[Callers] [trad-dance-callers] Novelty & Gimmick Contras

[Vicki Morrison via Callers]

Hello all! I've been meaning to chime in. Don't think anyone has mentioned this one. I would consider Beneficial Tradition by Dan Pearl has having an unusual sequence. A friend used the exact same words, gimmicky, when I called it. That term hadn't occurred to me until he mentioned it. Anyway, here it is and a youtube link:
Becket, double progression
A1  Ladies alle L 1.0 to form a wavy line; Bal wave, swing PA2  Circle L 3/4, N swingB1  Ladies chain, LLFBB2  straight across with opposite sex, pull by left, face in (4)on slight right diagonal, with same sex, pull by right, face in (4)straight across, with opposite sex pull by left, face in (4)on slight right diagonal with same sex, pull by right, face in (4)
The author advises: This one needs strong, clear four-beat phrases in B2. More driving or exuberant and not mysterious or in a minor key.
I think Brian Hamshar did an excellent job teaching this dance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvB0RCB-QIw  From: Bob Green via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net>
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Here are a few....

Unusual Formations:

Missionary Men ("proper Becket") by Jim Hemphill - http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/443-mission-men

Maple & Cedar (partners at the corners) by Bob Green - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQBj-zyKjnA

Wes Side Story (Becket mixer) by Bob Green - http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/445-wes-side-story

Unusual moves:

Shaker Buddha (double back dip) by Norm Stewart & Bob Green - http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/444-shaker-buddha

Seesaw Surfer (courtesy fling) by Jim Hwnphill - http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/206-seesaw-surfer


Enjoy!

Bob Green


On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 1:13 PM, Rich Sbardella richsbardella at gmail.com [trad-dance-callers] <trad-dance-callers at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

     Here I am with another question.  I learn so much from these threads.
What are some easy, but good, novelty, or gimmick contras.  To elaborate, I mean contras that have unusual moves, or contras that use basic moves in unusual ways.
Maybe Ovals, Wholeset Promenades, Old-Timey square dance moves?Two of my favorites are "Hot Buttered Rolls" and "Roll Over Johannes"
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