Sam Tetley Smith

Variants

Things that are mostly just a slight tweak to a contra dance I liked.

Fairport butterfly

Paul Balliot’s Fairport Harbour with a butterfly whirl > swing

Becket

A1: Larks alm L 1 ½. N promenade anticlockwise round the major set.

A2: Robins cast back, meltdown swing next N.

B1: N promenade clockwise round the major set, to Ps. Robins alm R 1 ½.

B2: P star promenade ½. Butterfly whirl. Swing.

Intermediary swing

Becky Hill’s Simplicity Swing with just more stuff going on.

A1: N balance and swing.

A2: Larks alm L 1 ½. P swing.

B1: R/L thru. Chain.

B2: Star L. New N dosido.

Anchored

A more neighbour-focused counterpart to Cary Ravitz' 'Adrift'

Becket CCW

A1: LLFB, P rollaway. Circle R ¾.

A2: Zigzag R/L. New N dosido.

B1: N balance and swing.

B2: Circle L ¾. P swing.

Star of Ogontz

For when I want that beautiful hey > chain sequence from Don Veino's Mad for Ogontz, but it's not worth teaching mad robin

A1: N meltdown swing

A2: Larks alm L 1 ½. P swing.

B1: LLFB. Half hey (robins R).

B2: Robins chain. Star L.

Jurassic meltdown

Guaranteed at least one other person has written this. The distinctive A1 from Jurassic Redheads bolted onto the most generic contra dance

A1: Hey on the side (N R, next N L shoulder round, N R, previous N L shoulder round).

A2: N meltdown swing.

B1: Circle L ¾. P swing.

B2: Chain. Star L.