2026-10-03 UChicago

user: Moose Flores

Table of Contents

  1. Moose's Intro Lesson NOT A DANCE by unknown
  2. Farandole by Traditional

    Farandole - Traditional
  3. Lucky Seven by Traditional
  4. Country Bumpkin by Michael Barraclough

    Country Bumpkin by Michael Barraclough
  5. Coconut Cream Pie by Lynn Ackerson
  6. Intergenerational Reel by Bob Dalsemer
  7. The Carousel by Tom Hinds

  8. waltz & break
  9. Quintilinear (variation) by John Sweeney

    Quintilinear by John Sweeney
  10. Slice your neighbor by Aden Water
  11. Beach Grass by Moose Flores
  12. The Slinky Walk variation by Moose Flores, Chris Page

  13. waltz & goodbye


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Moose's Intro Lesson NOT A DANCE

by: unknown

introduces moves: circle, long lines, allemande, do si do, swing, right left through, chain, star

formation: circle

Welcome to the dance. I invite you to be present. Take a deep breath (CL, CR). Dancing frame.

A1 8
circle left 4 places
8
long lines forward & back
A2 8
neighbors allemande left once
8
neighbors do si do once
B1 8
partners swing
8
right left through
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places

Lesson: Circle L/R, F&B, give weight, stay connected, DSD, AL, AR, Swing, courtesy turn & chain, star. Better never than late, keep moving, "Keep smiling and all is forgiven", Everyone makes mistakes!
Anyone can dance either role, or both. Anyone can ask anyone to dance. You can always say “no thank you” for any or no reason.

Farandole

by: Traditional

Farandole - Traditional

introduces moves: custom

formation: Circle

May start with sending the Wave around the circle, toe tapping, arm swinging. Then LLFB & circle left. The leader breaks the circle into a chain.

A1 8
arms up, LLFB
8
Circle left
A2 8
Spiral in, spiral out
8
zig-zags (leader arch to reverse)
B1 8
"double bow knot" then thread the needle down the line
8
Spiral in, cut through
B2 8
2x2 arches that slide down, then go back through
8
Spiral in, leader arch to spiral out ("clap with the music")

Lucky Seven

by: Traditional

introduces moves: custom, promenade

formation: circle

A1 8
into the middle & back
8
partners do si do once
A2 16
grand right and left, count to seven ⁋
B1 16
partners long swing (new partner, number seven)
B2 16
partners promenade

Country Bumpkin

by: Michael Barraclough

Country Bumpkin by Michael Barraclough

introduces moves: custom

formation: longways sets, up to 6 couples

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
one line makes arches. All pass through to cross the set. Face the top couple.
A2 8
top couple sashay down
8
top couple sashay back up
B1 16
Horseshoe Chain: Starting with the top couple pulling by right, ending with the top couple at the bottom. ++
B2 8
top couple makes an arch, everyone else take your partner up through the arch ⁋
8
partners swing

++ Horseshoe Chain: "Top couple face each other, everyone else faces up towards the band/top couple. First, explain where people will be going: they will move up their own line, cross with their partner at the top of the set and then move down the other side. Then, explain how they get there: the top couple start off the move by joining right hands and then move past each other. They let go and stick out their left hands to join with the next person they meet. Everyone joins in the chain when someone joins hands with them. Once you’re in the chain, you keep joining right and left hands with people and cross over to the other side when you get to the top."
https://lisaheywood.net/dance-cards/

Coconut Cream Pie

by: Lynn Ackerson

introduces moves: custom, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: four face four

Have dancers note their "trail buddies" and who their corners are. The two dancers in the middle of the line of 4 are corners and the dancers at the ends have their corners in front of them.

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
middle 4 star right 4 places
A2 8
partners allemande left 1½
8
other 4 star right 4 places
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 4 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

In this case there are 8 places in the circle, so going 4 places is equivalent to half way.

Intergenerational Reel

by: Bob Dalsemer

introduces moves: arch & dive, custom

formation: improper

Can be called without any role distinctions

A1 8
circle left 4 places
8
circle right 4 places
A2 4
ones arch twos dive
4
twos seperate, cast home
8
twos swing
B1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ones swing ⁋

The Carousel

by: Tom Hinds

introduces moves: hey

formation: improper

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

waltz & break

Quintilinear (variation)

by: John Sweeney

Quintilinear by John Sweeney

introduces moves: custom

formation: line of 5 people

Stand in a line of 5, across the hall, everyone facing up. Number the positions from 1 (stage left) to 5 (stage right).
By the end of the progression, No.1 travels to the opposite end, and everyone else decreases their number by one.

A1 8
no.1 & no.2 allemande left 1½
8
no.1 & no.3 allemande right 1½
A2 16
double dolphin hey - start with no.1 passing 4&5 by left (2&3) 1 (4&5)
B1 8
no.1 & no.4 allemande left 1½
8
no.1 & no.5 allemande right 1½
B2 16
Thread the Needle, and straighten the line ⁋

++ Dolphin Heys,: with #1 (now in the middle) the only one acting solo.
+++ Thread the Needle: All face UP& take hands. 2&3 arch, no.1 dives. Both ends go all the way around and back to place. After going through the arch twice, #1 must head for the windows to pull the line straight; #2 (the new #1) should be heading for the other wall.

Variation: I swapped the left/right allemandes so that no.1 is facing UP for a facing up Thread the Needle in B2.
https://www.contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/Quintilinear.html

Slice your neighbor

by: Aden Water

introduces moves: slice

formation: Becket CW

Slicing left to progress: if you have no one to slice to, "slice" across the set to the spot your previous neighbors vacate. Wait out in Becket and you will be ready to slice your way back into the dance.

A1 8
slice left and straight back ⁋
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½ to neighbor
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends - ladles ricochet and join partner
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Beach Grass

by: Moose Flores

introduces moves: custom, balance, Rory O'More

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B1 8
right left through
8
long lines forward & back
B2 4
gentlespoons walk, ladles dodge, forming long wavy lines +
4
balance the wave
8
balance & Rory O'More right ⁋
  • Walk & Dodge: Gentlespoons walk across the set, Ladles step left one place to be behind their partner.

The Slinky Walk variation

by: Moose Flores, Chris Page

introduces moves: slide along set, custom

formation: Becket

  • Designate ones and twos, then have each set turn 1 quarter to the left for Becket. Then verify that all the ones are on the same side. Ones progress leftward & down the hall.
  • It may help to walk through a colonnade once without arches, to demonstrate the paths, then add the ones' arch (left to left!)
  • Give the twos a chance to practice arching the colonnade during the walkthrough.
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
left colonnade - "ones arch, colonnade!" +
B2 16
partners balance & swing
  • Left Colonnade: ones join left hands to make an arch and hold that arch for the entire figure. Ladles trade positions by left-shoulder pass through with ladle two going under the arch (and the arch moves!). Gentlespoons trade by left shoulders with gentlespoon two going under the arch. Ladles trade back by left shoulders; gentlespoons trade back by left shoulders. Each trade has 4 beats of music, so there's no need to rush.

Variation by Seth Tepfer

waltz & goodbye