[Callers] Holiday contras - BEG/EASY

[Rich Sbardella via Callers]

Tina, If you investigate Square Dance singing calls, many, many have been
arranged into 32 bar tunes, and many are appropriate for contra dance with
a slight tempo adjustment.
Rich

On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Tom Hinds via Callers <
callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> It's not my cup of tea but Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer could be
> used as a singing square or in a contra medley.
>
> On Dec 5, 2016, at 11:49 PM, Tina Fields via Callers wrote:
>
> The year I called the No Snow Ball in the SF Bay Area, Hillbillies from
>> Mars agreed to include I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus as one tune in a
>> set. I sang it after dancers got their flow going, and it went great.
>>
>> I like Alan's idea of including not only holiday tunes but bad holiday
>> puns as alt dance titles. That way, you can choose excellent dances and
>> still get your holiday theme on.
>>
>> I also look forward to hearing more ideas here. Have fun!
>> Tina
>>
>>
>>> On Saturday, December 3, 2016 David Harding via Callers <
>>> callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>>> I'm interested in familiar holiday tunes that work for contras. I know
>>> I've danced to Jingle Bells a couple of times (as Alan suggested), and
>>> think I remember doing a mixer to Gloria in Excelsis Deo. Any other
>>> ideas?
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/2/2016 6:10 PM, Winston, Alan P. via Callers wrote:
>>>> Claire --
>>>>
>>>> In my experience, choosing dances because their titles fit a
>>>> particular theme isn't the best way to make programs.
>>>>
>>>> For Christmas holiday dances I'm used to bands slipping familiar
>>>> holiday tunes into their regular sets. (Jingle Bells fits in nicely as
>>>> a bouncy tune. Several carols can be played as waltzes.) You can also
>>>> playfully alter the names of dances you'd want to call anyway to make
>>>> them fit the theme.
>>>>
>>>
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