Frederick Contra
by
Tom Hinds.
[IMPROPER:]
(“New”)Gents dosido(8).
Ladies allemand-L 1.5,
to change places(8).
Partner bal&swing(4+12).
DTHall line4, ONEs next to TWOs(6), turn as a couple(2).
Come back UTHall(6), bend the line(2)...
...Circle left 3-places(8). Nbr swing(8).
Mad Scatter
by
Rick Mohr.
[Scatter mixer: Couples in 4-somes or 6-somes or 8-somes]
Circle left(8). Dosido nbr(8).
Allemand-R partner 1.5
[sending ladies in](8).
Ladies star-L, while Gents orbit CW(8).
Bal&swing new partner(4+12).
Promenade anywhere with new partner(16)
[Find another group to circle with].
Heartbeat Contra
by
Don Flaherty.
[IMPROPER:]
Bal-the-ring then petronella(8).
Bal-the-ring, petronella(8).
Bal-the-ring(4). Nbr swing(12) on the side.
Ladies 1.5 in the middle(8),
partner swing(8) on the side.
Circle-left 3-places(8).
Ring-bal(4), California twirl(4).
Hank Morris | Contraversial.
Lordags Waltz.
[Circle-mixer waltz: Couples start in Varsouvienne
psn, in a circle of couples, with the gents on the inside.]
F:=Fwd. Pattern: FBFF×4.
Danced 0:06.
A Pirate's Life for Me
by
Nathaniel Jack.
[IMPROPER: Id DIR-PROG for the
]
Nbr bal&swing(4+12).
Pass through to an ocean wave(4) [“pass the ocean”],
bal-the-wave(4). Everyone spin/slide right, with Gents sliding
two places to snag L-hands(3); Gents
L-allemand to face partner(5).
Partner bal&swing(4+12).
Ladies dosido 1.5(8).
current nbr(8), to face new nbr.
Nils Fredland | Perpetual e-Motion.
Charlie Dyer | Briarpickers.
Friday Night Fever
by
Tony Parkes.
[IMPROPER:]
Nbr Bal&Swing(4+12).
Gents Allemand-left 1.5 (8).
Partner swing(8).
With partner, promenade across(8).
Ladies chain(8).
[Face partner] Square-Through
[Across the set:
Prtnr R-hand bal and pull-by(4+2);
w.nbr L-hand pull-by(2);
w.prtnr bal and pull-by(4+2);
w.nbr pull-by(2)],
to face new NBR.
Beth Molaro | Appalachian Storm.
Holy Cow Moly
by
Brian DeMarcus.
Coconut Cream Pie
by
Lynn Ackerson.
[4-FACING-4: (
Any number of folk
may join a star, even in a different line.)]
Lines-of-four, foward and back(8).
Center 4 folk, star-R one time around, back to place(8).
Partner allemand-L 1.5 (8).
Now: Other 4 folk, star-R back to place(8).
Partner bal&swing(4+12)
[Hands-8] Circle left halfway(8).
Balance-the-ring, California twirl (4+4)
Dana Parkinson | Syncopaths.
Waltz and Break.
Not all Earthquakes are Andreas' Fault
by
Jonathan King.
(July 2013)
[BECKET: The Earthquake!
shakes you from
the-one-you're-swinging to swinging-the-next.
(Triple-Swing version, single-progression.)]
[Before becketizing: Id DIR-PROG.
Pass through up-down, takes hands4 with the next; these are
your current nbrs. Your Previous nbrs are behind
you. Now BECKETIZE.]
Star-R 3-places(8).
With new couple
,
star-L all-the-way(8).
[Face orig. Nbr; ONEs down, TWOs up]
Square-Through
[Nbr R-hand bal and pull-by(4+2);
w.prtnr L-hand pull-by across(2);
w.nbr R-hand bal and pull-by(4+2);
w.prtnr pull-by across(2)],
to face current nbr.
Swing curr.nbr(8).
Face away from the-one-you-swung, and swing the next(8)
[in your Dir-Prog.].
Circle-left 3-places(8). Partner swing(8).
Major Hey
by
Erik Hoffman.
[4-FACING-4, Becket.
(Take hands4 with couple
in front of you, turn it one click to the left.)
Before becketizing, identify your
“Travel Buddies ”
in your short line4.
Crooked tune, 16×5=80 beats]
Circle left 3-places(6),
Pass thru
to a new set(2), to
Swing your new nbr(8).
[End in BECKET, facing partner, next to nbr, in two groups-of-four.]
[Four] Long lines, fwd&back(8).
Gents allemand-L 1.5 into(8)…
a long Wavy line of eight folk, your partner in your R-hand.
Rory O'More [wavy-bal, R-L, slide right catch
L-hands, bal L-R, slide left, snag R-hands](4+4+4+4).
Major [or Half] Hey-for-Eight(16).
Partner bal&swing(4+12); end in Becket formation.
Cis Hinkle | Band? .
Petrozilla
by
Marty Fager.
[4-FACING-4:]
2c
B3
1d
A4
.
Short-lines, forward and back(8).
Swing your Corner(8).
_c2_
1__d
B__3
_4A_
.
(The lady in gent's L-hand)
“All four ladies, chain halfway.”
_A2_
1__B
d__3
_4c_
.
The four ladies do a righthand-star, halfway round(8), courtesy turn.
Hands-8, Petronella: Ring-balance(4), and
Petronella spin one place to the right(4).
_2B_
A__3
1__c
_d4_
.
Partner bal&swing(4+12)
_B2_
1__c
A__3
_4d_
.
(Stand like a square,
Heads 1,3, Sides,2,4, CCW: 1,4,3,2.)
Sides pass-through and turn alone(4).
Heads pass-through and turn alone(4).
“Sides pass, heads pass!”
_4d_
c__1
3__A
_B2_
.
Hands-8, Petronella(8)
d_1
4_A
c_2
3_B
;
end
(“Look, behind you! ”)
facing Dir-Prog.
Oval-teen
by
Jonathan King.
(July 2013)
[BECKET: At A2, explain the pattern:
Gents allemand-L, oval-right; Ladies allemand-R, oval-left.
In counting couples, count your own couple, when appropriate.
]
[Slide-left to New Nbrs to...]
Circle left 3-places(8). Nbr swing(8).
Gents allemand-L(8) [back to place].
Oval-right(8).
[You are across from your Partner, and same-gender Nbr;
they are couple #1.
Oval-R to past couple #2, #3, #4, and as you get to couple #5...
(opposite gender in #5 is your
“Distant Shadow”)
Gents stop, Ladies
get ready to...]
Ladies R-allemand with Lady #5 (8).
Oval-left(8) [back to your original four-some, facing your Partner].
Circle left 3-places(8).
Partner swing, and Slide-Left to face new Nbrs(8).
Joyride
by
Erik Weberg.
[IMPROPER:
Pousette.]
(8).
Mad-Robin [Gent slides-left behind nbr-lady as she
slides-right, all back to place](8).
Half-Pousette clockwise, Gents start backing-up(8).
Gents start half-hey, passing L-shoulder with other
Gent(8). [Ladies will end-up across the set.]
Gents cross one more time, passing L-shoulders (4), to
swing partner(12).
Ladies chain to nbr(8). Star-L all the way, to new nbrs(8).
Rebecca Lay | Magic Foot.
Cows are Watching
by
Bill Pope.
[BECKET: (Rev-progression dance.) Id DIR-PROG.
Hands4, then rotate
Right one click]
Long lines(8). Ladies R-allemand 1.5 (8).
Nbr Bal&swing(4+12).
Bal-the-ring(4).
Gent rolls away his Partner, across the set
[from L-to-R](4), as he sashays R-to-L.
[He travels further than she, so as to start the weave.]
As a couple, weave left(4), weave right(4) [so you've gone around just
one couple].
Gents snag L-hands then
L-allemand 1x(8). Swing partner(8).
Chattahoochee Country Dancers (CCD, Atlanta).
Sue Rosen | The Figments.
Cis Hinkle | Troublesome Creek.
Spares
Three Ceremonies
by
Adriane Moser.
[BECKET:
Slide-left to Ladies chain.]
[New] Ladies chain(8), into
Mad-Robin(8) [Ladies slide-L in front of NBR].
Ladies pass right to start a full hey (8+8).
Ladies cross the set,
passing right shoulders, to swing partner(4+12).
Long-lines(8). Circle left all way, then Slide-Left
to new NBRs(8).
Jonathan King (no-walk-through)
| Montage.
Jolaine Jones-Pokorney | Barnstorm.
Weave the Line
by
Kathy Anderson.
[IMPROPER: Double-progression. 3 sets of nbrs]
Lefthand star(8) [sugg.: wrist-grip star].
[Reverse] Circle-left(8).
[Hang on to your partner]
Veer left around NBRs#1, veer right around NBRs#2 (4+4).
[As individuals] DoSiDo your nbr#3 (8).
[Look behind you] Bal&Swing(4+12) nbr#2.
Long lines(8).
Actives swing(8) [“One's swing, Two's frame”.]
[Is this caller Tony Parkes?].