Poussettey Spaghetti – DI – Don Veino 20170715

Type: Contra Dance, Duple ImproperImage of Camp Ogontz logo
Status: DRAFT

This dance came out of a comment my wife, Sage, once made while we were walking down to the dance hall at Ogontz camp in Lyman, NH. There was an English Country Dance session going on and Sage was ahead of me in getting towards the hall – I asked her what was going on and she said something to the effect of “I don’t know – some form of Poussettey Spaghetti.” Well that immediately went into the notebook as a future dance title!

It took me nearly a year to finally come up with the dance to fit the name – I’d penned an unpublished one earlier which worked but was too much to teach for contra dancers (used a draw poussette in addition to the conventional one here). When this simpler sequence with similar feel popped into my head I knew Poussettey Spaghetti was finally born.

A1
Neighbor Gypsy & Swing

A2
Circle Left 1x (Face P across and take 2 hands)
1/4 Poussette CW, 2 Hand Turn 1/2 CCW, 1/4 Poussette CW, separate, Gents pass Left

B1
Half Hey, pass Partner Right to start
Partner Swing

B2
Long Lines Forward & Back
Gents Pull By Right, Neighbor Allemande Left 1+1/4x (to next N…)

End effects:
Tune suggestions: Romantic yet with definite cadence
Video:
See also: Poussette in Boots

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