JL/JP draft program

user: Jack Laurel

Table of Contents

  1. After the Solstice (AC version) by Lisa Greenleaf

    Jack
  2. Box the Gnat Contra by Becky Hill

    Jack
  3. 32 Seconds by Tom Calwell

    Jesse
  4. Debra's Dance by Cary Ravitz

    Jesse
  5. A Thing of Trust by Chris Page

    Jack
  6. Pigtown Petronella by Cary Ravitz

    Jack
  7. Hocus Pocus by Lisa Greenleaf

    Jack
  8. Hotpoint Special by Joseph Pimentel

    Jesse
  9. The Jonesborough Way by Dean Snipes

    Jesse
  10. Still More O'Moore by Jim Kitch

    Jesse


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After the Solstice (AC version)

by: Lisa Greenleaf

Jack

introduces moves: do si do, swing, long lines, allemande, right left through, circle, pass through

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors do si do once
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
right left through
6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through

Box the Gnat Contra

by: Becky Hill

Jack

introduces moves: box the gnat, chain

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
8
partners right hand balance & box the gnat
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
partners swing
B2 8
right left through
8
ladles chain (to neighbor) ⁋

32 Seconds

by: Tom Calwell

Jesse

introduces moves: roll away, hey

formation: improper

A1 4
long lines forward ⁋
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay as lines back up *
8
ladles chain
A2 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing

* This is how the dance was originally written, but some find that ladles rolling away gentlespoons flows better into the ladles chain. I think that variation also goes by the name "Rollin' to the Grey Eagle", written by Hank Morris.

Debra's Dance

by: Cary Ravitz

Jesse

introduces moves: slice, Rory O'More

formation: Becket

A1 8
slice left and straight back ⁋
4
pass through across the set
4
partners allemande right ¾ to short waves with gentlespoons in the middle
A2 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
B1 2
gentlespoons allemande left ½
14
neighbors swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners swing

A Thing of Trust

by: Chris Page

Jack

introduces moves: poussette

formation: improper

A1 6
half poussette - gentlespoons pull partners back then left clockwise ⁋
10
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
circle left 3 places
B1 6
half poussette - gentlespoons pull neighbors back then left clockwise
10
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain to neighbor
8
circle right 4 places

Notes from Bob Isaacs: Written on August 7, 2012 as a smushing together of the B2/A1 of "A Sure Thing" and A2/B1 of "Trust," to put both transitions in the same dance. Chris learned to dance and call at Glenside before moving to San Diego a decade ago. This dance has it all; a new transition, good flow into both swings, and the beautiful/circle R/pousette progression.

Pigtown Petronella

by: Cary Ravitz

Jack

introduces moves: petronella, turn alone

formation: Becket ccw

Double progression.

In long lines, your partner is in one hand, your shadow is in the other hand.

A1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
right left through
8
left diagonal ladles chain to shadow (only if there is someone there) ⁋
B1 8
balance & petronella
0
turn alone to face a new neighbor ⁋
8
balance & petronella
B2 0
turn alone to face your partner
16
partners balance & swing

http://www.dance.ravitz.us/#pp3

Note the similarity to Maliza's Magical Mystery Motion. The chain is to the diagonal left here, so at the end of B1 you must face a new set of four to find your partner.

YouTube, 2, 3

Hocus Pocus

by: Lisa Greenleaf

Jack

introduces moves: balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends right shoulder
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Hotpoint Special

by: Joseph Pimentel

Jesse

introduces moves: form an ocean wave, slide along set

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B1 4
balance the ring
8
pass through to an ocean wave & balance - ladles by left in the center, partners by right on the sides
2
partners allemande right ½
2
gentlespoons allemande left ½
B2 4
form an ocean wave & balance - gentlespoons by left hands and neighbors by right hands
2
neighbors allemande right ¼
2
circle left 1 place single-file
4
slide left along set single-file, gentlespoons leading ⁋
8
right left through with next neighbors

The Jonesborough Way

by: Dean Snipes

Jesse

introduces moves: mad robin, custom, meltdown swing

formation: Becket

A1 2
slide left along set
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
4
circle left 2 places
4
gentlespoons roll away partners with a half sashay across the set
B1 4
circle left 2 places
4
gentlespoons roll away neighbors with a half sashay along the set
8
mad robin, gentlespoons in front
B2 4
gentlespoons cross the set by right
12
partners meltdown swing

Still More O'Moore

by: Jim Kitch

Jesse

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
next neighbors swing
A2 8
circle left 3 places
8
partners allemande right 1½ to long waves
B1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
B2 16
partners balance & swing