Contra dancing all weekend long in beautiful Monterey, CA!

Dances called by me at Foggy Moon Dance Weekend, in Monterey, CA, 11/1-11/3
Foggy Moon Fri 19:00-20:15
Caller: Jacqui Grennan; Music: Stomp Rocket
#1 - "David’s Guiding Star" by Steve Zakon-Anderson (Improper)
#2 - "Astray" by Cary Ravitz (Becket-CW)
#3 - "Not a Trip to Vegas" by Chris Page (Becket-CCW)
#4 - "Melted Butter" by Will Mentor (Improper)
#5 - "Joel’s in the Kitchen" by Sue Rosen (Becket-CW)
Foggy Moon Sat 10:30-11:50
Caller: Jacqui Grennan; Music: Stomp Rocket
#1 - "Banish Moral Slop" by Dan Pearl (Improper)
#2 - "Across the Pond" by Jeremy Korr (Improper)
#3 - "On the Third Hand" by Caitlin Bannan (Improper)
#4 - "Ants Marching" by Julian Blechner, Dance Caller (Improper)
#5 - "McKenzie River" by William J. Watson (Improper)
Foggy Moon Sat 15:00-16:30
Caller: Jacqui Grennan; Music: Joyride
#1 - "Travels with Rick & Kim" by Shari Miller Johnson (Improper)
#2 - "Fan in the Doorway (slip jig)" by Gene Hubert (Improper)
#3 - "Thing of Trust, A" by Chris Page (Improper)
#4 - "Chinese New Year" by Chris Page (Improper)
#5 - "Mad About You" by Jim Hemphill (Improper)
#6 - "Homeward Bound" by Andrea Nettleton (Becket-CW)
Foggy Moon Sat 20:30-22:00
Caller: Jacqui Grennan; Music: Stomp Rocket
#1 - "Diamond Allotrope" by Lindsey Dono (Improper)
#2 - "Out of Bounds" by Will Mentor (Becket-CW)
#3 - "Springtime in Philly" by Julian Blechner (Becket-CCW)
#4 - "Pinball Wizard" by Andrea Nettleton (Improper)
#5 - "Joyride" by Erik Weberg (Improper)
#6 - "Four Have Sprung" by Yoyo Zhou (Becket-CW)
Foggy Moon Sun 13:00-14:30
Caller: Jacqui Grennan; Music: Joyride
#1 - "Butter" by Gene Hubert (Becket-CW)
#2 - "Trip to Peterborough" by Rick Mohr (Improper)
#3 - "Utah Reel (contra corners, 48 bar))" by Jeremy Korr (Improper)
#4 - "Now We Are Four" by Erik Weberg (Becket-CW)
#5 - "Contra-Accordions" by Bob Isaacs (Improper)
#6 - "Sparkle-licious" by Jean Gibson-Gorrindo & Linda Leslie (Becket-CW)
#7 - "Mandy’s Favorite" by Erik Hoffman (Improper)
Foggy Moon Sun 15:00-15:50
Caller: Jacqui Grennan; Music: Stomp Rocket
#1 - "Rocket City Romp" by Cis Hinkle (Improper)
#2 - "Macadamia Nut" by Jim Hemphill (Improper)
#3 - "String of Swings" by Rick Mohr & Bob Isaacs (Improper)
#4 - "Are You ‘Most Done?" by Russell Owen (Becket-CCW)
Foggy Moon Sun 20:30-22:00 Public Dance
Caller: Jacqui Grennan; Music: Joyride
#1 - "Pivot the Line" by Jacqui Grennan, Dance Caller (Improper)
#2 - "Hey in the Barn" by Chart Guthrie (Improper)
#3 - "Fast Living - Four Face Four" by David Kirchner (Four Facing Four)
#4 - "Folklife Frolic" by Lindsey Dono (Improper)
#5 - "Gypsy Ruth Lee v. 1.3" by Jay Blake (Improper)
#6 - "Hot Buttered Rolls" by Perry Shafran (Becket-CW)

Boo Camp, Torreon, New Mexico

Bands: Panda Stomp & Cheapshots

FRIDAY NIGHT

#1 - "Pivot the Line" by Jacqui Grennan (Improper)

#2 - "Hortensia's Cravat" by Bronwyn Woods (Improper)

#3 - "Earl & Squirrel" by Chris Weiler (Improper)

#4 - "Star Trek" by Mike Richardson (Becket-CW)

#5 - "Trip to Lambertville" by Steve Zakon-Anderson (Improper)

#6 - "Peace Through Dance" by Perry Shafran (Improper)

#7 - "Now We Are Four" by Erik Weberg (Becket-CW)

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#8 - "Square Affair" by Becky Hill (Becket-CW)

#9 - "True Grit" by Chris Page (Improper)

#10 - "In Cahoots" by Rick Mohr (Becket-CW)

#11 - "Spring Break" by Nils Fredland (Improper)

SAT

SMOOTH & FLOWY CONTRAS - Panda Stomp

#1 - "Travels with Rick & Kim" by Shari Miller Johnson (Improper)

#2 - "Chain the Corner" by Chris Page (Becket-CW)

#3 - "David’s Guiding Star" by Steve Zakon-Anderson (Improper)

#4 - "Zag It Back" by Jacqui Grennan (Becket-CW)

ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE - Panda Stomp

#1 - "Knole Park"

#2 - "Rufty Tufty"

#3 - "Faithless Nancy Dawson"

#4 - "Midnight Ramble)"

ROLE SWITCH - Cheapshots

#1 - "Butter" by Gene Hubert (Becket-CW)

#2 - "Hot Buttered Rolls" by Perry Shafran (Becket-CW)

#3 - "Simplicity Swing" by Becky Hill (Improper)

#4 - "Hey in the Barn" by Chart Guthrie (Improper)

#5 - "Double Your Fun" by Bob Isaacs (Becket-CW)

SQUARE DANCE - Cheapshots

#1 - "Kimmswick Express" by Gene Hubert (Square)

#2 - "Grand Square Contra by Jacob Bloom (Four Facing Four)

#3 - "Gents & Corners" by Ralph Page (Square)

CHALLENGING - Panda Stomp

#1 - "Undercurrent" by Jacqui Grennan (Improper)

#2 - "Are You ‘Most Done?" by Russell Owen (Becket-CCW)

#3 - "Double Bubble" by Will Mentor (Becket-CW)

#4 - "Judge, The" by Bob Isaacs (Becket-CW)

EVENING - Panda Stomp and Cheapshots

#1 - "Springtime in Philly" by Julian Blechner (Becket-CCW)

#2 - "Chinese New Year" by Chris Page (Improper)

#3 - "Mad Orbin" by Jacqui Grennan (Improper)

#4 - "Sure Thing, A" by Chris Page (Improper)

#5 - "Kindred Spirits" by Chris Page (Becket-CW)

#6 - "Hocus Pocus" by Lisa Greenleaf (Improper)

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#7 - "Captain Hook’s Revenge" by Yoyo Zhou (Improper)

#8 - "Alternating Corners" by Jim Kitch (Improper)

#9 - "Ring of Fire" by Wendy Graham & others (Becket-CW)

#10 - "Salute to Larry Jennings va. Jennings" by Ted Sannella (Becket-CW)

SUNDAY

OTHER FORMATIONS -  Cheapshots

#1 - "Dave’s Triplet #5" by David Smukler (Triplet)

#2 - "Four Corners (3 face 3)" by Al Olson

#3 - "October Flurry (Sic Circle, mixer)" by Joe Baker

FAREWELL CONTRAS - Panda Stomp

#1 - "Macadamia Nut" by Jim Hemphill (Improper)

#2 - "Susie’s Sendoff" by Scott Higgs (Becket-CW)

#3 - "Shift Happens" by Rick Mohr (Becket-CW)

#4 - "Trade Winds" by Seth Tepfer (Improper)

#5 - "Mary Cay’s Reel" by David Kaynor (Becket-CW)

#6 - "Uplift" by Chris Page (Becket-CW)

Save the Date Boo Camp 2024: October 25-27, 2024

Calling by Jacqui Grennan with music from Panda Stomp (Jacob Chen, Sarah Bellows, and Cecilia Vacanti) and the Cheap Shots (Pat Aruffo, John Brinduse, Bill Balassi, Peter Esherick, and Erika Gerety)!

It will be hosted at the beautify Manzano Mountain Retreat in Torreon, NM (~1 hour from Albuquerque & 1:45 from Santa Fe) with luxurious cabins or options for tent or RV/Van camping.

Look back in Summer 2024 for more details!a

Boo Camp features local and national callers and bands. The schedule could include concerts, contra dancing, couples dancing, singing, jamming, camp gathering, silent auction, and the much adored Boo Ball.

I will be calling for Will Mentor, who couldn’t make it at the last minute. Let’s have a Rocky-in’ good time!

SAVE THE DATE!
Registration opens May 12th

DANCE PROGRAM

FRIDAY NIGHT

Jacqui & Riptide

No Walk Through Medley- You Can Get There From Here -Leslie; Hortensia's Cravat-Woods; Butter-Hubert

The Judge-Isaacs

Labor of Love-Anderson

40 Years of Penguin Pam-Tepfer

Trip to Peterborough-Mohr

Macadamia Nut-Hemphill

Zag It Back-Grennan

Maia & Countercurrent

Newlywed Jig-Widmer

Mad Robin Landing- Mentor

Gates of Irving-McCormick

The Dance G****-Hubert

Becky's Brouhaha-Giddens

Cupid's Clout-Petrick

Working Stiff-Coffman

SATURDAY

Maia & Riptide

Got Nice Neighbors (Billy Boyer)

Hellooo Nurse!-McCormick

The Boys from Urbana-Coffman

Angel's Flight-Rosen

Dancing With Amy-B. Olson

Emma's Emergency-McCormick

I'll Hold You In My Arms-McCormick

Surfing the Set-Isaacs & Fischer

Pigeon-hey Principle - Banner

30-Minute Medley (see comments)

Jacqui & CC

True Grit-Page

Ring of Fire- Graham & Friends

Fan in the Doorway-Hubert

Trade Routes-Mentor

Out of Bounds - Mentor

Medley-Forgotten Treasure-B. Parkes; Heartbeat Contra-Flaherty; Poetry in Motion-Greenleaf

Undercurrent-Grennan

Fireworks for Janet-Tepfer

SATURDAY NIGHT

Maia & CC

Eleanor's Reel (Bill Olson, Luke Donforth var.)

Rocks & Dirt-Weberg

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot-McCormick

Maliza's Magical Mystery Motion-Ravitz

Heart of Joy-Page

20 Below-B.Olson

Jacqui & Riptide

Trip to Wilson-Mentor

Salute to Larry Jennings var-Sannella

Golden Gate-Grennan

String of Swings-Mohr & Isaacs

A Thing of Trust-Page

Winter in Summerland- Spero & Hutson

SUNDAY

Jacqui & CC

Now We Are Four-Weberg

Mad Orbin-Grennan

Prince of Hales-Seng-Wheeler

Utah Reel- Korr

Sunset Limited-Mohr

Kimmswick Express (square)-Hubert

Are You 'Most Done-Owen

Four Have Sprung- Zhou

Maia & Riptide

Medley: Autumn Air (Ravitz), Mystic Journey (Melanie Axel-Lute), 50/50 (Isaacs), Return to Sender (Isaacs)

Not a Figment of Your Imagination (Lynn Ackerson)

Your Other Left-McCormick

Ravitzingly Rosy Recombination-Merrill

Boys of 718 (4-face-4)-Chris Ricciotti

Fun Dance for Marjorie (Bob Golder)

Zombies of Sugar Hill-Hubert

Robins on a Wire-Mentor

Both bands & both callers

Furthermore-Higgs

Barack Me, Obamadeus-McCormick

Vote With Your Feet var-IsaacsMarshall, Alden Robinson, Mark "Pokey" Hellenberg, Baron Collins-Hill) & CounterCurrent (Alex Sturbaum and Brian Lindsay)

1st SATURDAY Contra Dance

in SOUTH PASADENA
When: August 3, 2024  (SATURDAY)
Time: 6:30 p.m. ~ CONTRA LESSON
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. ~ CONTRA DANCE
Where: Woman's Club of South Pasadena, 1424 Fremont Ave., South Pasadena, 91030
Caller: Jacqui Grennan 
Band:  Rhythm Method (Steve Shapiro, Emil Olguin, Olivia Breidenthal) 
Cost: $18 Recommended // Sliding Scale
Contact: Colin Fullerton at cfullerton3030@gmail.com

If you want to try multiple dance styles at one week-long camp, Kentucky Dance Institute is for you! Check out this video of the many different styles of dance on a Friday night at camp!

Since its founding in 1953, the Kentucky Dance Institute has helped to spread the joy of folk dancing to all ages. We bring together instructors and dancers from all across the globe to share the magic that dancing together can bring. KDI values inclusion, building life-long friendships and celebrating life through dance.

Click here for details & registration form

A full weekend of great contra dancing to fabulous bands and skillful callers in beautiful Pasadena, CA, February 23-25, 2024!

Bands:
Stomp Rocket is a New England based trio that delivers high energy foot-stomping dance music for Contra dancing. The band consists of Dave Langford on fiddle, Glen Loper on mandolin and banjo, and Bethany Waickman on guitar and keyboard.. They’ve played for contras throughout New England, and at dance weekends from Alaska to Tennessee, and Quebec to Florida. Sample their music by clicking here!

The Engine Room is a brand new contra dance band hailing from both coasts and places in between. Featuring Noah VanNorstrand (fiddle, mandolin, foot percussion), Kelsey Wells (fiddle, banjo), and Alex Sturbaum (guitar, button accordion), the Engine Room will lay down a driving, nonstop groove that is sure to get you moving. Sample their music by clicking here and here!

Callers:
Lisa Greenleaf calls regularly in the Boston and New England areas and has been a staff member at dance camps and festivals throughout the country and beyond. She combines a deep understanding of contra choreography and tradition with a high-spirited presence and irreverent wit. Her specialties include traditional and contemporary contras, fun squares, challenging dances of all shapes and sizes, and caller training. See her being “gatored” (an honor to the caller) at Fiddling Frog 2010 here! And notice her amazing recovery after the gatoring!

Susan Michaels is a caller of traditional American dancing, especially contra dancing and square dancing especially known for her terrific sense of humor. She has called and taught dances at local evenings to dance weekends to week-long family camps throughout the U.S. and Canada. Susan believes her “calling” in life is to teach people how to hold hands in a circle. She specializes in creating joy, making community, and allowing everyone with whom she comes into contact to experience the pure pleasure of dance. Sample her calling by clicking here!

Lesson 7:30 - Dance 8-11 p.m.

Please save the date to hear and dance to The Dam Beavers and Turnip the Beat, with calling by Jacqui Grennan and Gaye Fifer! Registration opens July 2023

Find out more by clicking here!

Dances called at Dance in the Desert 2023 in Oracle, AZ!

Thu night Volunteer Dance, open band, Callers Jacqui Grennan, Gaye Fifer, Abbie Sorg
Nice Combination by Gene Hubert
Winter Storm by Linda Leslie
Zen of Dance by Chris Page
24th of October by Don Lennartson
Glass Goddess by David Glick
3-33-33 by Steve Zakon-Anderson
Happy Birthday by Dean Snipes
No Rest for the Weary by Andrea Nettleton & Jeff Spero
Flurry of Robins #2 by Martha Wild
Boys from Urbana by John Coffman

Fri morning Volunteer Dance, open band, Callers Jacqui Grennan, Gaye Fifer, Abbie Sorg
Pivot the Line by Jacqui Grennan
Missing Piece - Rick Mohr’s variation by Bronwyn Woods
A Stroll in the Hey by Jacqui Grennan
Furthermore by Scott Higgs
Tropical Gentleman by George Marshall & Kathy Anderson
Happy Trails to You by Dean Snipes
Delphiniums & Daisies by Tanya Rotenberg
Hot Buttered Rolls by Perry Shafran

Fri night - Jacqui & Turnip the Beet (Kelsey Wells & Jeremy Lekich)
Love and Twirls by James Hutson
Dennis’ 50 Years of Entrancement by Seth Tepfer
Diamond Allotrope by Lindsey Dono
Turnstiles by Will Mentor
Red Beard Reel by Bob Isaacs

Fri night - Gaye & Dam Beavers (Ben Schreiber, Scotty Leach, Ness Smith-Savedoff)
Balance & Cross by Rick Mohr
Be Cheery by Jacqui Grennan & Jeff Spero
Trip to Wilson by Will Mentor
Circulate 8 by Bob Isaacs
Loon on the Lake by Nathaniel Jack
Naughty Neighbors by Mark Richardson

Sat Unusual Formation Contras - Jacqui & Turnip the Beet
Dave’s Triplet #5 (Triplet) by David Smukler
Walpole Condo (3 face 3) by Ric Goldman
Raspberry Chocolate Macaron (spokes of 3) by Seth Tepfer
Another Part of the Island (Tempest) by David Smukler
Butter by Gene Hubert (No Walk Through)

Sat English Country Dance for Contra Dancers - Jacqui & Dam Beavers
Midnight Ramble 1773 by Rec: George A Fogg
Minor Spaniard, 2000 by Jenny Beer
April Stars 2020 by Jacqui Grennan
Geud Man of Ballangigh 1698
Yellow Stockings, 1726

Sat Medley, both callers and Dam Beavers

Sat Challenge session - Gaye & Dam Beavers
Flapjack Express by Joseph Pimentel
All Righty Then by Kathy Anderson
Goody One Shoe by Rick Mohr
Buffalo Stampede by Tom Hinds
If I Were Dead & It Wouldn’t Go to Waste by Rachel Fifer
Sat night - Gaye & Turnip the Beet
Love Sting by Rick Mohr
Hopscotch Reel by Chris Page & Bob Isaacs
Mad Orbin by Jacqui Grennan
Can of Worms (grid square) by Bob Isaacs
Maid Marion’s Fancy by David Smukler
Gaye’s Groove by Rick Mohr

Sat night -Jacqui & Dam Beavers
Golden Gate by Jacqui Grennan
Surf’s Up by Bob Isaacs
Salute to Larry Jennings var. Larry Jennings by Ted Sannella
Crossing the Desert by Will Mentor
Out of Bounds by Will Mentor
Springtime in Philly by Julian Blechner
Winter in Summerland by Jeff Spero & James Hutson

Sun morning Contra Flourishes - Jacqui & Turnip the Beet
Bevy of Butterflies by Bob Isaacs & Chris Page
Happy Birthday - var. Lisa Greenleaf" by Dean Snipes
A Thing of Trust by Chris Page
Old Time Elixir #2 by Linda Leslie

Sunday afternoon, Final session - Both bands and both callers included
Uncle Toby’s Picnic by Sue Rosen et al
Not a Trip to Vegas by Chris Page
Richfield Stomp by Becky Hill
Sunset Limited by Rick Mohr
Trip to Lambertville by Steve Zakon-Anderson
Are You ‘Most Done? by Russell Owen
Susie’s Sendoff by Scott Higgs
Vote With Your Feet by Bob Isaacs

https://tucsoncontradancers.org/tucson-contra-dancers/dance-in-the-desert-2023/

Please save the date to hear and dance to Stringrays, Eloise & Co., Will Mentor, and Jacqui Grennan!

Find out more by clicking here!

If you want to try multiple dance styles at one week-long camp, Kentucky Dance Institute is for you! Check out this video of the many different styles of dance on a Friday night at camp!

Since its founding in 1953, the Kentucky Dance Institute has helped to spread the joy of folk dancing to all ages. We bring together instructors and dancers from all across the globe to share the magic that dancing together can bring. KDI values inclusion, building life-long friendships and celebrating life through dance.