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Contradance | Calling 2013
Decode
squashATuflDOTedu for my
eddress.
My
phone number
in Word/Arabic/Roman numerals is:
(Three five two) 372—VII-I-VIII-I
What do I look like?, you wonder… –See
Ladies with a dip
At Vernals2012, I'm
calling a no-walk-through
Three Ceremonies
with a flowing tune from Montage.
From Vernals2011, a
Chainsaw Reel
with a high-energy tune from Footloose.
(Version on
facebook)
Barnstorm is playing a smooth tune,
while I call
Sweet Music
,
at UFCC (the Univ. of Florida Contra
Club) on 28Aug2011.
The Flying Turtles play
while I call
The Cure for the Claps
[waltz at 2:55]
,
at O'Leno.
Gigs for 2013 are below.
A memorable gig from 2011 was the
End of the World dance
dance.
For the curious, here is an animation which parodies contra dancers/callers.
And the
cheerful sequel.
Dance
The UF Folkdancers in the cast of the first DRACULA production of the
"Dance Alive!" ballet company.
(The photo is from late 1992 and, I believe, come from Max's collection;
Max is the fourth dancer from the right, wearing the red cap.
Yours truly, Squash, is the fourth from the left, in white shirt, black
pants, and red sash.
Standing to my right, mostly in green, is my dance wife
, Jane.
The folkdancers are standing on the rim of the fountain in
front of Gainesville's Performing Arts Center.)
Contra dancing
Most Boltin/O'Leno photos on this page are from one of
Dave Pokorney's Galleries.
Erin and I have been contra dancing a long time,
and both our kids danced in the womb.
Further down the page is a photo of our son, Isaac, acting as
videographer when I was calling.
Here (on left)
is a lovely photo
(from the 7 Feb, 2010, Boltin contra dance)
of daughter Ruth and wife Erin.
On right, Ruth is promenading with our good friend Cydney.
Three regular local (Gainesvillish) contradances
The GODS
[Gainesville Oldtime Dance Society]
has a dances each month on the:
1st Sunday (4PM to 7PM),
and
3rd Saturday (8PM to 11PM),
and [for every month with five Sundays]
an AdvancedDance (no teaching session, fewer walk-thrus, trickier
dances) on the
5th Sunday (4PM to 7PM).
These are at
the Thelma Boltin Center,
516 NE 2nd Avenue, Gainesville
[Tel.: (352) 334-2189].
See the
GODS dance calendar
for callers, bands, and venue-changes.
The Calendar
also lists
(see below) the
Melrose and
UF dances.
(N.B. The O'Leno dance is no more,
due to insect damage to the floor.)
A video of a GODS dance with
Diane-Silver
and Perpetural e-Motion
Feb. 6, 2011:
Florida Dance/Music links:
Although dances and tunes are listed cryptically, below,
my Dances/Composers page has
Composers/videos
with links to composers' webpages, and links to videos
and written descriptions of the dances.
There is also a list of
Tunes and Contradance Bands
and of
the dances I've composed.
2013 Feb 16, Sat.,
8PM–11PM:
Called the GODS Boltin Center dance,
with
Dunehoppers:
Allen Hood,
Kathy Zemanek,
Bob Parsons,
Mac Benford,
and Mike Elias.
My
planned program (with steps),
is slightly different from...
...what I actually called:
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].
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.
(Irish (or Jig) Potatoes
| Across a crowded room)
Labor of Love
by
Kathy Anderson.
[IMPROPER: Alternating 1s/2s
Contra Corners. Note DIR-PROG.]
Nbr bal&swing(4+12).
Long-lines(8).
ONEs/TWOs
R-hand balance across the set, Box-the-Gnat(4+4).
[Gnat puts all the Gents on one rail, Ladies on the other]
ONEs/TWOs
turn Contra Corners(4+4+4+4).
ONEs/TWOs
bal&swing(4+12); End that swing facing original Dir-Prog.
[Push apart to step to opposite rails, to face a new nbr].
Adina Gordon | Crowfoot. In Quebec.
Karen Jackson | Playing with Fire.
(Firefly)
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.
Wizard's Walk
by
Ruth Ungar.
[IMPROPER:
Do the Contra Stretch! Hands4,
identify ONEs, and DIR-PROG.]
Circle left halfway, ring-balance(4+4).
Circle left halfway, ring-balance(4+4).
In your rings-of-four, starting on the side:
Square-Through 4 places
[R-to-Nbr, L-to-partner, R-to-Nbr, L-to-partner](2+2+2+2) .
Nbr 1.5(8) on the side, to progress.
Partner bal&swing(4+12)
.
End facing original-dir
[facing away from the couple you have been dancing with].
Wizard's walk:
ONEs separate and go down outside TWOs, meet and continue down to split next TWOs;
ONEs now separate and back-up outside those TWOs, meet and back-up through previous TWOs,
ready to form the circle to start the dance again
[TWOs should oscillate in and out to make room]
[Lizard walk variant:
the TWOs can move up the set and back to share the work with the ONEs.]
Ted Steele | ?.
At Scout house.
(Star above the garter)
Waltz and Break.
Second half:
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).
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? .
(Texas Gals/Gails)
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.
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?].
As a medley: (No walkthrough.)
Chainsaw Reel
by
Don Lennartson.
[BECKET: ID-dir-prog, THEN Becketize! Huge oval circle. ]
[Same two] Ladies chain(8). Long lines(8);
keep hands, and connect at the ends to make a huge oval.
Oval right(8) [“Ovaltine”].
Oval left(8) [“OvalTang”].
[Original foursomes] Circle-left(8).
[C'mon back with a] Left-hand star(8) all the way around
[Gent in front of his partner].
[Ladies look right and] Allemand-R the
new nbr-lady coming toward you(8).
Partner-swing(8), on the side.
Jonathan King, Footloose.
Caller? | Band?.
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.
Then back to
Chainsaw Reel.
2013 June 01, Sat.,
8PM–11PM:
Called the
Cocoa Beach
dance
Bardic Rose:
David Armstrong,
Ted Capkanis,
Kathi Capkanis,
Dave Clipp,
Michelle Fuller,
and Jenn Weidley
to
this program.
2013 June 15, Sat.,
7:30PM–10:30PM (teaching@7PM):
Called the
Venice, FL,
dance
Bilberry Beau:
Sherry Lowe (fiddle),
Greg Engelhardt (keyboard),
Sarah Mitchell (flute).
There were many enthusiatic
beginners and so
(Joe had kindly lent me his cordless headset)
I danced most of the dances while calling, and
my
planned program (with steps),
differs from...
...what I actually called:
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].
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.
(The end-effect was too challenging to the beginners, and so I
regretfully subbed this out.)
Chainsaw Reel
by
Don Lennartson.
[BECKET: ID-dir-prog, THEN Becketize! Huge oval circle. ]
[Same two] Ladies chain(8). Long lines(8);
keep hands, and connect at the ends to make a huge oval.
Oval right(8) [“Ovaltine”].
Oval left(8) [“OvalTang”].
[Original foursomes] Circle-left(8).
[C'mon back with a] Left-hand star(8) all the way around
[Gent in front of his partner].
[Ladies look right and] Allemand-R the
new nbr-lady coming toward you(8).
Partner-swing(8), on the side.
Jonathan King, Footloose.
Caller? | Band?.
Waltz and Break.
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).
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.
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.
(Although we only had 5 couples, this went very nicely.)
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.
(It was late, last dance of the evening, and there were only 7 dancers remaining.
So I danced, making 2 foursomes. But this meant that every second time,
half the people were out. So I had the #1couple that had flowed off the
bottom, scurry up to the top. This worked. But now, all #1s stayed
#1s, ditto #2s. So I played with the circle-lefts, sometimes making it
halfway, so that we keep switching roles, and everyone got to swing.)
2013 July 20, Sat.,
8PM–11PM:
Called the GODS Boltin Center dance,
with
Goosebumps.
My intended program changed a little, to this:
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.
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).
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.
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).
Wizard's Walk
by
Ruth Ungar.
[IMPROPER:
Do the Contra Stretch! Hands4,
identify ONEs, and DIR-PROG.]
Circle left halfway, ring-balance(4+4).
Circle left halfway, ring-balance(4+4).
In your rings-of-four, starting on the side:
Square-Through 4 places
[R-to-Nbr, L-to-partner, R-to-Nbr, L-to-partner](2+2+2+2) .
Nbr 1.5(8) on the side, to progress.
Partner bal&swing(4+12)
.
End facing original-dir
[facing away from the couple you have been dancing with].
Wizard's walk:
ONEs separate and go down outside TWOs, meet and continue down to split next TWOs;
ONEs now separate and back-up outside those TWOs, meet and back-up through previous TWOs,
ready to form the circle to start the dance again
[TWOs should oscillate in and out to make room]
[Lizard walk variant:
the TWOs can move up the set and back to share the work with the ONEs.]
Ted Steele | ?.
At Scout house.
Waltz and Break.
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).
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? .
Sweet Music
by
Amy Kahn.
[IMPROPER: Scoop the Lady]
Gents left allemand(8) once around, and keep
going. Scoop your partner [to cross the set]
and Butterfly Whirl(8).
Ladies start a full hey(16).
[As gents come back to their partner] Partner bal&swing(4+12).
Rights&Lefts across the set [courtesy turn](8), gent
roll-away the Lady, R-hand star(8).
[“Gents look left allemand.”]
Jonathan King | Barnstorm.
Caveman
by Jim Hemphill, is similar.
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?].
Waltz
2013 Aug 03, Sat.,
8PM–11PM:
Called the
Cocoa Beach
dance with
Barnstorm.
My
planned program (with steps),
differs slightly from what I actually called:
The Cure for the Claps
by
Bob Isaacs.
[IMPROPER:]
Ring-bal, petronella(4+4), partner swing(8).
Ring-bal, petronella(4+4), nbr swing(8).
DTHall line4 [ONEs in the center],
turn alone(6+2), UTHall, bend line(6+2).
4-by-4 go down the floor
Circle left all the way(8). Ring-bal(4), Cal-twirl(4).
Bob Isaacs | Crowfoot.
Jonathan King | Flying Turtles.
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).
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.
Ted's Triplet #7
by
Ted Sannella.
[Triplet, PROPER: Couples #1
(also called Active couple)
#2#3]
abc
123
Top two couples turn partner
by-the-R 1.5(8)
12c
ab3.
Top two couples rights-and-lefts across(8)
bac
213.
Active-couple
[in middle place] turn contra-corners(4+4+4+4).
Active-couple bal&swing(4+12), end facing up, in
middle bac
213.
Original active-couple lead up to the top and
cast [around the outside] to the bottom(8).
[Other couples scootch up a bit]
All dosido partner(8) bca
231.
Dave Bateman.
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).
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.
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).
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?].
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? .
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.
Waltz
2013 Nov 17, Sun.:
Called the
UFCC dance
(UF Contra Club),
4PM-7PM
(in the Rion Ballroom of the
Reitz Student Union
on the Univ. of Florida campus),
with Just Twistin' Hay.
Actual Program:
[Here is my
planned program (with steps)]
Ted's Triplet #7
by
Ted Sannella.
[Triplet, PROPER: Couples #1
(also called Active couple)
#2#3]
abc
123
Top two couples turn partner
by-the-R 1.5(8)
12c
ab3.
Top two couples rights-and-lefts across(8)
bac
213.
Active-couple
[in middle place] turn contra-corners(4+4+4+4).
Active-couple bal&swing(4+12), end facing up, in
middle bac
213.
Original active-couple lead up to the top and
cast [around the outside] to the bottom(8).
[Other couples scootch up a bit]
All dosido partner(8) bca
231.
Dave Bateman.
Simplicity Swing
by
Becky Hill.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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?].
2013 Nov. 23, Sat.,
8–11PM:
Called the
Tampa Friends of Old-Time Dance
(Rhapsody Ballroom)
with
Just Twistin' Hay:
Sharon Hartmann,
Lee Simpson,
David Clipp,
and Ed White.
.
My
planned program (with steps),
differs slightly from what I actually called:
Simplicity Swing
by
Becky Hill.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Sweet Music
by
Amy Kahn.
[IMPROPER: Scoop the Lady]
Gents left allemand(8) once around, and keep
going. Scoop your partner [to cross the set]
and Butterfly Whirl(8).
Ladies start a full hey(16).
[As gents come back to their partner] Partner bal&swing(4+12).
Rights&Lefts across the set [courtesy turn](8), gent
roll-away the Lady, R-hand star(8).
[“Gents look left allemand.”]
Jonathan King | Barnstorm.
Caveman
by Jim Hemphill, is similar.
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?].
2014 Feb 15, Sat.,
8–11PM (teaching at 7:30PM):
Called the GODS Boltin Center dance.
2014 Mar 01, Sat.,
8–11PM:
Called the
Cocoa Beach
dance with The Rafter Ringers.
My
planned program (with steps),
differs, in the 2nd half, from what I actually called:
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.
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).
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).
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.
JK Schedule for 2013
(My contact-info is at the top of this page.)
Year 2013 Event
Jan. 7,Mon UF classes start.
Jan. 18-20,F,Sa,Su Orange Blossom Ball @ Freedom Middle School
Jan. 25-27,F,Sa,Su Florida SnowBall.
Feb.16,Sat. Called: GODS dance, 8-11PM.
Feb.22-24,F,Sa,Su GODS Dance-weekend 2013 (Dana Parkinson. Andy Shore.).
Feb. 23,24 Erev Purim, Purim.
Mar. 2-9 UF Spring Break.
Mar.23,Sat Suzanne Stapleton Birthday Contra. 7:30PM-11, Boltin.
Mar25,26,27,Apr02 Erev Pesach, Pesach.
Mar29-31,F-Sun Vernal's 2013, O'Leno State Park. Ends 1PM on Sunday.
Mar31 Sun GODS Advanced dance, 4-7PM, Eric Harris, Boltin Center.
Apr.4-7,Thu-Sun Maryland 2013 Dynamics Conf. (Kaloshin directing).
Apr.7 Sun GODS (Boltin) dance, Andy Shore & Barnstorm, 4PM-7.
Apr.20 Sat GODS, Wild Asparagus, 8PM-11.
Apr.21 Sun Melrose, Wild Asparagus, 4PM-7.
Apr.24, Wed. UF classes end.
May 1, Wed. Erin's and my wedding anniversary.
May 12-17,Su-F Phoenix, AZ, judging the Menger Prize for ISEF 2013.
May 14,15,16 Erev Shavuot, Shavuot.
June 01, Sat. Called: Cocoa Beach contra, 8PM-11PM.
June 15, Sat. Called: Venice Beach, 7:30PM-10:30PM.
July 20, Sat. Called: GODS Boltin center, 8PM-11.
July 27, Sat. Called: Pinellas Park [TFOOTD], 7:30PM-11.
Aug. 03, Sat. Called: Cocoa Beach contra, 8PM-11PM.
Aug.24,Sat (1pm–5pm) GODS Leadership Retreat @Downtown Library.
Oct.25-27,F-Sun Fall Ball at the Pinellas Park Auditorium.
Nov.17, Sun. Called: UF (Univ. of Florida) contra dance.
Nov.23, Sat. Called: Tampa Dance [TFOOTD],
8-11PM (teaching 7:30), Rhapsody Ballroom.
Year 2014 Event
------------------- ----------------------
Jan.17-19,F-Sun Orange Blossom Ball @ Freedom Middle School,
2850 W. Taft Vineland Rd.
Jan.20, Mon MLK Day
(Recovery from Orange Blossom Ball)
Jan.24-26,F-Sun Florida SnowBall @
Gulfport Casino.
Feb. 15, Sat. Called: GODS contra, 8PM-11PM.
Feb.21-23,F-Sun GODS Weekend.
Mar. 1, Sat. Called: Cocoa Beach contra, 8PM-11PM.
Apr.??? Vernals Dance Weekend?
Apr.11-13,F-Sun Maryland 2014 Dynamics Conf.
(organized by Joe Auslander and Giovanni Forni. )
Apr.14, Mon. Evening, first Pesach Seder.
Apr.15, Tue. Second Seder.
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