KW 2026-09-23 San Francisco w/ The Nettles (DRAFT)

user: Koren A Wake

If You Can Walk, You Can Dance

by: Luke Donforth

introduces moves: do si do, swing, promenade, circle, balance the ring, pass through

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
neighbors promenade
8
circle right 3 places
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
pass through ⁋

Thursday Night Special #1

by: Larry Jennings

introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall, chain, long lines

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
long lines forward & back - ID next neighbors

You Can Get To Good Friday From Here

by: Koren Wake

introduces moves: form an ocean wave, Rory O'More, allemande, California twirl, balance, custom

formation: improper

start in a short wave, right hand to neighbor, ladles left in middle

A1 0
form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
A2 2
neighbors allemande right ½
2
gentlespoons allemande left ½
12
partners swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
4
pass through across the set
4
partners California twirl
B2 8
circle left 3 places and collapse to a wave (same wave you started in)
4
balance the wave fwd & back
4
walk forward 4 steps to new wave with next neighbors

A combination of "Good Friday" by Kirston Koths, and "You Can Get There From Here" by Linda Leslie. I'm sure I'm not the first person to combine these!

B1 is not quite the same as a right-and-left through; it's worth specifically teaching the CA twirl to face back in (instead of a regular courtesy turn or courtesy twirl) because it gives much better momentum to flow into the circle left.

Delphiniums and Daisies

by: Tanya Rotenberg

introduces moves: hey

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande left 1½
8
ladles chain
A2 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
partners long swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors allemande right 1½ ⁋

Written in 1985 for the 20th anniversary of her parents' wedding, these being their wedding flowers.

Homeward Bound

by: Andrea Nettleton

introduces moves: petronella, slide along set

formation: Becket

A1 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½ to trade places
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 14
partners balance & swing
2
slide left along set ⁋

waltz & break

Lancaster Lite

by: Melanie Axel-Lute

introduces moves: star, pull by dancers, meltdown swing

formation: improper

A1 8
star right 4 places
2
ladles pull by right
6
shadows allemande left once
A2 16
partners meltdown swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Lavender and Gold

by: Jim Hemphill

VAR: A2 promenade instead of R&LT

introduces moves: give & take, right left through, square through

formation: Becket

A1 8
gentlespoons give & take neighbors
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
right left through
8
left diagonal ladles chain to shadow
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
square through two - next neighbors balance & pull by right, then shadows pull by left ⁋
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Still More O'Moore

by: Jim Kitch

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
next neighbors swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners allemande right 1½ to long waves
B1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
B2 16
partners balance & swing

ALTERNATES:

The Baby Rose

by: David Kaynor

alt for Thursday Night if there isn't room for DTH

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

Box the Gnat Contra - Swat the Flea variation

by: Becky Hill

alt for Lavender & Gold if easier dance or faster teach is needed

introduces moves: box the gnat, swat the flea

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
8
partners left hand balance & swat the flea
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
right left through
8
ladles chain look for new ⁋