2026-xx-xx CBDC

user: Moose Flores

Table of Contents

  1. Entangled in Monte Carlo by Luke Donforth
  2. Bright Cloud of Music (for Gaye Pfifer) by Moose Flores

  3. Chain of Fools by Luke Donforth https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=16162
  4. The Gang of Four by Gene Hubert
  5. Neighbor, Neighbor On the Wall by Maia McCormick

  6. Rolling in Stars by Jim Hemphill


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Entangled in Monte Carlo

by: Luke Donforth

introduces moves: slice, give & take, swing, slide along set, circle, balance the ring, California twirl, custom, hey, meltdown swing

formation: Becket

Begin in long lines (before the slice), your partner is on one side of you and your shadow is on the other.

A1 4
slice left (long lines slice) ⁋
4
gentlespoons take next neighbors home and
8
neighbors swing
A2 2
slide left along set
6
circle left 3 places (with neighbor and shadow)
4
balance the ring
4
neighbors California twirl
B1 8
Arm Bridge Balance with partner (ladles end in middle of set, gentlespoons outside)
8
partners start a half hey - rights on ends, lefts in center
B2 16
partners meltdown swing

The arm bridge balance is stolen from swing dancing.
Two hand balance, Lift hands, putting your left hand behind your own head, and Right hand behind partners head. Release hands, and slide along arms to catch right hand to right hand

Luke Donforth notes: In addition to being a contra dancer and caller, I’ve done a bunch of other types of dance; including swing. This is a contra that steals a move from swing dancing, because we shouldn’t just steal from English Country. I’ve called it in a couple different venues, and it’s been well received. I demo the arm-bridge balance. I hope to get a video of the dance up at some point, but feel free to contact me to talk about it.

Bright Cloud of Music (for Gaye Pfifer)

by: Moose Flores

introduces moves: allemande, allemande orbit, mad robin, chain

formation: improper

A1 8
gentlespoons allemande left once
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
gentlespoons start a half hey - lefts in center, rights on ends
8
gentlespoons allemande left once around while the ladles orbit clockwise ½ around
B1 16
partners meltdown swing
B2 8
mad robin, gentlespoons in front
8
gentlespoons chain "look left for new gentlespoons" ⁋

Written for Gaye Pfifer, auction winner at Dance, Music, & Spice week at Camp Cavell, 2025. She likes “smooth and good flow, intuitive transitions. … Mad ladles, heys, orbits.”

The title comes from Shall We Dance, from the musical The King and I.

The Gang of Four

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: promenade, custom, long lines

formation: Becket

A1 6
circle left 3 places
10
neighbors swing
A2 6
neighbors promenade along the set on the right
2
ladles cast back while gentlespoons continue forward ⁋
8
next neighbors swing
B1 8
entire set oval left until across from partner
8
long lines forward & back
B2 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
partners swing

Neighbor, Neighbor On the Wall

by: Maia McCormick

formation: improper

A1 8
long lines forward & back ⁋
8
neighbors swing (this is a new neighbor)
A2 8
ladles chain
8
ladles start a half hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
partners balance & swing
B2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
neighbors swing (the one you already swung)

Written for a workshop at YDW '17 to practice communication with neighbors.

Rolling in Stars by Jim Hemphill