Elisabeth Monica Olympia 2026.07.25

user: Elisabeth Monica

Table of Contents

  1. Swingin' on a Gate by Martha Wild https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=10108

  2. Captain Hook's Crocodile Casserole by John Coffmanhttps://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=15066
  3. Early Evening Jig by Tom Hinds
  4. Delphiniums and Daisies by Tanya Rotenberg

  5. Festival Waves 1 by Will Mentor https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=19151
  6. Apples and Caramel by Seth Tepfer

  7. Waltz

  8. Break
  9. Becket in the Kitchen by Becky Hill

    Variation: start with A2
  10. Box the Cat by Lisa Greenleaf
  11. Woven Waves by Cary Ravitz
  12. Butter by Gene Hubert
  13. Push the Button by unknown

  14. Waltz


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Captain Hook's Crocodile Casserole by John Coffmanhttps://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=15066

Early Evening Jig

by: Tom Hinds

introduces moves: swing, right left through, chain, pass through, circle, do si do

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
right left through
8
ladles chain
B1 2
pass through across the set
14
partners swing
B2 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
neighbors do si do once

Delphiniums and Daisies

by: Tanya Rotenberg

introduces moves: allemande, hey

formation: improper

A1 8
neighbors allemande left 1½
8
ladles chain
A2 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B1 16
partners long swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors allemande right 1½ ⁋

Written in 1985 for the 20th anniversary of her parents' wedding, these being their wedding flowers.

Apples and Caramel

by: Seth Tepfer

introduces moves: Rory O'More

formation: improper

Starts in short waves, right hand to neighbors

A1 8
balance & Rory O'More right
8
balance & Rory O'More left
A2 16
neighbors balance & swing
B1 8
ladles allemande right 1½
8
partners swing
B2 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do 1¼ to short waves

Based on Apples and Chocolate by Sue Rosen

Waltz

Break

Becket in the Kitchen

by: Becky Hill

Variation: start with A2

introduces moves: long lines, petronella, star

formation: Becket ccw

A1 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
A2 8
balance & petronella
8
balance & petronella
B1 8
star left 4 places ⁋
8
neighbors swing
B2 8
gentlespoons allemande left 1½
8
partners swing

Box the Cat

by: Lisa Greenleaf

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

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 ⁋

Woven Waves

by: Cary Ravitz

introduces moves: form a long wave, custom, facing star

formation: Improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
ladles dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave
8
gentlespoons dance in to a long wave in the center - balance the wave (there are interlinked wavy lines)
B1 0
gentlespoons drop left hands, ladles drop right hands, to form
8
facing star counter-clockwise 3 places with ladles putting their right hands in and backing up
8
partners swing
B2 6
circle left 3 places
2
pass through up and down ⁋
8
next neighbors do si do once

original at http://www.dance.ravitz.us/#ww2
5-1999

Butter

by: Gene Hubert

introduces moves: slide along set

formation: Becket

A1 2
slide left along set ⁋
6
circle left 3 places
8
neighbors swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 16
ladles start a full hey - rights in center, lefts on ends
B2 16
partners balance & swing

http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/437-butter-by-gene-hubert-becket

Push the Button

by: unknown

introduces moves: balance the ring

formation: improper

A1 16
neighbors balance & swing
A2 8
long lines forward & back
8
ladles chain
B1 8
ladles do si do once
8
partners swing
B2 8
circle left 3 places
4
balance the ring
4
pass through ⁋

Waltz