<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><span></span></div>Thanks to one and all for their inpu and support! Just what I needed. ~ Don<br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428236545764_38862" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428236545764_38861" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428236545764_38860" dir="ltr"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428236545764_38859"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428236545764_38867" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Liz and Bill via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> John Sweeney <info@contrafusion.co.uk> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> John Sweeney via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>; callers-request@lists.sharedweight.net <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, April 4, 2015 4:11 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Callers] Irish Contra Dances<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428236545764_38868"><br>Hi John and Don,<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> The "English" people in the clip you mentioned are mostly<br clear="none">Kiwis but close enough. That was taken at our monthly<br clear="none">dance when we were joined by a contra tour from the USA<br clear="none">and also John and Hilary Turner from the UK.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> We often get a large group of teens coming because I used<br clear="none">to run barn dances for them. As a 'reward' for supporting the<br clear="none">contra dance I usually have Waves of Tory for them half way.<br clear="none">They are so 'good' at dipping and diving that they want it even<br clear="none">faster than normal, so they form a set of 7 couples and<br clear="none">dance double speed while the rest are dancing the 5 couple version<br clear="none">to the 48 bar music.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> English people dancing Waves of Tory:<br clear="none">> <a id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428236545764_38869" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1qtN-kw6Mg" target="_blank" shape="rect">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1qtN-kw6Mg</a><br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Note how the timing, styling, speed are all completely different, especially<br clear="none">> on the Dip 'n' Dive - the Irish take their time, the English rush through<br clear="none">> it.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Scroll down the page <a href="http://christchurch.contradance.nz/past.html" target="_blank" shape="rect">http://christchurch.contradance.nz/past.html</a><br clear="none">to February 2012 to see more the dances<br clear="none">we ran at that time when we had the contra (and English) visitors.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Cheers, Bill<br clear="none">PS - Similar visits will happen Feb 2016, so NZ will be the place<br clear="none">for contra gypsies.<div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yqt0104527814" id="yqtfd81468"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Callers mailing list<br clear="none"><a href="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net">Callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a><br clear="none"><a href="http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net" target="_blank" shape="rect">http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>