[Callers] 24 bar Contras

Jeff Kaufman via Callers callers at lists.sharedweight.net
Fri Jun 12 20:10:14 PDT 2015


Nit: a "California twirl with other hands" is traditionally called a "star
through".
On Jun 12, 2015 10:00 PM, "Keith Wood via Callers" <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> I was inspired by the Blues Brothers version of Sweet Home Chicago to
> write a 24 bar Contra recently:
>
> Short But Sweet
> Becket
> A1    Circle left 3/4
>          Swing neighbour
> A2    Balance the ring
>          Nevada twirl with partner (California twirl with other hands)
>          With next couple, balance the ring
>          Petronella turn one place anti-clockwise
> B      Half hey, starting with women passing left shoulders
>          Swing partner
>
> There's an animation of the dance at
> http://www.dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#ShortButSweet.
>
> Are there many other 24 bar Contras?
>
> Cheers
>
> Keith
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