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Pinellas Park rec-center, 28Jun2026, Sunday [JK Program]

::Venue:: , ::Address:: Pinellas Park , FL .   Lesson 3:30PM. Dance 4PM-7.   Gents/Ladies
Sound: ?. DM: ?. Snacks: ?. Door: ?. Wrangler: Sue Stanczyk. Host: ?.

Band: Locomotion
Sarah Mitchell (flute/whistle, hammer dulcimer, concertina, foot percussion). Kathie Aagaard (fiddle). Sherry Mattos (keyboard). Joe De Paolo (percussion).


Momentum by Jonathan King. (2018October)
[BECKET: Hands-in-long-lines-oval, face partner, look past; there is your shadow. Tune with energetic B1, B2. Wizard's Walk works well.]
End Effect: When you go out on the traveling turn, end reversed with the on the Left. After the shadow-swing, the partner-swing puts the on the Right.

[“Travel-left”: W.partner, traveling 2-hand-Clockwise-turn (or traveling-swing, or just Slide-L) to new nbrs, where...]
start a (L-shoulder) Full-hey(16).

[Halfway-] partner(4), swing shadow(12).

Partner swing on the side(8) [where you started].
Circle left halfway(4), roll away NBR [with a half sashay] across the set(4).


Circle left halfway, roll partner away [with a half sashay] along the Side(4+4). Circle left halfway(4), and Travel-left(4) along the set to face new nbrs.

Uses the second half of Orace Johnson's wonderful Du Quoin Races. Below is an Alternate version, where the start the hey.


Alt-[“Travel”: W.partner, traveling Counter-CW-2-hand-turn (or traveling-reverse-swing, or just Slide-L) to new nbrs, where...]
start a (usual R-shoulder) Full-hey(16).    [Then, as the comes back to place...]


Alt-... Left-shoulder [Halfway-] partner(4), swing shadow(12).
Don't do THAT again!  by Jonathan King.
[BECKET: ONEs wave a hand! Hands in oval, look past ptnr to identify Shadow.]
Slice-Left, take (diagonal)nhbr- home(8), and swing(8).
Slice-Right, -take Shadow- home(8) and swing(8).

[Shadow-pairs are opposite their home side.]
#1s Chase each other, around #2 posts: -around-two, -cut-through(8),
-around-two, -cut-through(8).


Hands4: Circle-left halfway(4) till you see your partner. Swing partner(12). [End up across the set from the formerly-diagonal couple.]
Sweet Music by Amy Kahn.
[IMPROPER: Scoop the ]
left allemand(8) once around, and keep going. Scoop your partner [to cross the set] and Butterfly Whirl(8).
start a full hey(16).
[As come back to their partner] Partner bal&swing(4+12).
Rights&Lefts across the set [courtesy turn](8), roll-away the , R-hand star(8). [“ look left allemand.”]
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VideoCameraCaveman by Jim Hemphill, is similar.

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Sweet Music by Amy Kahn.
[IMPROPER: Scoop the ]
left allemand(8) once around, and keep going. Scoop your partner [to cross the set] and Butterfly Whirl(8).
start a full hey(16).
[As come back to their partner] Partner bal&swing(4+12).
Rights&Lefts across the set [courtesy turn](8), roll-away the , R-hand star(8). [“ look left allemand.”]
VideoCameraJonathan King | Barnstorm.
VideoCameraCaveman by Jim Hemphill, is similar.


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