Contradance 2011

2011 May 21, Sat., 8PM–11PM: I was scheduled to call the GODS Boltin Center dance in Gainesville on the Day the World was Going to End   —thanks fer nothin', Tom!    Happily, the Yazoo Kickstarts (David & Marietta Massey, Bill Payne and Mike Mike Stapleton) provided fine music that was … apocalyptic.

(You can see the Yazoo Kickstarts with caller Andrea Woodall, in action, in Dave's video from Dec., 2009.)

JK Program:

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. Of French-Canadian origin, La Bastringue is a fine warm-up dance.

Tune: Katelyn's March.

Pooh Bear's Holiday by Robert Cromartie. Tune: Shuffle About.

Chainsaw Reel by Don Lennartson.

[BECKET: 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. Called as no-walk-through. Caller? | Band?.

Tune: Pagosa Hornpipe.

My Uncle Fred's Contra by Dean Snipes.

[BECKET: slightly altered in B2.]
[Your previous nbr is your “flame”.]
Circle left 3-places(8). [On side of set] Dosido nbr 1x and a bit more, into short wavy lines across-the-set(8).
Balance-the-wave R-L, slide right catch L-hands(8). [With nbr] Allemand-L 3/4 (4), gents walk to next short-wavy-line to allemand-R your “flame”(4).
With [current] nbr, Bal&Swing(4+12).
Star-right orig. dance has circle-L, here 3-places(6), melt in to a partner-swing(8), and slide-left to face a new couple(2).
Music should be a bit slower than standard contra tempo.

Tune: Waiting For The Federals.

Roll over Johannes by Becky Hill.

[IMPROPER: Down the River and Around the Bend]

Tune: Reel de Joie.

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?].

Medley: Coleman's March /Tam Lin. My first experience dancing while calling; the GODS have a cordless mic.

Waltz, and then the break for socializing. Tune: Chère Bébé Créole.

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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).

Tune: Cuckoo's Nest.

Rant and Roar by Russell Owen.

[IMPROPER:]
Nbr allemand-R once around(6), ladies cross the set [passing right shoulders](2). Partner swing(8).
Long-lines(8). Ladies chain(8), and “start a full hey”.
[Ladies start] Full hey(8+8); end with gents facing out, ladies facing in, in long wavy lines [actually, a wavy oval].
Rory O'More: Wavy-bal, R-then-L(4), slide right and catch L-hands(4). Wavy-bal, L-then-R(4), slide left and catch R-hands(4).
Beth Molaro | Band ?.

Tune: Martha Campbell.

WarmUp by Jerry Blum, Patti Gutwein, John Lenarduzz, Kathryn C. Millis, Josh Moses, Dave Notman, Bill Olson, Kate Power, Cary Ravitz.

[4-FACING-4: Has the “Awful Ladies” move.]
In line facing you. The couple on the diagonal has your 1^st-nbr. In the couple across from you is your 2^nd-nbr. You are facing your “Original Direction”. Gents, you have 3 swings, each ending facing a different direction. Your Partner-swing ends facing your original direction.
Lines-of-four, foward and back(8). Up/down: In little-groups-of-four, ladies start a half-hey(8).
“All four ladies, chain halfway.” The four ladies do a R-hands-across-star, halfway round till they see their first-nbr(8). Swing that nbr(8), ending facing across the set (i.e, like in long lines).
In your new little-groups-of-four, gents allemand-L 1.5(8) to your second-nbr. Swing second-nbr(8), ending facing Reverse Direction. Face your partner, hands-4, circle left.
[Up/down in your new little-groups-of-four] Circle left 3-places(8). Swing partner, end facing Original Direction, in your line-of-four.
Its good if the music has an energy boost either on B1 [best] or A2. Also, kinda funky is good.

Tune: Laughing Marj.

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.

Tune: Equinox Waltz.

Becket Reel by Herbie Gaudreau.

[BECKET: Your partner is on one side of you, your shadow on the other.]
Allemand-L your shadow(8). Partner swing(8).
Ladies chain across and back(8+8).
On left diagonal: Right&left through(8). Straight across: Right&left through(8).
Star left(8). Star right(8). [...until you see your shadow...]
Linda Leslie | Band ?.

Tune: Sarah Armstrong's Tune. The dance was a bit more difficult than I had anticpated. The beginners could do this, until they happened to all be in the same place of the line.

Final waltz. Tune: Bars de la Prison.

2011 Aug 28, Sun., 4PM–7PM: Jolaine and I called the UFCC dance (UF Contra Club) in the Rion Ballroom of the Reitz Student Union on the Univ. of Florida campus. The band? –Barnstorm!

Jonathan's Program:

Roll over Johannes by Becky Hill.

[IMPROPER: Down the River and Around the Bend]

Chainsaw Reel by Don Lennartson.

[BECKET: 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. Called as no-walk-through. Caller? | Band?.

A Different Way Forward or Friday at the Fool or Hi there!  by Seth Tepfer.

[BECKET: Double-progression]
[Nbr #1 is across from you. Look diagonal left for nbr #2. Further diagonal left is #3, then #4. (At end, nbr #2 is on your same rail, to your right.)]
Long-lines(8). Ladies allemand-R 1.5, diagonally(8).
Next nbr, #2, allemand-L 1.5 (8). Next next nbr, #3, by right shoulder 1.5 (8).
Next next next nbr, #4, Bal&Swing(4+12).
Circle left 3-places(8), then partner swing(8).
You are never out; on the circle-left, the couple “out” at the end simply start their partner-swing 8 beats early.
Seth Tepfer; the two allemandes are switched L from R..

Dr. Bluhm's Delight by Rick Mohr. [BECKET:]

[Shift left to meet next couple], Circle left 3-places(2+6). Nbr swing(8).
Long lines(8).
L-Handshake-star [Left-hands-across] 1/2 Gents drop out(4), Ladies keep Allemanding-L 3-places more(4), to Join R-hands with NBR to form wave-of-four across the set. [Ladies have done a full-allemand and a little bit more.]
Bal-the-wave(4). Allemand-R with NBR 5/8 (4). Turn by the RIGHT (to) diagonal wave, Gents in the center
Gents join L-hand with next gent to form diagonal wave; Bal-the-wave(4). Gents allemand-L 3/4 Gents turn by the LEFT (to) diagonal wave to join R-hand with partner in other-diagonal wave(4).
Bal-the-wave(4) [you have partner in R-Hand]. Swing partner(12).
JK | Avant Gardeners (recorded music). ???. Seth Tepher at Snowball 2011. George Marshall | Swallowtail. Lisa Greenleaf | Great Bear Trio.

Sweet Music by Amy Kahn, with a smooth tune from Barnstorm. After a few moments of confusion, the dancers got into a groove.

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?].

2011 Nov 27, Sun.: Called the Old Time Dance at O'Leno State Park, with the Flying Turtles (Tom & Elle Hogan and Linda Pottberg).

Jonathan's Program:

Fischle's circle-mixer by Heiner Fischle.

[Circle mixer:] Cir-Left(8). In-to-Center, back(4+4).
Cir-Right(8). In-to-Center, back(4+4).
Allemand-L your corner 1x(8). Partner dosido(8).
Grand right-and-lefts, four pull-bys (2+2+2+2). Swing #5 (8).

Virginia Reel by Trad.

[PROPER: Couple sashay, zipper down the center]
Long-lines. R-elbow swing. L-elbow swing. Two-hand swing.
Dosido. SeeSaw. Head couple sashay down(8) and back(8), ending Proper.
R-elbow swing 1.5 (8) into Zipper: L-elbow w next person [opposite gender](4), R-elbow w partner(4). [Continue down the line](∞). Head couple sashay back up(8), ending Proper.
Head-couple splits, goes down the outside. Everyone else march up the hall, gents turn left to follow head gent down the outside, ladies turn right to follow head lady down the outside.
  Head-couple forms an arch with their arms, all couples pass through UTHall. Now there is a new head-couple.
Danced at 2:10.

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].
Any number of couples can be in the circle left, ditto the star-L.

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).

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.
See also the “Roll in the Hey” medley.

Sunny side mixer by Heiner Fischle.

[Circle mixer:] In-to-Center, back(4+4). Cal-twirl(2), cir-Left sunnyside out(6).
Backwards in-to-Center, out(4+4). Cal-twirl(2), then face partner(6) along the set.
Weave the ring (2+2+2+2). Swing #5 (8).
[As couples, CCW] Promenade around the ring(16).

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).

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. See 4:20-4:42.
Jonathan King | Flying Turtles. Contra till 2:53, then a waltz.

Roll in the Hey by Roger Diggle.

[IMPROPER:]
Circle left(8); swing nbr(8).
Circle left 3 places(8); swing partner(8).
Long lines(8). Ladies chain(8).
Ladies start a full-hey(8+8).
Steve Zakon-Anderson. At 4:17 morphs into a variant of “Judah Jig” by Charlie Fenton. At 7:28 morphs to “Hay in the Barn” by Chart Guthrie.
Chris Ricciotti.

In addition, caller Andy Kane called a mixer, and a square.