Elisabeth Monica Lake City 2026.02.19

user: Elisabeth Monica

Table of Contents

  1. Bob's Valentine by Chris Ricciotti https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=11974
  2. Piece of Cake by Carol Kopp

  3. Honeymoon by Becky Hill https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=10500

  4. Before the Alarm by Luke Donforth https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=16152
  5. Frannie's Alarm Clock by Luke Donforth
  6. Box the Cat by Lisa Greenleaf

  7. Waltz

  8. Break

  9. Some Pig by David Smukler http://ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=16666
  10. Double Mud Pig 🐽 by Rick Mohr
  11. Bob the Surfer by Dugan Murphy

  12. Wild and Precious by Seth Tepfer

  13. Waltz


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Piece of Cake

by: Carol Kopp

introduces moves: swing, hey, pass by, circle, balance the ring, California twirl

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 16
gentlespoons start a full hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
B1 2
gentlespoons pass by left shoulders
14
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
partners California twirl ⁋

Frannie's Alarm Clock

by: Luke Donforth

introduces moves: allemande, long lines, chain, promenade, meltdown swing

formation: Becket

A1 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back, gentlespoons roll new N away
8
ladles chain to partner
B1 8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
8
partners promenade single file ccw 1x, ladles turn around
B2 16
partners meltdown swing ⁋

Box the Cat

by: Lisa Greenleaf

introduces moves: box the gnat, pull by dancers, custom, star

formation: improper

Have dancers introduce themselves to their previous neighbor during walkthrough.

A1 8
neighbors right hand balance & box the gnat
2
neighbors pull by right
6
previous neighbors allemande left once
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 6
circle left 3 places
10
partners swing
B2 8
ladles chain
8
star left 4 places ⁋

Waltz

Break

Double Mud Pig 🐽

by: Rick Mohr

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
10
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
right diagonal ladles chain to shadow #1
B1 8
star left 4 places with shadow #1
8
partners allemande right 1½
B2 8
star left 4 places with shadow #2
8
partners swing

Rick Mohr notes: While enjoying Mike Boerschig's Happy as a Cold Pig in Warm Mud I wondered, could you enjoy flying stars with both shadows instead of just one?

This dance is the result. It's more accessible than you might expect for a dance where you leave the minor set twice, because finding your partner rights the set in both B1 and B2. In B1, watch for your partner in the other star and meet with an allemande; in B2, watch for your partner in the other star and meet with a swing.

I'm not usually a fan of "shadow / partner / other shadow / partner" sequences because you keep repeating the same longish sequence with the same people, and so don't mix enough. But because the stars in this dance involve a changing cast of neighbors, you get the thrill of flying to your partner twice without the tarnish of identical setups

Bob the Surfer

by: Dugan Murphy

introduces moves: form long waves, box circulate

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing
B1 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors allemande right 1½
B2 0
form long waves - gentlespoons face in, ladles face out
8
balance & box circulate - gentlespoons cross while ladles loop right
8
balance & box circulate - ladles cross while gentlespoons loop right, look to next neighbors ⁋

Wild and Precious by Seth Tepfer

Waltz