Valentine Gypsies

Improper

A1  Neighbor Gypsy and Swing

A2  Women Al. R ½

       Pick up Partner for Star Promenade

       ½ Hey M.L.

B1   Partners Gypsy and Swing

B2   Circle ¾

       pass through Up and Down

       New Neighbor DsD

Written for the 2014 Valentines Day Dance, Ann Arbor Pittsfield Grange 

Don’t Date on the First Kiss

Improper

A1   Mad Robin ½ Pousette women pushing

A2   Bal and Petronella turn Swing Partner

B1   Circle ¾ Swing Neighbor

B2   Hey for 4

Petronellas for Susan

Improper

A1    Ladies Allemande right 1½

         Swing Partner

A2    Partners Promenade across the set

         Ladies Chain back

B1    Balance the ring-Petronella twirl

         Balance the ring-Petronella twirl

         Twirling a bit more to face a new neighbor

B2    Balance and swing neighbor

This dance was written for the June 28, 2008 Charlotte dance with the help of Susan Turkel who suggested the Petronella twirl.

On my Mark

Duple improper

A1
Men Allemande L (almost) 1 time
Scoop up Neighbor and
Star promenade
Butterfly whirl

A2
Women start a full hey with Right shoulder

B1
Women cross the set and Swing Partner

B2
Partners Promenade 3/4
so that everybody is back where they started
(1's facing down, 2's facing up)
Balance the ring and pass through

[3/4 promenade could be an uncomfortable squeeze in a tight set -- it may be worth trying to get folks out of a long center line before they get committed to it ]

Written for Mark Hass’s 50th birthday celebration
Glenside, PA September 20, 2001

I Miss my Neighbor

Improper

A1 Star R 1
      Star Left with next 1

A2 Allemande original Neighbor 1
      Swing previous neighbor

B1 Circle ¾
      Swing partner

B2 Circle3/4
      Pass through
      Balance the new ring
      Pass through to new neighbor

The 4th Farewell and A 2nd Farewell

Improper

A1 LL Forward Partners Join Hands
      Women take gents back to their side and put them on their left
      R&L Through on Right Diag

A2 Hey for 4, women start passing right shoulders

B1 B & S Partner

B2 Circle ¾
      Swing Neighbor


Becket version

A1 Circle ¾
      Swing Neighbor

A2 LL Forward Partners Join Hands
      Women take gents back to their side and put them on their left
      R&L Through on Right Diag

B1  Hey for 4, women start passing right shoulders
   
B2 B & S Partner


Written for the 4th of July Dance—the last dance I called before leaving Philly in 2002.

A 2^nd Farewell

Revised 4^th Farewell for my 2^nd  leaving the Philly area June 2011

Becket

A1       Circle ¾

            Swing Neighbor

A2       LL Forward Give-and-take

                Women take gents back to their side and swing

B1       Women start a Right shoulder Hey

B2       Trail Buddy Allemand R 1 time

            With partner prominade across the set

            Slide left

1st at the Vintage

Improper

A1 Neighbors DSD
      Neighbors Swing

A2 Circle 3/4
      Partners Swing

B1 1/2 promenade (partner)
      R & L through

B2 Circle Left 3/4
      Balance the ring and Pass through

1st called Vintage Theater, Winston-Salem, NC, November 19, 2002 as a no-walk-through.