setlists

Emerald City Contra Dance Set Lists

We started recording set lists in 2019.   If you don’t see a recent program, check back in a week or two.

A good place to search for dances and authors is The Callers Box, courtesy of Chris Page and Michael Dyck.  We offer no guarantees that dances are available there; also, no guarantees that we or the callers transcribed the dances correctly.

Please try something new or different, especially if it was called recently; consider calling other dances from your collections.

Dances called 7 times in 2025:
– Once More with Feeling – Isaac Banner

5 times:
– Folklife Frolic – Lindsey Dono
– Heartbeat Contra – Don Flaherty

4 times:
– Bev’s Becket A – Cary Ravitz
– Cows are Watching – Bill Pope & Judy Goldsmith
– Earl & Squirrel – Chris Weiler
– Maliza’s Magical Mystery Motion – Cary Ravitz
– Square Affair – Becky Hill
– Train Delay – Maia McCormick

2026

April 10 – Richard Barnes with Hot Seat

  1. Midwest Folklore – Orace Johnson
  2. Trip Up the Stairs – Dugan Murphy
  3. The Carousel – Tom Hinds
  4. Double Mud Pig – Rick Mohr
  5. Sunset Limited – Rick Mohr
    Set break
  6. Star of the County Alameda – YoYo Zhou
  7. The Sturgeon General – Isaac Banner
  8. Kinematic Vorticity – Carol Ormand
  9. Maliza’s Magical Mystery Motion – Cary Ravitz

April 3 – Callie Allison with Countercurrent

  1. Airpants – Lisa Greenleaf
  2. Rachel – Don Flaherty
  3. Butter – Gene Hubert
  4. Rod’s Grits – Bill Olson
  5. All You Can Eat – Ted Crane
  6. Read Between the Lines – Bob Isaacs
    Set break
  7. Spring Break – Nils Fredland
  8. Train Delay – Maia McCormick
  9. Stir Crazy – Erik Weberg
  10. Barack Me, Obamadeus – Maia McCormick
  11. Wildabeasts (variation) – Luke Donforth

March 27 – Joe Micheals with Lennart Jansson & Patrick Gunning

  1. Forgotten Treasure – Beth Parks
  2. Catch a Falling Star – Melanie Alex Loot
  3. Young at Heart – Steve Zakon-Anderson
  4. 20 Below – Bill Olson
  5. Roll Me Over in the Clover – Marilee Karr
    Set break
  6. Spring Ahead – to be determined
  7. Spring Break (variation) – Nils Friesland
  8. 50/50 – Bob Issacs
  9. Boomerang – Gene Hubert
  10. Southern Swing – Steve Zakon Anderson

March 20 – Koren Wake with Reindeer Cyclone

  1. Autumn Leaves (variation) – Linda Leslie
  2. Mr. Isaac’s Magic – Sue Rosen
  3. Delphiniums and Daisies – Tanya Rotenberg
  4. Hellooo Nurse! – Maia McCormick
  5. Rocket City Romp – Cis Hinkle
  6. Tenth Year in Tommerup – Linda Leslie
    Set break
  7. Turn of Phrase (variation) – Sarah Kaiser
  8. Another Hey Weaver (variation) – Martha Wild
  9. Old Time Elixir #2 – Linda Leslie
  10. Zag it Back – Jacqui Grennan

March 13 – Susan Petrick with Natterjack

  1. A Cure for the Claps – Bob Isaacs
  2. All You Can Eat (variation) – Ted Crane
  3. 24 Below – Melanie Axel-Lute
  4. Sharon of the Green – Bob Green
  5. Fairport Harbor – Paul Balliet
  6. 50/50 – Bob Isaacs
    Set break
  7. Trip To Petrick – Will Mentor
  8. Traveler’s Welcome – Jim Kitch
  9. Labor of Love – Kathy Anderson
  10. Two Way Street – Bob Isaacs
  11. Cutler Coast – Dugan Murphy

March 6 – Jesse Partridge with Dave Bartley, Elise Snoey, & Vienna Scheyer

  1. Early Bird Special – Tom Calwell
  2. Easy Nella – Peter Foster
  3. Camp Sertoma Farewell – Dean Snipes
  4. Stir Crazy – Eric Weberg
  5. Mad, Mad World – Martha Wild
  6. Debra’s Dance – Cary Ravitz
    Set break
  7. United We Dance – Bob Isaacs
  8. Wrinkled Ribbon – Melanie Axel-Lute
  9. Our House – Dean Snipes
  10. Be Too Reel – Luke Donforth

February 27 – Tom Wimmer with Joyride

  1. The Bee Attitudes (variation) – John Coffman
  2. MAD About Dancing – Robert Cromartie
  3. Streetsboro Daisies- Cary Ravitz
  4. Neighbor, Neighbor On the Wall  (variation) – Maia McCormick
  5. They Stayed Here When They Disappeared – Heidi Wettlaufer
  6. Newlywed’s Jig – Mark Widmer
    Set break
  7. Ann Arbor 4 (variation) – Al Olson
  8. Snow Dance (variation) – Gene Hubert
  9. Mad Robin in Love – Greg Frock
  10. Crossing the Clyde – Will Mentor

February 20 – Caitlin Bannan and guest caller Marshall Gould with Fortified

  1. Get Me Going – Lisa Greenleaf
  2. Back to Back (variation) – Isaac Banner
  3. The Erik Effect – Ben Werner and Danielle Boudreau (called by Marshall)
  4. Friday at the Fool – Seth Tepfer (called by Marshall)
  5. Diana’s Delight – Yoyo Zhou
  6. Charismatic Megafauna – Linda Leslie
    Set break
  7. Rory O’Most – Isaac Banner
  8. Tangled Yarns – Isaac Banner
  9. Cupid’s Clout – Susan Petrick
  10. And Thinking about Coffee Cups (variation) – Michael Furst

February 13 – Craig Wolfe with Contra Quartet

  1. Air Pants – Lisa Greenleaf
  2. In Cahoots – Rick Mohr
  3. The Black Lake Inlet of Dr. Joe Rush – Seth Tepfer
  4. Celebrate Everyone – Seth Tepfer
  5. Chinese New Year – Chris Page
  6. Still More O’More – Jim Kitch
    Set break
  7. [Currently Unnamed Dance] – Craig Wolfe
  8. Hotpoint Special – Joseph Pimentel
  9. Star Trek – Mike Richardson
  10. Mary Cay’s Reel – David Kaynor

February 6 – No dance here

January 30 – Isaac Banner with Natterjack

  1. First of November – Isaac Banner
  2. Saturday Night Line – Joseph Pimentel
  3. Camp Sertoma Farewell – Dean Snipes
  4. Ellie’s Iguanarama – Isaac Banner
  5. Rollin’ to the Grey Eagle – Hank Morris
  6. Petronella Stomp – Tom Lehmann
    Set break
  7. Treachery, Faith, and the Great River – Isaac Banner
  8. The Birds From Urbana – Isaac Banner
  9. Calliope’s Double Cross – Luke Donforth
  10. 16 for Gregg – Luke Donforth

January 23 – Abigail Golden with Three-Piece Sutra

  1. Pivot the Line – Jacqui Grennan
  2. Rounding the Corners – Jim Hemphill
  3. Hortensia’s Cravat – Bronwyn Woods
  4. Rock the Cradle, Joe – Ridge Kennedy
  5. Mad Robin Swing – Tom Lehmann
  6. Power Surge – Bob Isaacs
    Set break
  7. Chuck the Budgie – Rick Mohr
  8. Across the Pond – Jeremy Korr
  9. Marshmallows in Flight – Rich Goss
  10. Maliza’s Magical Mystery Motion – Cary Ravitz

January 16 – Lindsey Dono with Night Herring

  1. Another Last Dance – Erik Hoffman
  2. Petronella’s Pin – Dave Colestock
  3. The Carousel – Tom Hinds
  4. Hot Buttered Rolls – Perry Shafran
  5. The Second Time Around (variation) – Jim Kitch
  6. Susie’s Sendoff – Scott Higgs
    Set break
  7. 334 – Diane Silver
  8. Kinematic Vorticity (variation) – Carol Ormand
  9. Mad Robin in Love (variation) – Greg Frock
  10. West by Midwest (variation) – Carol Ormand

January 9 – Morna Leonard with Hummingbird

  1. Heritage Reel – Tony Parkes
  2. Pittsboro Patty Cake – Gene Hubert
  3. Rock the Cradle, Joe – Ridge Kennedy
  4. Bye Bye Shy Bear – Morna Leonard
  5. Young Heart, Old Brains (mashup of some kind) – author unknown
    Set break
  6.  Trip to Lambertville – Steve Zakon Anderson
  7. Comfort Deluxe (variation) – Rick Mohr
  8. Rocket City Romp – Cis Hinkle
  9. Catch a Falling Star – Melanie Axel Lute
  10. 20 Below – Bill Olson

January 2 – Elisabeth Monica with Anglerfish

  1. Birthday – Robin Banerji
  2. Serenity and Grace – Linda Leslie
  3. Safe and Sound (variation) – Isaac Banner
  4. In the Firefly Light We Dance – Don Flaherty
  5. Starship – John Coffman
    Set break
  6. Throw Down Your Guns – John Coffman
  7. Message from the Future – Maia McCormick
  8. Abby’s Pushback Hey – Jan Larsen
  9. Ariel’s Celebration – Nils Fredland

Set lists from previous years

2019
2020
2021 – no dances
2022
2023
2024
2025