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<p>Dugan --</p>
<p>Over in English-country-dance land there are a zillion longways
duple minor waltz-time dances. Some of them have contra figures.</p>
<p>Gary Roodman's "Winter Dreams Waltz" to Jonathan Jensen's tune
starts off with a leisurely unassisted 1s cast down and face up
while 2s lead up and face down which will require a demonstration,
but after that it's mirror gypsy, pass through across, courtesy
turn, left -had-star, long lines fall back/come forward, circle
left 1x,square-thru 2 (no balances), partner two-hand-turn once
round, whch should all be pretty accessible for contra dancers,
and it's a gorgeous dance. (There's a couple of videos up of it
which each show people who don't have hold of it yet.)</p>
<p>I wrote this one which has English figures that have already
infiltrated contra dance (poussette, dolphin hey); even though
it's not standard contra figures (and the right hand turn halfway
isn't an allemande) I think contra dancers will like it.<br>
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<p>MOVEMENT AFOOT<br>
Alan Winston - thought of it at AmWeek, Jul 3, 2013<br>
longways duple minor<br>
Tune: "Steciaks" in waltz book II, by Larry Unger<br>
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A1: 1-2: Men set forward to women (boureeish, stamping optional)<br>
3-4: Men fall back as women come forward<br>
5-6: All turn single R<br>
7-8: All RH turn halfway<br>
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A2: As above, with women leading. Keep right hands ... <br>
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B1: 1-4: ... take left hands as well for Clockwise half poussette
(progressed)<br>
5-8: contra-style Mad Robin (W1 and M2 through the middle
first)<br>
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B2: 1-8: 1s acting as a unit, dolphin hey for three<br>
(M1 turns round coming out of the mad robin to give Left
shoulder<br>
to M2, W1 takes the lead, giving right to M2 on the other
side, <br>
M1 takes the lead to arrive progressed and proper.)<br>
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NOTE: Alan is agreeable to couple-dance style variations in the
half-poussette,<br>
and in general hopes for a spirit of flirtatious play.<br>
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<p>Here's a video into which I had no input, where some of the
dancers have the spirit. (They don't seem to understand that in
A1 1-2 the women should stand their ground rather than falling
back, but it's an acceptable variation.)<br>
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-- Alan<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/8/17 11:02 AM, Dugan Murphy via
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<div dir="ltr">Do you have a favorite contra dance written to fit
a waltz tune? I danced one once many years ago and haven't
thought much about it since, though it was pretty special.
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