Hi Ron,
Here are some figures that might fit your needs. But you also need
some breaks/choruses that contra dancers will find easy; you dont have to
use ones shown with the figures.
Chippenham Square by Colin Hume
http://colinhume.com/insts.htm#ChippenhamSquare
Geezy Peezy by Larry Edelman
https://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2011.pdf
Banjos in Love by Erik Hoffman in Contradictions:
http://www.erikhoffman.com/dancescd.html
Deer Park Lancers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ1D5IZt_dc
The Lucky One by Tom Hinds in Bad Hair Decade
Perceptual Motion by Tom Hinds
https://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2007.pdf
Camilles Quadrille by Walter Lenk
https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/dances/camilles_quadrille.html
Beaver Lake Jig by Ted Sanella
https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/dances/ted_sannella/beaver_lake_jig.
html
(if the men mess up the first move, then get the ladies to go to their
left hand man for the allemande right instead the ladies are often much
better than the men!)
Western Quadrille (from Chip Hendrickson) based on Powells First Sett No.
3 1848
A1: Men Star Left (Hands Across); Star Right, take Left with Partner to form
intersecting Waves
A2: Balance the Wave (L/R), Partner Allemande Left 1/2
Balance the Wave (L/R), Partner Allemande Left 3/4
B1: All Four Ladies Chain Half Way x2 finish by sending the Lady around
the outside on to the next Man and turning Left to pick up your Corner
B2: Corner Promenade to Man's Home
(Original was Ladies Stars, but that makes the end of A2 an Allemande Left
1 & 1/4 in four beats)
Or for a slightly more complex one on the same theme:
Parisian Star https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzdwHF2EZ_k
Hope that helps. If you want any of the instructions please e-mail
me off-list.
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802
940 574
http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive Events & DVDs
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
Sylvia Miskoe, in rec.folk-dancing on March 4, 1999 said:
Wrist grip stars became popular after the appearance at New England Folk
Festival (NEFFA) of the Lithuanian Dance Group doing their dances and they all
used wrist grips. The square dancers thought it was a neat idea and adopted
it.
Cheers,
Sylvia Miskoe, Concord, NH
I recently collected a dance from Mary Wesley, who collected it from Susan
Petrick. Susan wrote it down from memory, filling in the gaps for the
parts she didn't remember, and decided to call it "Missing You."
Do recognize the choreography? Susan and I are curious who might have
wrote this under what title. She's pretty sure she remembered B2 right,
but she might have inadvertently changed parts of the rest of the dance
when remembering it.
A1 Neighbor balance and swing (16)
A2 Gents left hand allemande 1.5 (8); Partner swing (8)
B1 Long lines forward and back (8); Ladies chain across to neighbor (8)
B2 Balance the ring (4); Gents roll partner away with a half sashay
(4); Balance the ring (4); Gents roll neighbor away with a half sashay (4)
Thanks, hive mind!
Dugan Murphy
Portland, Maine
www.PortlandIntownContraDance.comwww.NufSed.consulting
Yes, Dean Snipes.
Sent off-list.
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
Hey all,
Does this dance exist already? If no, please give it a whirl and let me
know what you think.
Twilight Deliverance DI
A-1 N - S
L L F & B
A-2 Star L 3/4 (to Ladies side)
P - S (Men turn back to S P)
B-1 1/2 Hey (Men lead, L in ctr)
Men's Chain (pull by L, offer R to N)
B-2 Ring Bal, & Pet Spin to R (2X)
On 2nd, spin a little extra into arms of new N.
Dedicated to all the people who dance, play, call, live, love, & laugh in
Montague.
Hi! I have found Ruth Ungar's Wizard Walk on the WWW, but can't find Wizard's Way... and I feel bad but can't remember who wrote it...I keep thinking Cis or Linda Leslie. Can someone help me by sending the dance and the name of its illustrious choreographer? Thanks!
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Hello all,
When I get an inquiry about calling for a gig that I can't do, I often
refer them to the same handful of local callers that I know. But it's not
always the most useful if the inquiry came from far away.
I've been thinking about trying to create a caller database; with
geographic home-base of caller and contact information.
I know there are lists of callers out there, such as Charlie's excellent
contra dance links and Dance Gypsy. I was thinking it would be useful to
have it in database format where it could be sorted and filtered.
I'd also like for folks to be able to submit themselves, as opposed to
having to compile them.
I've taken a first pass at creating a google form that allows people to
submit information; with a linked spreadsheet that would allow people to
filter based on what they're looking for (both geographically and dance
style). My hope is to eventually develop a front end to help filter that
information, but for now I'm just sharing it in a database.
As a caller, would you fill it out? As an organizer, would you use it? Is
there any information I've missed that you'd want, or something I've
included you'd rather not have?
The survey is at:
https://goo.gl/forms/62beEKCKsyysepGk1
The spreadsheet of (currently sparse) results:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZIWfYyFwMHHm6MpyMCD_N8ssQcOD5s6yndu…
I'd appreciate feedback on the survey; as well as a folks filling it out to
see how useful filtering the database is (and eventually test the front
end).
Thanks!
--
Luke Donforth
calling.luke(a)gmail.com
Hi all
I haven't yet called Beneficial Tradition, but think it might be a good
fit for an upcoming dance. Does it get weird at the ends or does it
flow reasonably well? I danced it years ago and don't remember. If you
pull by RH to go out on the right diagonal, do you cross solo to the
other side to make space for the next person to come out on the right
diagonal?
Kalia
David said, " I would rather have a lump star moving promptly than a
beautiful wrist star three steps late".
Absolutely!
Which is why I always teach the dancers to move their feet first and worry
about their hands once they are moving.
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
