| Dance Name | Author | Variants/comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oak Hill Quickstep | Bob Nicholson | |
| 2 | Spring Fever | Tony Parkes | |
| 3 | Christmas Stars | Me | |
| 4 | Out+About | Gene Hubert | |
| 5 | Jersey Girl | Bob Isaacs | |
| 6 | Swing the Next | Me | |
| Break | |||
| 7 | A Grand Day Out | Me | |
| 8 | Cherokee Slide | Me | Original version |
| 9 | The First Straw | Me | |
| 10 | Little Girl With the Curl | Bob Isaacs | A1 Hands-across star left |
A two-and-a-half hour dance. Also, my niece's first contra dance.
This was my first attempt at writing a dance to the crooked version of "Cherokee Shuffle":
Cherokee Slide (original version)A1 (8) Partner gypsy (8) Partner swing A2 (8) Women allemande right 1 & 1/2 (8) Neighbor swing B1 (8) Circle left (8) Circle right (4) Weave the line with partner (right, left to N2) (0) Form wave of four with N2 (right to neighbor, men have left in center) B2 (4) Balance wave of four (4) Slide right (4) Balance wave of four (4) Slide left (2) Neighbor pull by right (2) Women pull by left
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