Tentative March 2024 Madison contra

user: Noah Natzke

Easy Peasy

by: Diane Silver

easy; first bal+swing, CA twirl

introduces moves: swing, long lines, allemande, circle, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Happy as a Cold Pig in Warm Mud

by: Mike Boerschig

star; CA twirl

introduces moves: custom

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners allemande right 1½
B1 8
The first gentlespoon and second ladle star left above, and the second gentlespoon and first ladle star left below
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Shift Happens

by: Rick Mohr

smooth; two half heys interrupted by P swing

introduces moves: slice, chain, hey, gyre, slide along set

formation: Becket

A1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
slice left and straight back
8
ladles chain
B1 8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
8
partners swing (find partner in adjacent hey)
B2 8
gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
6
partners gyre once
2
slide left along set ⁋

Galena

by: Jo Mortland

chunky A1, rest is smooth, begins in a wave of 4; fairly straightforward

introduces moves: Rory O'More, custom, do si do, form an ocean wave

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

Dance All Night

by: Rich Mohr

4-face-4 - energetic; straightforward

introduces moves: custom

formation: four face four

Have dancers note their "trail buddies" and who their corners are. The two dancers in the middle of the line of 4 are corners and the dancers at the ends have their corners in front of them.

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
corners swing
A2 8
ladles star right once
8
corners allemande left 1.25
B1 10
partners pull by right for grand right and left until they meet their partner
6
partners do si do once
B2 16
partners balance & swing and end facing new lines of 4 ⁋

In the grand right and left dancers end up traveling half way around the circle.

Woven Waves

by: Cary Ravitz

facing star

introduces moves: form a long wave, custom, facing star, pass through

formation: Improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
8
gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave (there are interlinked wavy lines)
B1 0
gentlespoons drop left hands, ladles drop right hands, to form
8
facing star counter-clockwise 3 places with ladles putting their right hands in and backing up
8
partners swing
B2 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through up and down ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do once

Free the French Four

by: Roger Diggle

star to star progression; square through

This dance is not published.

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