8/27/2026 Wilmington Wed Contra

user: Casey Caison



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3, 33-33

by: Steve Zakon-Anderson

introduces moves: pull by dancers, box the gnat, swing, circle, long lines, do si do

formation: improper

A1 4
1st neighbors balance & pull by right
4
2nd neighbors pull by left
8
3rd neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
A2 4
3rd neighbors pull by right
4
2nd neighbors pull by left
8
1st neighbors swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles do si do 1½ ⁋

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Contra Vortex

by: Casey Caison

introduces moves: mad robin, pass by, allemande, stand still

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors do si do once as couples
A2 8
neighbors swing
8
mad robin, gentlespoons in front
B1 4
gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
12
partners swing ⁋
B2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½ scoop up partner for a butterfly whirl and slide left
8
stand still