Contra Callers April 2013

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Re: [Callers] new dance

by lcpgr＠yahoo.com

Great! I'll be calling tonight if the crowd is right <br/>Lp<br/><br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone

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Re: [Callers] new dance

by Tom Hinds

Laurie, I think it's a keeper and is called Kate's Departure. Kate Brady, was a dance organizer in C'ville until she moved to Colorado. Tom

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Re: [Callers] Suggestions for particularly flirty contra dances?

by Jerome Grisanti

Alan, Since the move called Mad Robin has been mentioned so often, I hope you consider calling the eponymous English dance (billed as such, of course, don't want to cause riots). Easy enough for dedicated contra dancers but different enough (proper, and with 2-hand turns instead of swings) to offer variety. And if people want to substitute swings, they may. And how they end that swing can offer some other interesting variations. Frankly, I find that an occasional two-hand turn in a contra offers plenty of potential for flirtation (with room for it to remain merely friendly). --Jerome -- Jerome Grisanti 660-528-0858 http://www.jeromegrisanti.com For the good are always the merry, Save by an evil chance, And the merry love the fiddle And the merry love to dance. ~ William Butler Yeats

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is this dance new?

by Tom Hinds

I just wrote a dance and wanted to know if it's unique. I'm pretty sure the A1 is borrowed from another dance. D-imp A1 Circle left. Mad Robin (face partner and do-si-do neighbor). A2 Hey, women pass left shoulders B1 Women pass left shoulders and swing partner B2 Ladies chain, forward and back. Tom

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Re: [Callers] Callers Digest, Vol 104, Issue 3

by Jim Hemphill

5. Re: Suggestions for particularly flirty contra dances? (Maia McCormick) Another flirty dance originally written for Valentines day. It's not a simple dance but the Poussette - "Cupids Hey" sequence is very flirty *Cupid's Hey* improper by Jim Hemphill A1 Long lines forward (4) then poussette* (6), Start Cupids hey (6), A2 Partner Gypsy and Swing B1 Promenade Ladies Chain B2 Ladies allemande right once around Neighbor swing *Teaching notes: A1 The Poussette is not quite a half way around, starting from the center, gents start backing, ladies forward, clockwise around the other couple. As couples come back towards center in poussette, drop hands as ladies backing across pass each other. Cupid's hay; While maintaining the face to face orientation of the poussette, looking cross set at your partner, couples slide to the side, ladies left/gents right so ladies pass each other face to face, gents will see the back of their neighbor as they slide by in front. Couples then step, ladies back gents forward, and slide to the side the other way, ladies right/gents left so gents pass face to face, then continue across into a gypsy. ------------------------------

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