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PatrickHouse, #05, 24Aug2014 [Sunday, 7PM-9PM]

[@6sec, 4 triple-steps 51sec E=3:11] Halo Waltz, by Avant Gardeners.
[@4sec] Full Half/Thanksgiving Morning/Old Brown Shoe, by Hotpoint Stringband.
Pensacola Rollaway by Rick Mohr.
[Circle-mixer contra-music; waltz works too.]
face CCW around the circle, CW. Partner is #1, look past to see #2, then #3.
Partner dosido(8). Allemand-R partner 1.5 (8).
Pass #2 by L-shoulder (2).  #3 [end between #2 and #3](6). [All] Circle-left(8).
roll  #2, from L-to-R; she continues, rolling into her partner's arms(4). Partner swing(12).
Partner-Promenade (15). loop-back (1) [to meet new partner; former #2].
[@8sec] J.D. & the Burro/Frank Quinn's, by Groovemongers.
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.]

[new] Star-R all-the-way-around (8). look left to find Shadow. Shadow L-allemand(8).
Partner (bal or long) swing(4+12).
chain(8). start half-hey(8). [As finish crossing the set, melt into a...]
...Nbr swing(8). “Left-shoulder Hey” [a half-hey](8). 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 passes R-shoulder w.partner, then does a with the other , till she sees her partner's back; hook on to him and make a R-hand star with New Nbrs.
A modification of: The Ritz by Gene Hubert.

A video of the dance being developed, to recorded music by Groovemongers:
VideoCamera2nd run (JK calling/dancing); taught as Becket dance, 24Aug2014.
VideoCamera1st run; taught as Improper dance, 27July2014.
[SLOW, -9%] [@4sec x3, x3, x4] Manistique/What You Got There?/Scandy Twist, by Contratopia.    Intro H S    Break H S    Break H S End
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.]
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).
[4sec/@17sec 33sec x10 E=5:44] Accordion Crimes/Crossing Wyoming, by Avant Gardeners.
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 drop out(4), keep Allemanding-L 3-places more(4), to Join R-hands with NBR to form wave-of-four across the set. [ 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, in the center
join L-hand with next to form diagonal wave; Bal-the-wave(4). allemand-L 3/4 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).
VideoCameraJK | Avant Gardeners (recorded music). ???. VideoCameraSeth Tepher at Snowball 2011. VideoCameraGeorge Marshall | Swallowtail. VideoCameraLisa Greenleaf | 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    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)
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] March of the Lost Boys/Paula's Quilt/Cerulean Blue, by Avant Gardeners.
Star at the sides by Tony Parkes.
[Square: Mixer.]
HEADs/SIDEs go forward and back(8). HEADs/SIDEs dosido your opposite(8).
Face the SIDEs/HEADs, hands-4, circle-L(8). [Same-4] Star-R all the way round(8).
Center-4 Lefthand-Star all the way round(8). Swing your corner(8); this is your new partner.
Promenade the the 's home(16).
Allemand-L corner(4), box-the-gnat partner(2), Ladies star-L all the way around(8), partner box-the-gnat(2), Gents star-L all the way around(8), Partner swing(8). 32 beats
[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 #05, 24Aug2014

Attendees: Ruth King. Annette Merritt. Michele Ganster. Jennifer Mueller Kathie Kline. Al Handler. Al Rogers. Chuck Segal. Patrick Harrigan.