On Tue, 1 Nov 2016 18:39:38 -0400, via Callers wrote:
> Wanted to know if anyone has dances with days of the week in the title.

Thursday Night Flash!

Longways duple improper         32 bar American jigs

A1:     Men right-hand turn 1�, to face partner in a diagonal line of four.  
Do-si-do partner.

A2:     Diagonal hey for four, passing partner right to start.

B1:     Right hand to partner, balance F and B; swing (6 bars).

B2:     Half promenade, finishing opposite the other couple.  Ladies chain 
across.

Written at 5 to 7 one Thursday evening, while planning "Beginners" - I needed a 
dance with a diagonal reel of four.  The whole
dance came to me in a flash - so Andrew Coates gave me the title.  There's even 
a jig called "Thursday Night".
Colin Hume, 1993 -- DWAD5, 1998.

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Saturday Special

Circle                  32 bar waltzes

A1:     All join hands: four waltz steps in.  Four out.

A2:     Right-hand turn partner.  Left-hand turn corner.

B1:     Give right hand to partner: balance forward and back; pass on.  Give 
left hand to the next: balance; pass on.

B2:     Take ballroom hold with the next: two chass�es in; two out.  Waltz.

(I don't know who it's by.)

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Tuesday Contra

Longways duple improper  32 bar lively American reels

A1:     Right-hand star.  Do-si-do partner.

A2:     Balance to neighbour (Ken says twice).  Swing.

B1:     Down in a line of four (4 steps), California twirl.  Lead back, bend 
the line; circle balance.

B2:     Circle left.  Left-hand star.

Ken Bonner -- Ken's Contras No. 2, 1993

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Colin Hume

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