26-09-18 - JD Pittsburgh Friday (with Eitan)

user: Jasmine Davis

Table of Contents

  1. Simplicity Swing by Becky Hill

  2. Love & Kisses (Circle mixer)
  3. Daydreams of You by Ramya Rajan
  4. Taumoeba by Eitan Greene

    Eitan calling
  5. Bursting at the Seams by Eitan Greene

    Eitan calling
  6. Once More With Feeling by Isaac Banner

    Eitan calling
  7. Airpants by Lisa Greenleaf

    No-walk
  8. Black River Falls by Mattie Rynkiewicz
  9. 3 Up The Creek by Jasmine Davis
  10. Stir Crazy by Erik Weberg

    Eitan calling
  11. Tica Tica Timing by Dean Snipes

    Eitan calling
  12. Get Me Going by Lisa Greenleaf

    Eitan calling


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Simplicity Swing

by: Becky Hill

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

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain to neighbor
B2 8
star left 4 places ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do once

Love & Kisses (Circle mixer)

Daydreams of You

by: Ramya Rajan

introduces moves: poussette, allemande, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 6
half poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then left
10
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Taumoeba

by: Eitan Greene

Eitan calling

introduces moves: custom, meltdown swing, balance

formation: four face four

A1 8
opposites do-si-do 1
8
center 4 star left 1
A2 8
partners allemande right 1½
8
center 4 star left 1
B1 16
partners meltdown swing
B2 8
circle left 4 places
8
partners balance and California twirl ⁋

Bursting at the Seams

by: Eitan Greene

Eitan calling

introduces moves: box circulate, custom, pull by dancers

formation: Becket

A1 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places to long wave (Ladles in, Gentlespoons out)
A2 8
balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right (with N2) ⁋
8
balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right (with N2)
B1 8
starburst CCW 1 (swap with N3) ⁋
6
neighbors allemande left once (N3)
2
gentlespoons pull by right
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Starburst: Ladles step forward out of the set, gentlespoons follow. Both turn alone to walk back in, progressing 1 place forwards

Once More With Feeling

by: Isaac Banner

Eitan calling

introduces moves: box the gnat, petronella

formation: improper

A1 4
neighbors balance right hand
4
neighbors box the gnat
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella and turn to face new neighbors ⁋

Airpants

by: Lisa Greenleaf

No-walk

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors do si do 1½ ⁋

Black River Falls

by: Mattie Rynkiewicz

introduces moves: custom, down the hall, up the hall, hey

formation: duple neutral

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
partner two-hand turn once
A2 8
down the hall and turn alone, 1s in the center
8
up the hall
B1 16
neighbors start a full hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
B2 16
neighbors long swing ⁋

3 Up The Creek

by: Jasmine Davis

introduces moves: Rory O'More, gyre, zig zag

formation: 3 face 3

Start in short wavy lines with your opposite in your right hand

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
A2 8
neighbors do si do once
8
neighbors allemande right once
B1 8
partners gyre left shoulders once (leftmost dancer u-turn back to start)
8
circle right 3 places
B2 8
circle right 6 places (open from circle 3 into circle 6, circle to return home)
8
zig right zag left ⁋

The B1 left gyre into a circle right 3 is the equivalent of a two-person gyre into a swing. However, it may be taught as a "single file circle" with the lefthand dancer in the line of three turning back to start.

Stir Crazy

by: Erik Weberg

Eitan calling

introduces moves: pass through, square through

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through
8
next neighbors swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners do si do once
B1 16
square through four - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left, then repeat
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Tica Tica Timing

by: Dean Snipes

Eitan calling

introduces moves: promenade, slide along set

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
neighbors promenade
8
ladles chain
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 14
partners balance & swing
2
slide left along set ⁋

Julian Bee notes that swapping the promenade for a R+L Thru is Linda Leslie's "Old Time Elixir #2", written in 1998. It's unclear when Dean wrote TTT, so both deserve a cross-reference. https://contradb.com/dances/474

Get Me Going

by: Lisa Greenleaf

Eitan calling

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 ⁋