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SpaceCoast Contra, 09Mar2024, Sat. [JK Program]

Walter Butler Community Center, 4201 N. Cocoa Blvd. Cocoa FL 32927.
Doors open at 6PM. Lesson at 7PM. Dance 7:30-10:30.
Break: Approx 9:15–9:35,  ≤20 minutes.
Ladies/Gents, R-shoulder-round.

Hosts: Andreas Goetzfried & Peg. Wranger/Sound: Beth/Ron Rountree.
Rafter Ringers [Melbourne, Orlando]: Bo Frazer (fiddle, mandolin). Greg Taillon (guitar, accordion). David Moffit (electric bass guitar).


(Tonight was my first time calling John Rogers' elegant dance Hey Down There
  —and I had the great pleasure of watching John get to dance his own dance for the first time.)
Fidelity Reel by Bill Wellington.
[IMPROPER: Two s]
, then Nbr swing(8+8).
Long-lines(8). allemand-L 1.5 (8).
, then swing partner(8+8).
With partner, promenade across(8) [Gents pass by L-shoulder]. chain(8).
Vowel Mixer [AEIO You!] by traditional.
[Circle-mixer contra-music or waltz. Best if  #Couples ≢4 0; maybe use nested circles.]
Circle left(8), circle right(8).
In the middle and back(4+4) [face prtnr]. Partner dosido(8) [then R-hand to prtnr].
Grand R&L; A(2), E(2), I(2), O(2), whom-do-I-swing? You! New-prtnr swing(8).
Promenade(16).
Hay in the Barn by Chart Guthrie.
[IMPROPER:]
Nbr Bal&Swing(4+12).
chain(8). start half-hey(8).
Partner Bal&Swing(4+12).
chain(8). start half-hey(8).
VideoCameraSeth Tepfer | Tim&Friends.
See also the “Roll in the Hey” medley.
Lady be good (Mark O'Connor) and (Christian Howes & Justin Branum)
You Can't Get There From Here by Carol Ormand.
[IMPROPER: Starts in short wavy-lines, in center]
Balance-the-wave(4), Allemand-R 3/4 to form long waves, facing in(4). Balance-the-long-wave(4), Allemand-R 3/4 to form waves across, 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.
VideoCamera? | ?.
Old Grey Cat  |  v2
Chainsaw Reel by Don Lennartson.
[BECKET: ID-dir-prog, THEN Becketize! Huge oval circle.]
[Same two] 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 [ in front of his partner].
[ look right and] Allemand-R the new nbr- coming toward you(8). Partner-swing(8), on the side.
VideoCameraJonathan King, Footloose. Called as no-walk-through. VideoCameraCaller? | Band?.
Friday Night Fever by Tony Parkes.
[IMPROPER:]
Nbr Bal&Swing(4+12).
Allemand-left 1.5 (8). Partner swing(8).
With partner, promenade across(8). 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. always turn right, turn left.
VideoCamera Beth Molaro | Appalachian Storm.
A Pirate's Life for Me by Nathaniel Jack.
[IMPROPER: Identify DIR-of-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 sliding past two people to snag L-hands(3); L-allemand to face partner(5).
Partner bal&swing(4+12).
dosido 1.5(8). current nbr(8), to face new nbr.
VideoCameraNils Fredland | Perpetual e-Motion. VideoCamera Charlie Dyer | Briarpickers.

Waltz and Break
Hey Down There by John Rogers.
[BECKET: Pass through one couple, take hand4, then Becketize.]
Circle-left 3-places(8), then pass thru to... swing new nbr(8). End facing down.
DTHall Line4, 1,2, 2,1(8).
Face your nbr, half-hey [You'll pass 3 people.](8), end facing up. 1,2, 2,1.

UTHall(8), chain(8).
Everyone pass-across, partner swing, end facing across.
VideoCameraJohn Rogers | Jenny and the Stray Dogs.

[Written October 31, 2015] John: The end of the hey in A2 has the naturally facing upward but not so for the . And the Twos need to be encouraged to complete that last pass by the left shoulder as they face up. -One will have time to rotate to face up as the Twos do their last pass. I don't make a fuss about this because they seem to get it pretty soon. Maybe knowing that they will be holding the same neighbor's same hand in the inverted line (facing up) is a good reference point.
Sweet Georgia Brown (Wynton Marsalis Quintet)
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 “your previous nbrs”, 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. In this Square-Through: always turn right, turn left.

Swing curr.nbr(8). “Earthquake! You swing the next!” Face away from the-one-you-swung, and swing the next(8) [in your Dir-Prog.].

Circle-left 3-places(8). Partner swing(8).

Written for my Cocoa Beach friend, Andreas. First called at his dance.

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