Hello Alison,
I hope your dance restart goes well!
As for evening starter dances, I end my new dancer orientation teaching progression with a balance ring and pass through to new neighbors a couple of times. When I do that, I make sure my first dance has the same progression, and use some variant of A1: DSD and N Swing, --- B2 Circle, balance and pass through.
So I wouldn't describe these as "memorable" so much as "glossary", but here's 10+ different versions that use that A1 and B2. Some of these are so close that I give them different names just to differentiate them in Callers Companion (the software I use to keep track of my dances).
#1 -------------------------
To Wedding Bliss
by Mark Goodwin
Contra/Improper/Beginner-Easy
A1 -----------
(8) Neighbor Do-si-do
(8) Neighbor swing
A2 -----------
(8) Larks allemande left 1-1/2
(8) partner swing
B1 -----------
(8) Promenade across the Set
(8) Long lines, forward and back
B2 -----------
(8) Circle Left 3/4
(4) Balance the Ring
(4) Pass through
#2 -------------------------
If you can walk, then you can dance
by Luke Donforth
Contra/Improper/Easy
A1 -----------
(8) Neighbor Do-si-do
(8) Neighbor swing
A2 -----------
(8) Promenade across the Set (with neighbor)
(8) Circle Right 3/4
B1 -----------
(16) Partner balance and swing
B2 -----------
(8) Circle Left 3/4
(4) Balance the Ring
(4) Pass through to new neighbors
#3 -------------------------
I like to walk, I love to dance
by Luke Donforth
Contra/Improper/Beginner-Easy
A1 -----------
(8) Neighbor Do-si-do
(8) Neighbor swing
A2 -----------
(8) Promenade across the Set
(8) Long lines, forward and back
B1 -----------
(8) Larks allemande left 1-1/2
(8) partner swing
B2 -----------
(8) Circle Left 3/4
(4) Balance the Ring
(4) Pass through to new neighbors
#4 -------------------------
If you can talk, then you can sing
by Luke Donforth
Contra/Improper
A1 -----------
(8) Neighbor Do-si-do
(8) Neighbor swing
A2 -----------
(6) Circle Left 3/4
(10) Swing partner
B1 -----------
(8) Promenade across the Set
(8) Long lines, forward and back
B2 -----------
(8) Circle Right 3/4
(4) Balance the Ring
(4) Pass through to new neighbors
#5 -------------------------
The Big Easy
by unknown
Contra/Improper
A1 -----------
(4) Balance the Ring
(12) Neighbor swing
A2 -----------
(8) long lines, forward and back
(8) Robins allemande right 1-1/2
B1 -----------
(16) Partner balance and swing
B2 -----------
(8) Circle Left 3/4
(4) Balance the Ring
(4) Pass through
#6 -------------------------
So it Goes
by Luke Donforth
Contra/Improper
A1 -----------
(8) Neighbor Do-si-do
(8) Neighbor swing, end facing down
A2 -----------
(8) Down the hall, four in line (turn as couples)
(8) Return and Bend the line
B1 -----------
(8) Robins allemande right 1-1/2
(8) partner swing
B2 -----------
(8) Circle Left 3/4
(4) Balance the Ring
(4) pass through along the set
#7 -------------------------
So it Went
by Luke Donforth
Contra/Improper
A1 -----------
(8) Neighbor Do-si-do
(8) Neighbor swing, end facing down
A2 -----------
(8) Down the hall, four in line (turn alone)
(8) Return and Bend the line
B1 -----------
(8) Robins allemande left 1-1/2
(8) partner swing
B2 -----------
(8) Circle Left 3/4
(4) Balance the Ring
(4) pass through along the set
#8 -------------------------
So it Could Be
by Luke Donforth
Contra/Improper
A1 -----------
(8) neighbor do-si-do
(8) neighbor swing, end facing counter clockwise (Larks inside)
A2 -----------
(8) Promenade the big oval ccw, turn to face in
(8) Take hands in a big oval, oval left
B1 -----------
(8) Robins allemande right 1 1/2
(8) partner swing
B2 -----------
(8) Circle Left 3/4
(4) Balance the Ring
(4) pass through along the set
#9 -------------------------
Boston Harbor
by unknown
Contra/Improper/Beginner
A1 -----------
(8) Neighbor Do-si-do
(8) Neighbor swing
A2 -----------
(8) promenade ccw around set (Larks inside), turn as couple
(8) promenade back to across from partner
B1 -----------
(8) Robins allemande right 1-1/2
(8) partner swing
B2 -----------
(8) Circle Left 3/4
(4) Balance the Ring
(4) Pass through
#11 -------------------------
A Horrible Heffalump
by Luke Donforth
Contra/Improper/Beginner
A1 -----------
(8) Neighbor Do-si-do
(8) Neighbor swing
A2 -----------
(8) Larks allemande Left 1-1/2
(8) Partner swing
B1 -----------
(4) Balance the Ring
(4) Larks trade places
(4) Balance the Ring
(4) Robins trade places
B2 -----------
(8) Circle Left 3/4
(4) Balance the Ring
(4) Pass through to new neighbors