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.
Beneficial Tradition
by
Dan Pearl.
[BECKET:
Double progression.]
(New) Ladies L-allemand(8), and swing partner(8).
Circle left 3-places(8). Nbr swing(8).
Ladies chain(8). Long-lines(8). [All are home now.]
Zig-Zag! [Four pull-bys, double progressing. The lady is
paralleling her partner, sort-of looking at his back.]
(across)Pull-by-LEFT with current Nbr (Whoop!).
(R-diag)Pull-by-R with next Same-gender (Whoop!).
Pull-by-Left with next Opp-gender (Whoop!)
Pull-by-R with next Same-gender (Whoop!).
[Now: New-Lady L-allemand,
NOT the one she just pulled-by with.] .
[End:
If no-one offers you a hand, stay put.
Gents, when your partner is free for
L-pull-by, then pull-by-L with partner.]
[If extra couple at bottom, they line up becket, ready for the pull-by-R.]
Ryan Smistopher | Atcher, Beck, and Kahl.
California Twirlin
by
Janet Levatin.
[IMPROPER:
Teach: Pass-though one couple; Couple-out
have lady on right, as usual]
Ring-bal(4).
W. partner Cal-twirl, then face back in(4) [same-four].
Ring-bal(4). W. nbr Cal-twirl, then face back in(4) [same-four].
Ring-bal(4). W. partner Cal-twirl
to face new nbrs(4).
Swing this new nbr(8).
Circle left 3-places(8).
Partner swing(8).
Ladies chain(8).
Long lines, and on the way back, Nbr roll away with half sashay: lady rolling left.(8).
Rick-Mohr | Crowfoot.
The Carousel
by
Tom Hinds.
[IMPROPER:]
Long-lines(8).
Ladies allemand-L 1.5 (8).
[End nose-to-nose with partner, Ladies facing out.]
Full-hey(16), start by passing partner by R-shoulder.
Partner bal&swing(4+12) [on gent's home side].
Circle left 3-places(8). Nbr swing(8).
David Keller | Playing with Fire.
Centrifugal Hey
by
Gene Hubert.
[IMPROPER:]
Nbr allemand-R 1.5 (8).
Gents allemand-L 1.5 (8).
Full hey, Ladies pass partner by R (8).
[Prtnr-R Ladies-L Nbr-R Gents-L]
Partner bal&swing(4+12) [on lady's home side].
Rights-and-lefts across(8). Circle-left 3 places,
pass through to new nbr(8).
Ceremonial Mirror
by
Jonathan King (June 2016).
[Rev-progr-BECKET: Turn foursome
1-click to the RIGHT. This is your home-side.]
[New] Gents Allemand-L 1.5 (8),
to swing Nbr(8).
Gents pass L-shoulder to start a full hey (8+8).
Gents cross the set,
passing L-shoulders, to partner
and melt into swing(4+4+8).
Mad-robin-twirl, Gents sliding-right in front of
partner(8). [As lady returns to place, she does a 3/4
twirl, pulling R-shoulder back, to catch
her partner's L-hand, then stepping into the circle-to-the-R with
current NBRs.]
[Take Hands-4], Circle RIGHT all way, then Slide-right
[lady leading] to new NBRs(8).
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.
Chainsaw Orbit
by
Jonathan King.
[BECKET: Huge oval.]
Identify DIR-PROG, then Becketize. Now identify home-side.
[Same two] Ladies chain(8).
W. left-hand, gent leads
his nbr-lady into a Mad-Robin [sideways dosido](8).
Join hands into a huge…
…Oval right(8) [“Ovaltine”].
Oval left(8) [“Ovaltang”].
[Original foursomes]
Circle-left(8) [approx] 3-places.
[C'mon back with a] Left-Hands-across
star(8); at halfway round, Gents push off
[and walk fwd in Dir-Progr]
while
Ladies keep on allemanding halfway more, to progress.
[Ladies look right and] Allemand-R the
new nbr-lady coming toward her; simultaneously, Gents orbit CCW around
the ladies(8) [As two gents cross, I suggest passing
L-shoulders, interlocking their orbits.].
Partner-swing(8), on your original [home] side.
Chuck the Budgie
by
Rick Mohr.
[IMPROPER: Single progression]
Gents allemand-L(6). Swing nbr(10).
Circle-left 3/4 (6). Swing partner(10).
Long lines(8).
Ladies allemand-R 1.5 (8);
join L-hands with Nbr to form a wave-of-four.
Bal-the-wave(4).
Nbr allemand-L 3/4 to form long wave [Ladies face in](4).
Balance the long-wave(4).
Allemand-R with next nbr 3/4 (4).
Steve Zakon-Anderson |
Perpetual e-Motion.
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.
Happy as a Cold Pig in Warm Mud
by
Mike Boerschig.
[IMPROPER:
Across from you is your partner; sweep eyes right to find your shadow.
(If no-one there, then your current nbr is your shadow.)
Teaching: Have ptnr-allemand end in short-waves, gents on the outside.
Drop hands, walk forward to star-L with shadow and friends.Identify ONEs/TWOs]
Nbr bal&swing(4+12)
Gents allemand-L 1.5,
partner allemand-R 1.5 (8+8).
Star-L(8) with shadow, shadow's nbr, and your nbr.
Partner swing(8) [on the ladies' orig. rail].
Circle left 3-places(8). Ring-bal, Cal-twirl(4+4) to
face new nbrs.
Dale Wilson | Band ?.
Happy Trails
by
Bob Isaacs.
[IMPROPER: Teaching, pass though one couple, to
have a previous couple.]
Nbr, then melt into swing (8+8).
Cross-trails-through and swing previous Nbr (8+8).
Gents Allemand-L 1.5 (8),
swing partner(8).
Circle left 3-places(8).
Ring-balance(4), pass previous Nbr by R-shoulder,
current Nbr by L-shoulder to face new Nbr.
Hey on the fritz
by
Jonathan King.
[BECKET:
[First, memorize DIR-PROG, to find new NBRs, for RH_star.
Now Becketize, hands in long lines, join at
ends to make a huge Oval. Partner in one hand, Shadow in the other.]
R-star all-the-way-around (8).
Shadow L-allemand(8).
Partner bal&swing(4+12).
Ladies chain(8).
Ladies start half-hey(8).
[As Gents finish crossing the set, melt into a...]
...Nbr swing(8).
Gents “Left-shoulder Hey”
[a half-hey](8). Gents pass L-shoulder, then R-shoulder with partner,
then looks right, and sticks out R-arm, ready for the star-R with new nbrs.
Each Lady
passes R-shoulder w.partner, then does a
with the other lady,
till she sees her partner's back; hook on to him and make a R-hand star
with New Nbrs.
A video of the dance being developed, to recorded music by Groovemongers:
2nd run (JK calling/dancing); taught
as Becket dance, 24Aug2014.
1st run; taught as Improper dance, 27July2014.
Mad Frederick
by
Jonathan King.
(2017Aug05)
[IMPROPER: “Berkeley twirl”:
Gent has L-palm up, with lady's R-hand palm down;
mirror image of Cal-twirl.]
[Face across]
With (“New”) nbrs,
mad-robin, Gents sliding left in front of nbr-lady(8).
[As gents come back to place] Gents snag R-hands
to allemand-R 1.5 (8),
Partner , [melt into a] swing(4+12)
[ladies' home side].
DTHall line4, TWOs left of ONEs(4), center-couple
Berkeley-twirl(4) [outsides turn alone to make G2,G1,L2,L1].
Come back UTHall(6), bend the line(2)...
...Circle LEFT 3-places(8). Nbr swing(8).
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).
Robbin's Favorite
by
Greg Frock.
[PROPER: Handy-hand]
ONEs step between TWOs
[TWOs facing up, ONEs down]
and handy-hand allemand 1.5 (8)
[Gents R-hand with each other, Ladies L-hand],
sending TWOs into the center to swing(8); then end facing down.
[The ONEs are facing up]
TWOs step between ONEs
and [with NBR] handy-hand allemand 1.5 (8).
ONEs swing(8); end facing down.
Line4 DTHall
[L-to-R 2Gent-1Gent-1Lady-2Lady]
ONEs in the center, turn alone(6+2),
UTHall, then bend the line(6+2).
Circle
left 1.5 (8+4),
TWOs arch, ONEs dive DTHall to next couple(4).
Papa, what's a good name for this dance?
by
Ruth King (age 5).
[IMPROPER: 16May2006: Created by Ruth E. King,
with help from her mother.]
Nbr Allemand-R (8).
Partner allemand-L [across the set](8).
Nbr swing(8). Ladies chain(8).
Ladies start a full-hey(16).
Star-L 5-places(8).
[Slide L-hand to L-hand with current nbr]
With L-hand balance, Swat-the-Flea, then spin-R to face new nbr(4+4).
Snow Dance
by
Gene Hubert.
[IMPROPER: Shadows.
Teaching: Pass-through one-couple so that folks have a couple to
look for. (As usual, put lady on right.)]
[New nbrs, hand-4]
Ring-balance(4), then ladies trade places passing R-shoulder(4).
Ring-bal(4), with nbr California twirl [to face a new couple].
With new couple circle-left(8)
[gents, your shadow is in your L-hand].
L-hand star(8).
With partner bal&swing(4+12).
Rights-and-lefts across(8). Ladies chain(8).
Ruth Pershing.
Darlene Underwood | Hotpoint.
You Can't Get There From Here
by
Carol Ormand.
[IMPROPER:
Starts in short wavy-lines, Ladies in center]
Balance-the-wave(4),
Allemand-R 3/4 to form long waves, ladies facing in(4).
Balance-the-long-wave(4),
Allemand-R 3/4 to form waves across, gents in the middle(4).
Balance-the-wave(4). Nbr swing(12).
Circle left 3-places(8). Partner swing(8).
Circle left 3-places(8).
Dosido(8) current nbrs 1.5, to pass them, and form short waves
with new nbrs.
? | ?.
Maliza's Magical Mystery Motion
by
Cary Ravitz.
[BECKET: Reverse proression]
[These] Gents allemand-Left 1.5 (8).
Nbr swing(8).
[Hang on to that NBR and] Promenade across(8).
Ladies chain(8).
Ring-balance, spin one place to the right,
as in Petronella, and turn alone to face a new nbr(8).
Form ring with new couple, balance, and spin one place to
the right(8).
Partner bal&swing(4+12).
LEAF Festival Spring 2011 #1
and #2.
Circle mixers
Banjo's Mistress
by
David Smukler.
[Circle-mixer waltz: Couples start in circle, Lady-on-the-right]
All fwd (2 measures), all back (2).
Circle left(4).
All fwd (2), all back (2).
Half sashay to trade places with partner [lady sliding left in front](2).
Say farewell and then courtesy turn the next lady(2).
Promenade this new partner(4), end facing partner [Gents facing out].
Back away from partner, Gents backing toward the center(2), balance R&L [yeminite](2).
Come forward, partners do-si-do(4).
Waltz with partner(4), end by opening up to face center.
Circassian circle.
[Circle; optionally a mixer:]
In-to-Center, back-out(4+4). In-to-Center, back-out(4+4).
[As gents clap] Ladies to-Center, back-out(4+4).
[As ladies clap] Gents to-Center,
gents turn, come-out(4+4).
Partner swing(16).
Promenade(16).
[If mixer desired: At end of B2, Gents can progress]
Danced.
Danced at 1:18,
to Zelda.
Ely Waltz
by
Colin Hume.
[Pronounced “eel lee”.
Circle-mixer waltz, double progression:
Couples start in big circle,
with Lady on the right. Parenthetical-numbers count triple-steps.]
Circle left(4). Circle right(4).
R-Hand turn partner(3), move on passing R-shoulder(1).
L-Hand turn the next(3), move on passing L-shoulder(1).
Give R-Hand to #3, bal. fwd-and-back(2); box the gnat(2).
Bal. fwd-and-back(2); do a wide turn-single, ending gents
facing out, ladies facing in(2); flowing into...
Do-si-do this new partner(4).
In ballroom position, waltz around(4), opening up w. lady on right,
hands joining in a big circle.
Pensacola Rollaway
by
Rick Mohr.
[Circle-mixer contra-music; waltz works too.]
Partner dosido(8).
Allemand-R partner 1.5 (8).
Pass #2 by L-shoulder (2).
#3 [end between #2 and #3](6).
[All] Circle-left(8).
Gents roll lady #2, from L-to-R; she continues,
rolling into her partner's arms(4).
Partner swing(12).
Partner-Promenade (15).
Ladies loop-back (1) [to meet new partner; former #2].