Here's a 40-bar singing square from the 1950s. It's only 6 times through, but it's in five 8-bar phrases (two in the "A" part, three in the "B").
Tony Parkes
Billerica, Massachusetts, USA
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From: Amy Cann via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Friday, January 3, 2020 1:48 PM
To: John Sweeney <john(a)modernjive.com>
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Subject: [Callers] Re: Recordings of 40 Bar Tunes
I'm going to head off-list and talk to my friend Norb Spencer, accordionist extraordinaire, major tune-hound, and player of all three
likely-to-be-not-32 genres (Oldtime, Fr.C, and Scottish). Watch this space...
On 1/3/20, John Sweeney via Contra Callers <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Hi Amy,
> You asked about the 40-bar dance.
>
> The dance I am currently working on is " Ladies Walk Around Their Contra "
> http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/FormationsDances.html#LadiesWalk
>
> I was at a dance on New Year's Eve where it was called and realised
> it was a new formation for me. It is a Becket dance for Trios
> (Lady-Man-Lady). It is Formation #102 at
> http://contrafusion.co.uk/Formations.html
>
> I don't know who wrote it. Does anyone know?
>
> A good 40-bar tune will also be useful for:
> "Major Hey" by Erik Hoffman
> http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=5030
> “Apple Pie Quadrille” by Ron Beeson
> http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=12522
> "Not So Solitary" by me (Nine dancers in a 3x3 grid doing lots of
> Heys)
>
> Thanks.
>
> Happy dancing,
> John
>
> John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802
> 940 574
> http://contrafusion.co.uk/KentCeilidhs.html for Live Music Ceilidhs
> http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
> http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive DVDs
>
>
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I'm going to head off-list and talk to my friend Norb Spencer,
accordionist extraordinaire, major tune-hound, and player of all three
likely-to-be-not-32 genres (Oldtime, Fr.C, and Scottish). Watch this
space...
On 1/3/20, John Sweeney via Contra Callers
<contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Hi Amy,
> You asked about the 40-bar dance.
>
> The dance I am currently working on is " Ladies Walk Around Their Contra "
> http://contrafusion.co.uk/Dances/FormationsDances.html#LadiesWalk
>
> I was at a dance on New Year's Eve where it was called and realised it was
> a new formation for me. It is a Becket dance for Trios (Lady-Man-Lady). It
> is Formation #102 at http://contrafusion.co.uk/Formations.html
>
> I don't know who wrote it. Does anyone know?
>
> A good 40-bar tune will also be useful for:
> "Major Hey" by Erik Hoffman
> http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=5030
> “Apple Pie Quadrille” by Ron Beeson
> http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=12522
> "Not So Solitary" by me (Nine dancers in a 3x3 grid doing lots of Heys)
>
> Thanks.
>
> Happy dancing,
> John
>
> John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802
> 940 574
> http://contrafusion.co.uk/KentCeilidhs.html for Live Music Ceilidhs
> http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
> http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive DVDs
>
>
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As far as Scottish goes, I sent John a recording of a set David Knight put
together for Foggy River Reel, which is done to 40-bar tunes. It's usually
done as 8-8-8-16 (ABABB or ABABC), though, which doesn't really fit what
he's looking for (16-16-16-16-16).
I would imagine there are others on this list who would know of other
recordings for Foggy River Reel or other 40-bar SCD reels.
On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 10:38 AM Amy Cann via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Have you tried the Scottish repertoire/resources?
>
> On 1/3/20, John Sweeney via Contra Callers
> <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Despite having an extensive collection of music I have
> > nothing
> > suitable for a 40 bar contra dance.
> >
> >
> >
> > Please can anyone recommend any good recordings of 40 bars
> > and
> > 7 to 11 times through? Preferably they should be downloadable
> > individually.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > Happy dancing,
> >
> > John
>
--
David Casserly
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he/him
Patch the Pipes is for an English dance of mine with fairly specific
choreography to fit the tune.. The tune structure is two 8-bar A phrases
followed by two 12-bar B phrases. I wouldn't think it would be a good
choice for a contra dance.
Brooke Friendly
On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 6:50 AM Michael Barraclough via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Patch the Pipes (7 * 40) on Impropriety Vol 6 (A New Leaf). Individual
> track downloads from CDBaby.
>
> Michael Barraclough
>
>
> On 03/01/2020 13:25, John Sweeney via Contra Callers wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Despite having an extensive collection of music I have
> nothing suitable for a 40 bar contra dance.
>
>
>
> Please can anyone recommend any good recordings of 40 bars
> and 7 to 11 times through? Preferably they should be downloadable
> individually.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Happy dancing,
>
> John
>
>
>
> John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802
> 940 574
>
> http://contrafusion.co.uk/KentCeilidhs.html for Live Music
> Ceilidhs
>
> http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
>
>
> http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive DVDs
>
>
>
>
>
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Have you tried the Scottish repertoire/resources?
On 1/3/20, John Sweeney via Contra Callers
<contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Despite having an extensive collection of music I have
> nothing
> suitable for a 40 bar contra dance.
>
>
>
> Please can anyone recommend any good recordings of 40 bars
> and
> 7 to 11 times through? Preferably they should be downloadable
> individually.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Happy dancing,
>
> John
>
>
>
> John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802
> 940 574
>
> http://contrafusion.co.uk/KentCeilidhs.html for Live Music Ceilidhs
>
>
> http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
>
>
> http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive DVDs
>
>
>
>
>
>
Patch the Pipes (7 * 40) on Impropriety Vol 6 (A New Leaf). Individual
track downloads from CDBaby.
Michael Barraclough
On 03/01/2020 13:25, John Sweeney via Contra Callers wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Despite having an extensive collection of music I have
> nothing suitable for a 40 bar contra dance.
>
> Please can anyone recommend any good recordings of 40
> bars and 7 to 11 times through? Preferably they should be downloadable
> individually.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Happy dancing,
>
> John
>
> John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 &
> 07802 940 574
>
> http://contrafusion.co.uk/KentCeilidhs.html for Live Music Ceilidhs
>
> http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
>
> http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive DVDs
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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Hi all,
Despite having an extensive collection of music I have nothing
suitable for a 40 bar contra dance.
Please can anyone recommend any good recordings of 40 bars and
7 to 11 times through? Preferably they should be downloadable individually.
Thanks.
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England john(a)modernjive.com 01233 625 362 & 07802
940 574
http://contrafusion.co.uk/KentCeilidhs.html for Live Music Ceilidhs
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive DVDs
Hello, not sure about this message because the last callers shared weight
email I got seemed buggy....
I am on the search for *choreographers* who are a minority. Ethnic or
racial minorities, LGBTQ+, women, non-binary and transgender people, or
anything else you can think of as a minority. Looking through the
choreographer list on ContraDB, it's easy to pick out feminine names, but
it's hard to determine much else from most names. I'd love to collect more
dances written by these people. Help?
Liz Burkhart
I just had an English dance arrive in my head during a nap and would
love to call it New Year's Dream. Has that name already been used for a
dance that you know of? It doesn't show up in the Caller's Box
database, which is a good start...
Kalia from Sebastopol
