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Dancing on a Moving Float: 2015:  Finding NEMO     2016: The Right Stuff
   2017:  The Unicorns missed the Boat     2018: Emerald Isle
My thanks to Diane Schulbach and Patrick Harrigan for nimbly handling the venue issue, to Eleta Sucsy for suggesting asking Joe, and to Joe Rush, for graciously allowing us to use his terrific Dance Barn on short notice.

GODS-DancingFish, 15May2026, Friday [JK Program]

Joe Rush's Dance Barn [6228 Dogwood Ln., Melrose, FL 32666], 7PM-10PM. No-Lesson. Dance 7PM-10.     Gents/Ladies
Sound: James Hasell, Door: Karin Martin. Wrangler: Diane Schulbach.

Band: Katie's Contradiction :
Gary Zimmerman (fiddle). Bill Paine (mandolin, drum). Tim Stevens (guitar). Eleta Sucsy (pennywhistle, drum). Pete Sucsy (banjo, guitar).

Frederick Contra by Tom Hinds.
[IMPROPER:]
(“New”) dosido(8). allemand-L 1.5, to change places(8).
Partner bal&swing(4+12).
DTHall line4, ONEs next to TWOs(6), turn as a couple(2). Come back UTHall(6), bend the line(2)...
...Circle left 3-places(8). Nbr swing(8). look for new on L-diagonal.
Mad Scatter by Rick Mohr.
[Scatter mixer: Couples in 4-somes or 6-somes or 8-somes]
Circle left(8). Dosido nbr(8).
Allemand-R partner 1.5 [sending in](8). star-L, while orbit CW(8).
Bal&swing new partner(4+12).
Promenade anywhere with new partner(16) [Find another group to circle with].
Any number of couples can be in the circle left, ditto the star-L.
Centrifugal Hey by Gene Hubert.
[IMPROPER: Identify home side]
Nbr allemand-R 1.5 (8). allemand-L 1.5 (8).
Full hey, pass partner by R (16). [Prtnr-R -L Nbr-R -L  , repeat]
Partner bal&swing(4+12) [on 's home side].
Rights-and-lefts across(8). Circle-left 3 places, pass through to new nbr(8).
A Pirate's Life for Me by Nathaniel Jack.
[IMPROPER: Identify DIR-of-PROG(!) for the ]

Nbr bal&swing(4+12).
Pass through to an ocean wave(4) [“pass the ocean”], bal-the-wave(4). Everyone spin/slide right, with sliding past two people to snag L-hands(3); L-allemand to face partner(5).
Partner bal&swing(4+12).
dosido 1.5(8). current nbr(8), to face new nbr.
VideoCameraNils Fredland | Perpetual e-Motion. VideoCamera Charlie Dyer | Briarpickers.
Judy and Jim's Wedding  | (Ballroom couple)
Spanish Waltz
[Circle-KEEPER waltz: Couple-facing-couple, Sicilian circle (memorize progression-dir). Gent R-hand palm-down over ptner's L-hand.] 4-triple-steps = 8-contra-steps
[In 4 triples] “In--Back--ChangeHands-AndDown ” (Gent now had nbr in R-hand(4). Call becomes “In--Back--Change-AndDown ”)
Do t.abo again to regain your partner(4).

In--Back--Change-AndDown(4). Again(4). [Everyone is back home]

R-hands--across star(4).
L-hands--across star(4), ending in ice-skater position. [All back home]

Pinwheel: Promenade CCW (locally) with your nbr-couple, gents L-shoulder to L-shoulder(4).
[Still in ice-skater] Veer right(2) and back(2) to progress [ending with Gent'shand on Lady's]

VideoCameraDanced to Haapavesi Waltz.

Waltz and Break.
Three Ceremonies by Adriane Moser.
[BECKET: Slide-left to chain.]
[New] chain(8), into Mad-Robin(8) [ slide-L in front of NBR].
pass right to start a full hey (8+8).
cross the set, passing right shoulders, to swing partner(4+12).
Long-lines(8). Circle left all way, then Slide-Left to new NBRs(8).
VideoCameraJonathan King (no-walk-through) | Montage.
VideoCameraJolaine Jones-Pokorney | Barnstorm.
Posted on the Callers mailing list was: “The published choreography has B1 as pass rt shoulder to gypsy partner, then swing.”
Snowy Path [slip jig] by Mark Kelly  | (v2)
Bugaboo by Chris Page.
[IMPROPER: Slip-jig. Pass thru one couple; couple that cross-trails out stands REVERSED ready for swat-the-flea, then swings partner to straighten out.]
[Current nbr] NBR box-the-Gnat(3), then Pull-by-R(3).
[With] With prev.NBR: Swat-the-flea(3), then Pull-by-L(3).

[Back to curr.nbr] Current NBR swing(12).
cross the set by L-shoulder(3). Partner swing(9).
[Quick] -chain(6). Crosstrails though(6). [Pass ptr-R across the set, pass nbr-L along the set, to face New nbr. ]
The Cure for the Claps by Bob Isaacs.
[IMPROPER:]
Ring-bal, petronella(4+4), partner swing(8).
Ring-bal, petronella(4+4), nbr swing(8).
DTHall line4 [ONEs in the center], turn alone(6+2), UTHall, bend line(6+2). 4-by-4 go down the floor
Circle left all the way(8). Ring-bal(4), Cal-twirl(4).
VideoCameraBob Isaacs | Crowfoot. See 4:20-4:42.
VideoCameraJonathan King | Flying Turtles. Contra till 2:53, then a waltz.

Final Waltz


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