Hayward Contra 9/13/26

Sweet as Honey

introduces moves: circle, chain, allemande, swing, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1	8	circle right 3 places
	8	ladles chain
A2	8	ladles allemande right once
	8	neighbors swing
B1	8	gentlespoons allemande left 1½
	8	partners swing
B2	8	circle left 3 places
	4	balance the ring
	4	partners California twirl ⁋

Apples and Caramel

by: Seth Tepfer

introduces moves: Rory O'More, pass through, do si do

formation: improper

Starts in short waves, right hand to neighbors

A1	8	balance & Rory O'More right
	8	balance & Rory O'More left
A2	16	neighbors balance & swing
B1	8	ladles allemande right 1½
	8	partners swing
B2	6	circle left 3 places
	2	pass through ⁋
	8	next neighbors do si do 1¼ to short waves

Based on Apples and Chocolate by Sue Rosen

Tunnel to California

by: Rick Mohr

introduces moves: arch & dive, down the hall, up the hall, pass by

formation: improper

A1	4	ones arch twos dive
	4	partners California twirl
	8	neighbors swing
A2	8	down the hall and turn alone
	8	up the hall and bend into a ring
B1	4	balance the ring
	4	gentlespoons pass by right shoulders
	8	partners swing
B2	8	circle left 3 places
	4	balance the ring
	4	twos arch ones dive ⁋

Consider teaching the full dip and dive together by starting the walkthrough with the final B2 arch figure (after asking the dancers to back up one place).
https://rickmohr.net/Contra/Dances/#TunnelToCalifornia

The Eyes Have It

by: Becky Hill

introduces moves: slide along set, mad robin, hey

formation: Becket

A1	6	circle left 4 places
	2	slide left along set
	8	ladles chain
A2	8	mad robin, ladles in front
	8	ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1	16	partners balance & swing
B2	8	gentlespoons allemande left 1½
	8	partners swing

Hey for Forty

by: Carol Ormand

Fell apart when I tried to drop out of calling - feedback from dancers that it would have worked if I had kept cueing!

introduces moves: zig zag, star

formation: improper

A1	4	zig left zag right into a ring with N2
	4	circle right 2 places [with N2]
	4	zig right zag left to pass neighbor N1
	4	zig left zag right into a ring with N0
A2	4	circle right 2 places [with N0]
	4	zig right zag left back to N1
	8	neighbors swing [with N1]
B1	8	circle left 3 places
	8	partners swing
B2	8	ladles chain
	8	star left 4 places ⁋

Zig and zag/weave the line is snappy! Make sure dancers get where they need to be to circle halfway and keep moving.
Dancers should stay alert at ends because couples will come out to circle right with them.
In the star, gentlespoons can offer their right hand behind them to their partner, which flows nicely into the zig left.

Appears in https://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2015.pdf#page=46

Charismatic Megafauna

by: Linda Leslie

introduces moves: give & take, promenade, petronella

formation: Becket

Identify next neighbors on left diagonal.

A1	4	gentlespoons give & take neighbors
	12	neighbors swing
A2	8	ladles chain
	6	partners promenade
	2	slide right along set (j-hook) ⁋
B1	8	balance & petronella
	8	balance & petronella
B2	16	partners balance & swing

Linda's notes:

"Written for our friends Lucia Watson and Jeff Weiler so they could twirl like crazy in the chain. In 2017, I actually switched the sequences: the dance used to start at the B1. I like this much better!"

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Jacob Potato

by: Jacob Bloom

family dance

introduces moves: custom, long lines

formation: Longways set, no H4

A1	8	Oval left
	8	Oval right
A2	8	long lines forward & back
	8	partners do si do once
B1	16	Top couple sashay down and back
B2	16	Top couple cast off to bottom, all move up

Early Evening Rollaway

by: Bob Isaacs

introduces moves: right left through, balance, roll away

formation: improper

A1	16	neighbors balance & swing
A2	8	right left through
	8	ladles chain
B1	4	balance the ring
	4	gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay across the set
	8	partners swing
B2	8	circle left 3 places
	2	pass through ⁋
	8	next neighbors do si do once

Redwood Shadows

by: Chris Page

introduces moves: poussette, meltdown swing

formation: Becket

A1	8	gentlespoons allemande left 1½ with next gentlespoons on left diagonal (outside the minor set), ladles shift left ⁋
	8	next neighbors swing
A2	8	circle left 3 places
	4	balance the ring
	4	neighbors California twirl, give two hands to neighbors
B1	5	half poussette - ladles pull neighbors back then left around partners
	3	mad robin ½ around, ladles in front, around partners
	5	half poussette - ladles pull neighbors back then right around shadows ⁋
	3	mad robin ½ around, ladles in front around shadows, then turn away to find partners
B2	16	partners meltdown swing

Slapping The Wood

by: Don Flaherty

formation: improper

Please walk this dance thru before taking to the dance floor, any feed back would be appreciate you can E-mail do14flah@aol.com
thanks Don Flaherty

A1	8	neighbors do si do once (do si do as a couple with partner around neighbors )
	8	neighbors swing
A2	8	ladles chain
	8	ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1	16	partners balance & swing
B2	8	circle left 3 places
	4	balance the ring
	4	partners California twirl ⁋

New and experienced dancers seem to like this dance for its wonderful flow
couple do si do this was the first dance to have this figure in it 35 years ago this was probably the first dance with a couple do si do

Train Delay

by: Maia McCormick

introduces moves: box the gnat

formation: Becket

Shadow is next to you.

A1	2	slide left along set ⁋
	6	circle left 3 places
	8	neighbors swing
A2	8	ladles chain
	8	star left 4 places
B1	8	shadows right hand balance & box the gnat
	8	shadows do si do 1½
B2	16	partners balance & swing

In the second half of B1, pull by R at the start of the do-si-do for some extra momentum.

Written on a stuck train to Princeton, NJ, late 2014, and first called March 2015 in Silver Spring, MD.

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