Al's Safeway Produce
by
Robert Cromartie.
Small Potatoes
by
Jim Kitch.
[IMPROPER:]
With nbr, Bal&Swing(4+12).
R-hands-across--Star 1x (8).
Ladies chain [to partner](8).
Ladies dosido(8). Partner swing(8).
Circle-left 3-places and pass thru(6+2), next nbr dosido(8).
The Baby Rose
by
David Kaynor.
[IMPROPER:]
Nbr Bal&Swing(4+12).
Circle-left 3-places(8). Partner DoSiDo(8).
Partner Bal&Swing(4+12).
Ladies chain(8). Left-hand star(8).
Jack Mitchell | Big Medicine.
Broken Sixpence
by
Don Armstrong.
[IMPROPER: 3 dosido's]
[New] Nbr dosido(8). Gents dosido(8).
Ladies dosido(8).
ONEs swing, face down the hall(8), step between TWOs.
Line4-DTHall, turn alone(6+2).
Line4-UTHall, bend the line(6+2).
Circle left(8) [or Right-hand Star].
[Reverse] Left-hand Star(8).
Inisheer Irish Dance |
Contra from 15:58 till 21:22, Jonathan King calling | Waltz.
* NBR balance&swing(4+12)
[on the side].
* Long-lines, roll-away while backing up(8).
ONEs swing, face down the hall(8), step between TWOs.
Cranky Ingenuity
by
Bill Olson.
[IMPROPER: Dosido as couples]
Circle-left(8). As couples, dosido nbr-couple(8).
Individually, nbr dosido(8). Swing nbr(8).
Gents allemand-L 1.5 (8).
Partner Swing(8).
Circle-left 3/4 (8). Ring-balance(4).
California Twirl(4), to face new nbrs.
Myra Hirschberg |
Mike Ayles & David Boulanger.
Alice Morris.
Family Contra in the Castle
by
Seth Tepfer.
[IMPROPER: ]
Balance-the ring, twice(8); Circle-LEFT 4-places(8).
Balance-the ring, twice(8); Circle-RIGHT 4-places(8).
[Face nbr]
NBR dosido(8), then NBR-swing [on-the-side](8).
[I prefer: Long-lines]
Prtnr dosido [across-the-set](8).
Partner swing [across](8).
Fidelity Reel
by
Bill Wellington.
[IMPROPER: Two s]
, then Nbr swing(8+8).
Long-lines(8).
Gents allemand-L 1.5 (8).
, then swing partner(8+8).
With partner, promenade across(8).
Ladies chain(8).
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).
Hay in the Barn
by
Chart Guthrie.
[IMPROPER:]
Nbr Bal&Swing(4+12).
Ladies chain(8). Ladies start half-hey(8).
Partner Bal&Swing(4+12).
Ladies chain(8). Ladies start half-hey(8).
Seth Tepfer | Tim&Friends.
Jefferson and Lincoln
by
Seth Tepfer.
[IMPROPER: 1's arch, then backing up]
Circle left(8). Circle right(8).
Star-R(8). Star-L(8).
Long-lines(8). ONEs&swing(8), in the middle.
Line4 DTHall, ONEs in the center(4).
ONEs arch(4) [still facing down].
TWOs pop through(4) [facing up the hall].
All go up 2 by 2 [ONEs bkwards](4);
ONEs are facing their new NBRs.
Judah Jig
by
Charlie Fenton.
[IMPROPER: Circle-into-star]
Bal&swing nbr(4+12).
Circle-left 3 places, swing partner(8+8).
Circle left(8). Hands-across R-hand star(8)
[i.e, both in same dir].
Ladies chain to Nbr(8), L-hand star(8)
to face new nbrs.
Dave Harvey.
Oak Hill Quickstep
by
Bob Nicholson.
[IMPROPER: 4-in-line, turn alone]
Down the hall, 4-in-line [ONEs in the center], turn alone(8);
come on back, face nbr(8).
Bal&swing nbr(4+12).
Ladies chain(8), then chain on back(8).
Long lines(8). ONEs swing(8).
Simplicity Swing
by
Becky Hill.
Notes not yet correct for:
The Flying Scotsman
by
.
[Triplet or quadruplet, PROPER]
abc
123 or
abcd
1234
[Top three] Gents join hands,
weave around L1, between L1 and L2, between L2 and L3 (8),
and back to place(8).
[Top three] Ladies join hands,
weave around G1, between G1 and G2, between G2 and G3 (8),
and back to place(8).
ONEs sashay way down the hall(8);
[on beats 5,6,7,8 the other couples join hands on the side, take four steps to move up,
making a new top couple].
ONEs sashay back (little steps)
to the bottom of their set.(8).
Join hands in short-lines facing across. Sashay down(8); sashay up(8).
TFS, YouTube
and
Slightly more complicated version.
The Barn Mixer
by
Rick Mohr.
[Scattered-fours, couple-with-couple. Contra-music.]
Circle left(8). R-star, wrist-grip star(8).
Slide hands to Rights-&-lefts with Nbr(8).
Dosido Nbr(8).
Nbr bal&swing(4+12); this is your new partner.
Promenade anywhere with new partner(16), to find
another couple to circle with.
Borrowdale Exchange
[Scatter mixer: 3-couple groups, Lady on right]
Circle left(8), circle right(8).
Dance to center and back(4+4). Partner dosido(8).
Right hands-across star [3 couples](8).
All lift joined-hands; lowest-hand gent pull [new]partner under the
arch, then next lowest-hand gent, then last; you have three new couples.
As couples, scatter promenade to make new sets.
[Cèilidh (“kay-lee”) version: Skip as couples].
Danced in Seattle.
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].
Dive for the oyster, dig for the clam.
[2-couples in hands-4, anywhere on the floor.]
[Hands-4] “Dive for the oyster
”(8). A couple makes an arch, others dive/peek under; all
hands stay joined.
“Dig for the clam”;(8);
the other couple makes an arch, and the others peek through.
[All hands stay joined]
“Shoot through the hole in the old tin can”(16).
First couple arches, 2nd pops through, rolls-over-outside shoulder,
brings the other couple through, and they roll over.
Circle-L, circle-R(8+8).
Promenade about the hall(16), to find a new couple.
[This is a different version].
La Bastringue
[Circle mixer:]
In-to-Center, back(8). Again(8).
Cir-L(8), Cir-R(8).
Gent turns LH lady to him, swing(4+12).
Promenade(16) with swing-hands-out/in.
2008 California State Fair.
Easy contra dances