Program: Dance Flurry 2024
It was a delight to call Dance Flurry 2025! I called a bunch of contra sessions and taught a (packed!) flourish workshop. My programs:
Festive Friday Contras (with The Faux Paws)
- Pirouette Four (Al Olson)
- Stars of Baughman Grange (Jan Larsen)
- Trip to Brown University (Linda Leslie)
- Neighbor, Neighbor On the Wall (Maia McCormick) [NW]
One-Swing Wonders (with Stomp Rocket)
- Playground Stomp (Julian Blechner)
- Violet Ice (Maia McCormick)
- Soul Reversal (Tavi Merril)
- Starburst (Cary Ravitz)
- Ellie’s Pumpkin Show (Bill Olson)
Saturday Techno Contra (with DJ Wavefold)
- Folklife Frolic (Lindsey Dono)
- Seven Sevens (Jim Kitch)
- Cheat Lake Twirl (Perry Shafran)
- Travels with Rick and Kim (Shari Miller-Johnson)
- Homeward Bound (Andrea Nettleton)
- Trip to Insomnia (Luke Donforth)1
Saturday Contra Party (with The Dam Beavers)
- Face Out With the In Crowd (Bob Isaacs)
- Wilcox Reel (Will Mentor)
- Autumn Air (Cary Ravitz)
- Square Thru to You (Bob Isaacs)
- Valerie’s Trip to Portland (Erik Weberg)
- Return 2 Sender (Bob Isaacs) [NW]
Dedicated Dances (with Good Company)
- Ellerbe’s Ride (Dugan Murphy)
- Trip to Petrick (Will Mentor)
- Eleanor’s Reel (Bill Olson)
- Heart of Joy (Chris Page)
- Emma’s Emergency (Maia McCormick) [NW]
- Mary Cay’s Reel (David Kaynor)
Farewell Contra (with the Flurry 2025 Megaband)
- Barack Me, Obamadeus (Maia McCormick)
[NW] denotes a no-walkthrough-
Fun fact, I devised this on the fly AT the techno contra, and only later did I figure out that Luke got there first. ↩
