Tapestry 2026/09/26

Fingerling Potatoes

introduces moves: swing, long lines, chain, do si do, circle, 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	6	circle left 3 places
	2	pass through ⁋
	8	next neighbors do si do once

Edit 2026/09/17: This is Luke Donforth's variant of Small Potatoes

Magnet Eyes

by: Beau Farmer

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

formation: improper

A1	16	neighbors balance & swing
A2	8	down the hall and turn alone
	8	up the hall and bend into a ring
B1	6	circle left 3 places
	10	partners swing
B2	8	partners promenade
	6	circle left 3 places
	2	pass through ⁋

Cast Iron Courtney

by: Mattie Rynkiewicz

introduces moves: allemande, form an ocean wave, gyre

formation: Becket

A1	16	partners balance & swing
A2	8	circle left 3 places
	8	neighbors allemande right once
B1	4	form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands
	2	pass through ⁋
	10	neighbors swing
B2	8	long lines forward & back
	8	ladles gyre 1½

For Courtney Deavours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf5UXmLrugg

Heartbreak Contra (A2 ring balance)

by: Dugan Murphy

introduces moves: petronella, balance the ring

formation: improper

A1	8	balance & petronella
	8	balance & petronella
A2	4	balance the ring
	12	neighbors swing
B1	8	gentlespoons allemande left 1½
	8	partners swing
B2	8	circle left 3 places
	4	balance the ring
	4	pass through ⁋

Butter

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: slide along set, hey

formation: Becket

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

http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/437-butter-by-gene-hubert-becket

Becky's Brouhaha

by: Rhiannon Giddens

followed by waltz & break

introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers, star

formation: improper

A1	8	neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
	2	neighbors pull by right to prev neighbors
	6	prev neighbors allemande left once - return to current neighbors
A2	16	neighbors balance & swing
B1	8	circle left 3 places
	8	partners swing
B2	8	ladles chain
	8	star left 4 places - reach right hand to next neighbors ⁋

Shadowy Business

by: Mattie Rynkiewicz

formation: Becket

A1	2	partners pull by left
	6	shadows allemande right once (trail buddy)
	2	partners pull by left
	6	shadows allemande right once
A2	16	partners balance & swing
B1	2	slide left along set ⁋
	6	circle left 3 places
	8	neighbors swing
B2	8	long lines forward & back
	8	ladles chain, face partner

Fast Living

by: David Kirchner

introduces moves: custom

formation: four face four

A1	8	lines of four forward & back
	8	four ladles grand chain halfway, face across with corner
A2	16	ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1	16	second corners balance & swing
B2	4	gentlespoons star L halfway
	12	partners swing, face the next ⁋

Double Rainbow

by: Jacob Bloom

introduces moves: custom, California twirl

formation: improper

A1	8	ones mirror allemande neighbors 3/2
	8	twos swing, face down
A2	8	twos mirror allemande neighbors 3/2
	8	ones swing, face down
B1	8	down the hall - ones turn as a couple, twos turn alone
	8	up the hall and bend into a ring
B2	8	circle left 4 places
	4	balance the ring
	4	partners California twirl ⁋

Is It Jim's Anna or Anna's Jim?

by: Mattie Rynkiewicz

formation: improper

double progression

A1	8	balance & petronella
	8	balance & petronella
A2	4	balance the ring
	4	partners California twirl ⁋
	8	neighbors swing [new neighbors]
B1	8	ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends - gentlespoons ricochet
	8	partners swing
B2	8	circle left 3 places
	4	balance the ring
	4	pass through ⁋

Pasta Promenade

by: Beau & Mickey Farmer

introduces moves: custom, contra corners

formation: improper

A1	8	down the hall four in line, ones in the center
	8	ones turn as a couple, twos turn alone, come back
A2	8	circle left 4 places
	8	ones split the twos, symmetric dosido
B1	16	ones contra corners
B2	16	ones balance & swing ⁋

You Can Get There From Here

by: Linda Leslie

(no walkthrough) followed by waltz

introduces moves: Rory O'More, custom

formation: improper

Dance starts in short wavy lines: from improper formation, neighbors take right hands, ladles take left in the center.

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	circle left 3 places and walk forward
	4	form an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands -forward and back
	4	walk forward to ⁋
	0	form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands

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