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PatrickHouse, #04, 17Aug2014 [Sunday, 7PM-9PM]

[@6sec, 4 triple-steps 51sec E=3:11] Halo Waltz, by Avant Gardeners.
[@0sec 37sec 5x] Gypsy Meltdown, by Groovemongers.
Ely Waltz by Colin Hume.
[Pronounced “eel lee”. Circle-mixer waltz, double progression: Couples start in big circle, with 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 facing out, facing in(2); flowing into...

Do-si-do this new partner(4). In ballroom position, waltz around(4), opening up w.  on right, hands joining in a big circle.
[@3sec x3, 1:51 x3, 3:37 x2, E=4:50] Trip To Durrow/Plank House/The Curvy Road to Corinth, by The Moving Violations.     Intro H S    SynchroBreak H S    SynchroBreak END.; 8 cycles
Synchro-Break:  [Enter the break by promenading home, face out, in.] [Better with a non-mixer square. Teach just the Heads, then just the Sides, then combine. To walk across, (veer) Left, Fwd, Fwd, Right.]
In wavy circle, -facing-out, -in, with partner in R-hand.

Balance-the-wave(4), circulate(4). [Folks who-face-across, walk across, passing R-shoulders, synchromesh. Folks facing-out, pivot to psn of person who was in R-hand.] (Done 4 times. 4×8=32.)

Partner swing(8). Corner do-si-do(8), face-your-partner, Pull-by!, Grand-right-and-left(8)
End1:  Corner, L-allemand(8). Partner, R-allemand(8).
Corner, you swing(8). Partner, do-si-do(8); [fact prtnr] right-hand to your partner…
…pull-by!, Grand Right-and-Left(6); when you see your partner, Box-The-Gnat(2), and come on back…
pull-by!, Grand Right-and-Wrong(8), till you get back home.

Swing your partner(8). And in to the center with a great big shout(8)!
[Thank your partner, thank the set.]
Synchromesh Square by Tony Parkes.
_c3_
4__B
d__2
_1A_
[Square: Mixer. , your current corner will be your new partner.]
All Four- chain, courtesy turn(8), couple promenade half-way round(8). _c1_
2__B
d__4
_3A_

HEADs pass through, turn alone(8). _3A_
2__B
d__4
_c1_

Hands-8, circle-L halfway(8). _1c_
4__d
B__2
_A3_

Diagonally, cross, passing right shoulders(4), face right and promenade two clicks [CW] around the circle(4) [to where the two were]. __3_
___2
4___
_1__

Meanwhile, wait 4-beats, then cross diagonally with the other (4), to arrive in the ' arms. [ cross, Synchromesh!]
Swing your New Partner(8). _B3_
4__A
c__2
_1d_

Promenade to 's home(16).
ONEs arch, All promenade. [ONEs make an arch, and promenade CW, while the other couples promenade AW, all back to home.] 16 beats
Break:  Four- chain [R-Hands-Across Star] and the gentlemen change [with a] courtesy turn(4+4). (Done 4 times. 4×8=32; pull-by with Right-hand.)
Corner L-allemand(4), Partner do-si-do(8), Corner L-allemand(4), Partner Pull-by!, Grand-R-and-L(16), [When you get home] Swing your own!
[@2sec 33sec x3, 1:41 31sec x3, 3:13 x4] The Wright Dog/High Reel/Kailyn's Reel, by The Great Bear Trio.     Intro #1  #2     Break  #3  #4     Break  #1  #2  Break
Uptown Downtown by TRAD.
[Square-keeper: Good for ONEs arch, All promenade]
Couple-#1 Go Uptown [move to couple-#3 and join hands-four] bring'em on down(4+4).
[Still in hands-four] Send'em back [move back to #3's place]. #1's split the #3 couple(4+4); separate.

Go around the Town [Go outside around back to place](8).
Meet at home, Everyone R-elbow swing, twice around(8).

Corner allemand-Left ya'go(4), Partner swing(12)
[Everyone] Promenade till ya get back home(8+8).

Alt-HEADs/SIDEs fwd & back(8). HEADs/SIDEs [go fwd] pull-by and separate(4+4)…
Alt-HEADs/SIDEs Go around the Town(8). Meet at home, R-elbow swing, twice around(8).

VideoCamera(Dance: 3:31) Nils Fredland | .
VideoCameraJonathan King | (recorded) The Great Bear Trio.
[@3sec x3, 1:51 x3, 3:37 x2, E=4:50] Trip To Durrow/Plank House/The Curvy Road to Corinth, by The Moving Violations.     Intro H S    GS-Break H S    GS-Break END-Break-That-Ring  8 cycles
GS Intro/End:  Sides-Face! Grand-Square!: 1-2-3-turn 1-2-3-turn 1-2-3-turn 1-2-3-Reverse (4+4+4+4) 1-2-3-turn 1-2-3-turn 1-2-3-turn 1-2-3-Reverse (4+4+4+4). (Total: 16+16=32)
Partner-swing(16), [Circle-L, Circle-R   OR  Into-the-center twice]
[Thank your partner, thank the set.]
Kimmswick Express by Gene Hubert.
[Square-keeper]
HEADs/SIDEs go forward and back(8). HEADs/SIDEs Right-and-Left through(8).
HEADs/SIDEs circle left 3-places and pass through(6+2).
Dosido the one you meet 1+¼ to wavy-lines [ in the center] at the SIDES/HEADS.

Bal-the-wave(2+2). [Swing through] All R-allemand(2), only L-allemand(2), swing partner(8).
Promenade home(16).
VideoCameraTeach 1:04. Dance 3:07. Nils Fredland | Ethan Hazzard-Watkins, Owen Morrison.
[4sec/@23sec Slowish, transition: Pause, light 3-count, Guitar comes in for Four 3-count and GO!, Fastish waltz] Whiskey & Beer by Groovemongers.
Ely Waltz by Colin Hume.
[Pronounced “eel lee”. Circle-mixer waltz, double progression: Couples start in big circle, with 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 facing out, facing in(2); flowing into...

Do-si-do this new partner(4). In ballroom position, waltz around(4), opening up w.  on right, hands joining in a big circle.


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    JK Program JK Contra-Program #04. 17Aug2014

Attendees: Trisha Peterson. Karen Schneider. Jill Cocanougher. Andrea Wise. Michele Ganster. Ruth King. Chuck Segal. Jeff Shapiro. Bob Stevens. Guillaume.