
neighbors allemande left ½
6
ladles allemande right once quickly!
B1 16
neighbors balance & swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles do si do 1½ with a new ladle

Instruct ladles to notice a new neighbor ladle during the long lines.

I recommend no clap after the petronella twirl. The momentum should bring the dancers directly into the allemande left.

Kettle Drum

by: Jesse Partridge

introduces moves: custom

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 4
balance
4
ladles trade by the left shoulder, catch left hands
8
star left - hands across - 4 places ⁋

Pizza Shop

by: Yoyo Zhou

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

formation: Becket

A1 8
slice left and straight back ⁋
8
ladles chain
A2 8
ladles allemande right once
8
neighbors swing
B1 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing

Monday Night in Ballard

by: Mike Richardson

A1: right hand star, balance neighbor and trade places; Sashay the Donut 1

introduces moves: pull by dancers

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles allemande left 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
gentlespoons do si do once
6
circle left 3 places
2
neighbors pull by right

Waltz

Waltz

Love and Twirls

by: James Hutson

introduces moves: Rory O'More, form long waves

formation: improper

Starts in long waves, gentlespoons face out

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
4
ladles pull by right across
4
neighbors allemande left ¾ ⁋
0
form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out

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