[Callers] Folk Festival - Easy Contra dances to teach Beginners

[Chris Page]

On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 9:00 AM, John Sweeney via Callers
<callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Hi Lorraine,

As a clarification, this is not my version of Ellen's Green Jig.

It was developed by another San Diego caller, Graham Hempel, by taking
the A1/A2 of Broken Sixpence
and putting it in Ellen's Green Jig.

Cheers,
-Chris Page
San Diego

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> Flirtation Reel is great and I use this a lot with beginners as well – the
> Chris Page version:
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> = = = = = = = = =
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> Ellen's Green Jig (by Roy Dommett)
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> Contra; Improper
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> A1:        Neighbour Dosido; Partner Dosido
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> A2:        #1s Balance & Swing (Step, Kick) – finish facing down
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> B1:         Circle Left; Circle Right – keep holding hands in the Circle
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> B2:         Duck for Oysters: #2s Arch - #1s Peek; #1s Arch - #2s Peek
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>               #2s Arch over #1s who pass through to New Neighbours
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> "Duck for the oyster, dive for the clam, duck through the hole in the old
> tin can."
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> Alt (Chris Page):
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> A1:        Dosido Neighbour; Men Dosido
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> A2:        Ladies Dosido; #1s Swing, end facing down
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> = = = = = = = = =
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>               I hope that helps.
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>             Happy dancing,
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>                    John
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> John Sweeney, Dancer, England   john at modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802
> 940 574
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> http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive Events & DVDs
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> http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
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> From: Callers <callers-bounces at lists.sharedweight.net> On Behalf Of Lorraine
> Sutton via Callers
> Sent: 24 July 2018 15:49
> To: Callers at lists.sharedweight.net
> Subject: [Callers] Folk Festival - Easy Contra dances to teach Beginners
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> Hello All,
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> I am calling a 2 hour Intro to Contra dance ....at an Ontario Canada
> Festival. ( more a music focus than a dance focus, at this festival)
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> I would appreciate hearing from you as to contra dances ( lws proper &
> Improper) that you have found successful with very novice dancers and why
> you think those dances work for beginners.(I love Larry Jennings definition
> of easy vs complicated )
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> I do plan on doing some non progressive lws as well as a both a circle and a
> Sicilian  circle in the program mix , to get the concept of progression.
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> Thanks so much.
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> Lorraine Sutton  ( lorrainesutton7 at gmail.com )
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