<div dir="ltr">Dear Maia,<div><br></div><div>I recently composed a contra that may fit your criteria. I've sent it out to a few other callers, and posted it to a small Facebook group, but its challenges make it unsuitable for most dances on my schedule. The challenges are: multiple progressions/regressions and potential disorientation. I would guess a hall populated mostly with experienced dancers would not have too much trouble with it. Another caller suggested calling it as a becket starting with the B1, which would certainly give it a different feel.</div><div><br></div><div>Let me know if you end up using it; good luck with your workshop whatever you end up doing!</div><div><br></div><div>--Jerome</div><div><br></div><div><h1>Do Re Mi Re Do<span></span></h1>
<h2>By Jerome Grisanti<span></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal">Duple Improper Contra<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Neighbor right-hand balance (4), pull by (2), next
neighbor pull by left (2).<span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Third neighbor right-hand balance (4), box the gnat (4).<span></span></p>
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Partner swing (8)<span></span></p>
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neighbors, <br>
Neighbor swing<span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Gents walk forward to a long wavy line (4), Balance
forward & back (4); Gents allemande left with ladies joining behind
partners to turn it into a left-hand star (8) (ladies traveling about 3/4,
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<p class="MsoNormal">You interact with three neighbors in this order: 1,2,3,2,1. <span></span></p>
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman",serif">An end-effects warning: you're never out for long.
Couples out during the A2 will be in in the B1, if you're out in B1 you return
in B2. The A1 figure wraps around the ends.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Jerome Grisanti<br>660-528-0858<br><a href="http://www.jeromegrisanti.com" target="_blank">http://www.jeromegrisanti.com</a><br><br><div><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-size:14px;line-height:19.32px"><font face="georgia, serif">"Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it." --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe</font></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 8:26 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi choreographer folks,<div><br></div><div>I'm leading a session at NEFFA called "Cutting-Edge Contras", consisting of un-premiered (or very sparsely called) contras. If anyone has any dances they'd like to throw my way for consideration, please do so!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Maia</div></div>
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