<div dir="ltr">Devil's Backbone? Wizard's Walk? (Okay, I no longer have an objective sense of how Halloween-y this one is because it was the tradition at my school's contradance that we'd close out the Halloween contra with this one, with the band and the dancers competing to see who could go faster... it was a good time!)<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 10:34 AM, Bob Peterson via Callers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.<wbr>net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">There’s this no-swing dance, which I got from <a href="https://www.cambridgefolk.org.uk/contra/dances/devils_dream.html" target="_blank">https://www.cambridgefolk<wbr>.org.uk/contra/dances/devils_<wbr>dream.html</a><div><br></div><div><h1><span style="font-size:15px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The Devil's Dream</span></h1><h3><span style="font-size:15px;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Traditional</span></h3><p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Improper Contra</span></p><h4><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">A1</span></h4><ul><li><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">1s face down and lead down the centre while the 2s face up and go up the outside</span></li><li><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">all turn alone and lead back to give neighbour nearest hand and half turn neighbour</span></li></ul><h4><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">A2</span></h4><ul><li><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">1s facing down the outside and 2s up the middle: lead up or down again</span><ul><li><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">you promenade in the same direction both times</span></li></ul></li><li><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">all turn alone and lead back to give <strong>left</strong> hands to neighbour</span></li></ul><h4><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">B1</span></h4><ul><li><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">turn neighbour into a full ladies chain across</span></li></ul><h4><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">B2</span></h4><ul><li><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">half promenade neighbour across set</span></li><li><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">half right and left back</span></li></ul><hr><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">In CDM6 and 500 Zesty Contras</span><p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Note that this dance has no swing; however it is probably the most popular contra in English dance clubs.</span></p><br><div id="m_-5447707495194517723m_-831229419369578270AppleMailSignature"><div>\Bob</div></div><div><div class="m_-5447707495194517723h5"><div><br>On Oct 12, 2017, at 09:16, Rich Sbardella via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" target="_blank">callers@lists.sharedweight.ne<wbr>t</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">Hello Friends,</span><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">I need some Halloween themed dances.  Any suggestions?</div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">Rich Sbardella</div><div style="font-size:12.800000190734863px">Stafford, CT</div><div class="m_-5447707495194517723m_-831229419369578270gmail-yj6qo m_-5447707495194517723m_-831229419369578270gmail-ajU" style="margin:2px 0px 0px;font-size:12.800000190734863px"></div></div>
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