<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">One of my favorite is Easy Progressive Contra - I find it works better for me with beginners, because the couples do-si-do 1+1/2 in Family Contra seems to confuse people (or I dont teach it well!)<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Easy Progressive Contra (by ???)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana;" class=""><b class="">A1</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(8) Circle Left 1X</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(8) Circle Right 1X</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana; min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana;" class=""><b class="">A2</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(8) Star Left - Hands across</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(8) Star Right - Hands across</div><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana; min-height: 22px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana; min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana;" class=""><b class="">B1</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(8) Women Do-si-do</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(8) Men Do-si-do</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana; min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana;" class=""><b class="">B2</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(8) Neighbor allemande Right 1x</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(8) Neighbor Balance and Pull by to New Ne’s</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Verdana;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><div class="">On Jul 24, 2018, at 5:52 PM, Martha Wild via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" class="">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">John already mentioned Family Contra, which is my favorite because the progression happens so easily, and it is so obvious that you are facing new people. In addition, it has no obvious differences in gender role - doesn’t matter who dances on which side, so great with piles of kids and parents dancing together, yet it teaches the progression concept.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Next after that I like Ellen’s Green Jig by Roy Dommett. Though it has a swing for the 1s, it really doesn’t matter if people open up on the “wrong” side, as long as they face their neighbors, all is well. </div><div class="">A1) Do-si-do neighbor</div><div class="">Ones do-si-do</div><div class="">A2) Ones balance and swing (sometimes I have them balance twice because swinging is not very comfortable for new people, and sometimes I just have them two hand turn after the balance(s).</div><div class="">B1) Circle left with neighbors</div><div class="">Circle right back to place (the only time I’ve seen this go wrong was when people circled so they ended up doing the next move sideways to the set)</div><div class="">B2) Duck for the oyster/dig/Dive on through (all keep hands after circle - 1s take a little peek under an arch formed by 2s, then back up, 2s do the same through 1s, finally 1s pop through to a new couple)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If a whole pile of new people show up at the start of a dance, having missed the walkthrough, this is my go to dance to get things started and then into the regular program.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Martha</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 24, 2018, at 7:48 AM, Lorraine Sutton via Callers <<a href="mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net" class="">callers@lists.sharedweight.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Hello All,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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) </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 ) </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks so much. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Lorraine Sutton ( <a href="mailto:lorrainesutton7@gmail.com" class="">lorrainesutton7@gmail.com</a> )</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">...</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>
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