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Difficulty Level: Not Specified
| Dance Title | Type | Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter | Music Performers | Formation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Pants |  | Lisa Greenleaf (date unknown) |  | Duple Minor |
| Always Love Contra | | Jacqui Grennan 2019 | | Becket |
| Ann's Accord |  | Jenna Simpson 2018 | | Duple Minor |
| Anton's Surprise | | Pat Shaw 1964 | | Duple Minor |
| Back Road to Ayer | | Lisa Greenleaf ~1993 | | Duple Minor |
| Becky's Becket | | David Zinkin (date unknown) | | Becket |
| The Beekeepers' Dream | | Vic Ceder 2019 | | Becket |
| Boiling Mud | | Greg Bryne (date unknown) | | Duple Minor |
| Boiling Mud ~ modified | | Greg Bryne (date unknown) | | Duple Minor |
| Bouncing Back Again | | Eric Black 2010 | | Becket CCW |
| California Twirlin' | | Janet Levatin (date unknown) | | Duple Minor |
| Chinese New Year | | Chris Page 2010 | | Duple Minor |
| Concordia Reel | | Lou Shapiro ~1983 | | Triple Minor |
| Dandies' Hornpipe ~ Duple |  | Traditional ~1820 Ralph Page 1968 Cracking Chestnuts | | Duple Minor |
| Dog Leap Stairs | | Gary Roodman 2023 | Anna Patton, Eric Martin, and Karen Axelrod | Duple Minor |
| Double Chocolate | | Jim Kitch ~1993 | | Quadruple Minor |
| Double Mud Pig | | Rick Mohr 2012 | | Becket |
| Easy Living | | Al Olson ~1983 | | Triple Minor |
| Flying Buttress | | Jean Gorrindo (date unknown) | | Becket |
| Food, Sex, and Beer | | Carol Ormand 2008 | | Duple Minor |
| Forgotten Treasure | | Beth Parkes (date unknown) | | Duple Minor |
| Fuerst Things Fuerst | | Will Mentor (date unknown) | | Becket |
| The Good Life | | Bob Isaacs (date unknown) | | Becket |
| Greetings | | Toni Barone (date unknown) | | Duple Minor |
| Hume Fogg Reel | | Susan Kevra (date unknown) | | Becket |
| Jacqui's Dolphin Yey | | Seth Tepfer 2018 | Bonnie Insull and Susan McNeill | Becket |
| Keys in the Fridge | | Gary Roodman 1992 | | Duple Minor |
| Labor of Love | | Kathy Anderson (date unknown) | | Duple Minor |
| Little-Good Harbor | | Al Olsen ~1983 | | Triple Minor |
| Lizzie's Delight | | Dave Colstock (date unknown) | | Becket |
| Mad Robin in Love | | Greg Frock (date unknown) | | Duple Minor |
| Matthew Just In Time | | David Kaynor (date unknown) | | Duple Minor |
| Misunderstood Loon | | Nathaniel Jack 2019 SBCDS 2019 | | Becket |
| Ockham's Razor | | Don Lennartson ~1993 | | Duple Minor |
| Oh Geez! | | Joseph Pimentel 2003 | | Duple Minor |
| Queen of Heart | | Gary Roodman 1992 | | Duple Minor |
| Rattlesnake Rag | | Jeff Spiro (date unknown) | | Duple Minor |
| Roll 'N Go | | Vic Ceder 2019 | | Becket |
| Roll Down | | Mike Richardson ~1992 | | Duple Minor |
| Rolling Shadow | | Vic Ceder 2019 | | Becket |
| Scooter | | Tom Hinds (date unknown) | | Becket CCW |
| Virginia Reel | | Thompson ~1770 | | Longways as many as will permutation: 23451 |
| Spinner's Delight | | Vic Ceder 2019 | | Becket |
| Splash in the Puddle | | Howard P. Slosek ~1993 | | Duple Minor |
| Square Line Special | | Gary Roodman 1987 | Anna Patton, Naomi Morse, and Peter Barnes | 4 Couple Longways permutation: 2413 |
| Swinging in the Hey | | Family Week, Pinewoods 1989 | | Duple Minor |
| Take the Gent | | Vic Ceder 2019 | | Becket |
| Textiles or Furs | | Mike Richardson 1989 | | Duple Minor |
| There is no Way to Peace; Peace is the Way | | Erik Hoffman 1992 | | Becket |
| Tilt-A-Whirl | | Martha Wild (date unknown) | | Duple Minor |
| To Have and to Hold | | Don Flaherty (date unknown) | | Becket CCW |
| Two Hands Here, Two Hands There | | Vic Ceder 2019 | | Becket |
| Two Steps Forward | | Chris Page (date unknown) | | Becket |
| Virginia Reel | | Thompson ~1770 | | Longways as many as will permutation: 23451 |
| Washington Quickstep | | Elias Howe 1858 Smukler & Millstone ~2008 Cracking Chestnuts | | Duple Minor |
| Will o' the Wisp | | Jenna Simpson 2020 | | Duple Minor |
| Winter in Summerland | | Jeff Spero & James Hudson (date unknown) | | Becket |
| Witches' Cauldron | | Kiston Koths 1988 | | Duple Minor |
| The Zen of Dance | | Chris Page (date unknown) | | Duple Minor |
Easy
| Dance Title | Type | Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter | Music Performers | Formation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appetizer | | Scott Higgs (date unknown) | | Duple Minor |
| Blackbird Pie | | Joseph Pimentel 2001 | Goldcrest | Duple Minor |
| Golden Gate | | Jacqui Grennan 2017 | | Duple Minor |
| Golden Gate (Marr) | | Jacqui Grennan 2017 Frannie Marr | | Duple Minor |
| Hoedown on the Down Low | | Jean Gorrindo (date unknown) | | Duple Minor |
| New England Sweethearts | | Linda Leslie (date unknown) | | Duple Minor |
| There You Go | | Sue Rosen (date unknown) | | Duple Minor |
Easy / Intermediate
| Dance Title | Type | Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter | Music Performers | Formation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The First of October | | Philippe Callens 1989 | Odd Sundays Garage Band | Duple Minor |
| Heyallemande | | Jim Hemphill (date unknown) | | Duple Minor |
| Jacki's Jig | | Colin Hume 1980 | Kafoozalum | Duple Minor |
| Mr. Mozart's Rant | | Colin Hume 1985 | Wild Thyme | Duple Minor |
| Sasna's Swing | | Joseph Pimentel 2004 | | Duple Minor |
| Star Trek | | Mike Richardson (date unknown) | | Becket |
Intermediate
| Dance Title | Type | Deviser (or Editor/Publisher), Date, Interpreter | Music Performers | Formation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayswater Breakdown | | Colin Hume 1980 | Kafoozalum | Duple Minor |
| Kim's Game | | Colin Hume 1995 | Masquerade | Four Face Four |
| Loon on the Lake | | Nathaniel Jack (date unknown) | | Becket |
| Microcasmic | | Ann Fallon (date unknown) | | 3 Couple Longways permutation: 231 |
| Number of dances | Number of versions | Number with music |
|---|---|---|
| 75 | 75 | 9 |
Warning: The figures for each dance is generated programmatically by regular expression matching and may be in error. Also, for old dances, they reflect the figures used by the interpreter which may not match those of the deviser.
Long Lines Forward And Back
Bars: 4.
Move in to the middle, and fall back, taking hands with neighbors both inside and outside the minor set.
History
Something very interesting happened in Contra Dancing between 1956 and 1983. In Rickey Holden's The Contra Dance Book, 1956, he uses the call "forward four and back again" (or "forward six" for triple minors), but in Larry Jennings' Zesty Contras, 1982 these two calls have completely vanished and been replaced by "Long lines forward and back".
Somewhere between these two publications the integrity of the minor set ruptured and people reached to take hands with those in other minor sets.
Now Chorus Jig had become a duple minor by Holden's day, so it's contra corners figure reached outside the minor set, but nothing else did. Perhaps it was Becket Reel, 1957 which made people look outside the minor set?
See Also
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