Oct 12 lake city

user: Abigail Golden

Table of Contents

  1. A Cure for the Claps by Bob Isaacs

    Shannon

  2. Shannon
  3. Just Another Whim by Chrystal Gallacci Jones

    Shannon
  4. The 24th of May by Yoyo Zhou

    Shannon
  5. Undercurrent by Jacqui Grennan

    Shannon

  6. announcements
  7. Charismatic Megafauna by Linda Leslie

    Shannon

  8. Waltz

  9. Break
  10. Becky's Brouhaha by Rhiannon Giddens

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  11. Barack Me, Obamadeus by Maia McCormick

    Abigail
  12. Sleepwalking by Bronwyn Woods

    Abigail
  13. Galena by Jo Mortland

    Abigail
  14. Train Delay by Maia McCormick

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A Cure for the Claps

by: Bob Isaacs

Shannon

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Shannon

Just Another Whim

by: Chrystal Gallacci Jones

Shannon

introduces moves: do si do, swing, allemande, chain, long lines, square through

formation: Duple Minor - Improper - Single Progression

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
partners swing (to neighbor)
B1 8
ladles chain (to neighbor)
8
long lines forward & back
B2 8
square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left
8
square through two - partners balance & pull by right, then neighbors pull by left (to new neighbors) ⁋

The 24th of May

by: Yoyo Zhou

Shannon

introduces moves: star, form long waves, box circulate

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
star left - wrist grip - 4 places
B1 0
form long waves - ladles face in, gentlespoons face out ⁋
8
balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
8
balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
B2 8
balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right
8
partners swing

Undercurrent

by: Jacqui Grennan

Shannon

introduces moves: form an ocean wave, right left through

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
pass through to an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by left in the center, neighbors by right on the sides
A2 2
neighbors allemande right ½
2
ladles allemande left ½
12
partners swing
B1 8
right left through
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B2 16
neighbors balance & swing ⁋

announcements

Charismatic Megafauna

by: Linda Leslie

Shannon

introduces moves: give & take, promenade, slide along set, petronella

formation: Becket

Identify next neighbors on left diagonal.

A1 4
gentlespoons give & take neighbors
12
neighbors swing
A2 8
ladles chain
6
partners promenade
2
slide right along set (j-hook) ⁋
B1 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B2 16
partners balance & swing

Linda's notes:

"Written for our friends Lucia Watson and Jeff Weiler so they could twirl like crazy in the chain. In 2017, I actually switched the sequences: the dance used to start at the B1. I like this much better!"

Waltz

Break

Becky's Brouhaha

by: Rhiannon Giddens

Abigail

introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers, circle

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
2
neighbors pull by right to prev neighbors
6
prev neighbors allemande left once - return to current neighbors
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places - reach right hand to next neighbors ⁋

Barack Me, Obamadeus

by: Maia McCormick

Abigail

introduces moves: meltdown swing, hey, pass through

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors meltdown swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
B1 16
partners meltdown swing
B2 8
partners promenade
6
circle right 3 places
2
pass through by the left ⁋

Written for Brooklyn Contra on 8/4/17, which is Obama's birthday, hence the title. Smooth dance with a hey-like figure up/down the set and a satisfying promenade > circle right transition.

Sleepwalking

by: Bronwyn Woods

Abigail

introduces moves: roll away, turn alone, custom

formation: Becket ccw

A1 4
long lines forward
4
gentlespoons roll away partners on way back
4
pass through across the set
2
turn alone to the right
2
single file promenade along set to next neighbors ⁋
A2 8
star right - hands across - 4 places
0
gentlespoons drop out
8
ladles allemande right 1½
B1 16
neighbors balance & swing
B2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing

Galena

by: Jo Mortland

Abigail

introduces moves: Rory O'More, custom

formation: improper reverse progression

short wave ladles hold left hands in center

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
A2 4
neighbors allemande right ½
2
walk to next neighbor 1s up, 2s down ⁋
10
neighbors swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors do si do once to
0
form an ocean wave - ladles by left hands and neighbors by right hands

Train Delay

by: Maia McCormick

Abigail

formation: Becket

Shadow is next to you.

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places
B1 8
shadows right hand balance & box the gnat
8
shadows do si do 1½
B2 16
partners balance & swing

In the second half of B1, pull by R at the start of the do-si-do for some extra momentum.

Written on a stuck train to Princeton, NJ, late 2014, and first called March 2015 in Silver Spring, MD.