Cherylyn Geers 2026-09-18 Lexington, KY

user: Cherylyn Geers

Table of Contents

  1. Too Hot to Trot var. by Eric Black
  2. Petronella Stompshake by Cherylyn Geers
  3. Right Thought by Yoyo Zhou
  4. Marshmallows in Flight by Rich Goss
  5. Treasure of Sierra Madre by James Hutson
  6. Left Where You Right It, That's Left by Cherylyn Geers

  7. Break
  8. The Nice Complication by Moose Flores
  9. Reel Easy by Cary Ravitz

    if square won't go
  10. Midwinter Night's Dream var. by Linda Leslie
  11. Cloverloop by Cherylyn Geers
  12. Batter variation by Cary Ravitz


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Too Hot to Trot var.

by: Eric Black

introduces moves: swing, chain, gyre, circle, balance the ring, pass through

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
ladles chain to partners
8
ladles gyre once in the center
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
pass through ⁋

Petronella Stompshake

by: Cherylyn Geers

introduces moves: petronella, star, custom

formation: scatter mixer

Hands four anywhere in the hall.

A1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
A2 8
star left - wrist grip - 4 places
8
star right - wrist grip - 4 places
B1 16
neighbors balance & swing
B2 16
neighbors scatter promenade

Based on Petronella Milkshake but shifts the petronellas to A1 and takes out the circles in favor of the Stomp transition of petronellas to stars.

I like wrist grip here for scalability if some couples end up with hands more than four. That also opens up the possibility of one massive star at the end, à la Bob Isaacs at the end of Cold Pig/Warm Mud.

Right Thought

by: Yoyo Zhou

introduces moves: long lines, allemande, right left through

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons allemande right 1½
A2 16
partners balance & swing
B1 8
right left through
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B2 16
neighbors balance & swing ⁋

In B1, ladles allemande with new neighbor ladle.

Marshmallows in Flight

by: Rich Goss

introduces moves: roll away, give & take, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 4
balance the ring
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay along
4
balance the ring
4
gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay across
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 4
gentlespoons give & take partners
12
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Treasure of Sierra Madre

by: James Hutson

introduces moves: box the gnat, hey

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
A2 8
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
8
partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Left Where You Right It, That's Left

by: Cherylyn Geers

introduces moves: down the hall, up the hall

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

The Nice Complication

by: Moose Flores

introduces moves: meltdown swing

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors meltdown swing
A2 16
gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet second time
B1 16
partners meltdown swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Variation on The Nice Combination
https://contradb.com/dances/467

Reel Easy

by: Cary Ravitz

if square won't go

introduces moves: do si do, pull by dancers

formation: improper

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

https://www.dance.ravitz.us/#re :

To change from a Becket dance to Reel Easy in a medley, change Reel Easy's first figure to circle left 3/4. From a counter-clockwise Becket dance, change it to men allemande left 1+1/2.

The second half of B2 can be danced as neighbors allemande right 1+1/4, walk straight forward to (A1) do-si-do the next. But I think it is more fun to allemande right 1, lean back a bit, and pull by.

YouTube, 2, MRD

Midwinter Night's Dream var.

by: Linda Leslie

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 4
ladles give & take partners
12
partners swing, end facing down
B1 8
down the hall and turn as a couple
8
up the hall and bend into a ring
B2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends ⁋

extremely minor variation--replaced promenade with half hey

Cloverloop

by: Cherylyn Geers

introduces moves: custom, balance

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

Double-progression since each petronella moves one place.

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. Described by Josiah Roberts as "tie the knot".

Batter variation

by: Cary Ravitz

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Cary's preferred version.