Music by Ruth Rose and Thomas Bending. Colin Hume will present an evening of good dancing (American, Playford, Traditional,
Scottish, etc.) for those who want to enjoy themselves and be challenged occasionally too. Not suitable for beginners!
Tickets are £13.20 each from http://colinhume.com/nye
Numbers are limited to 65, so if you haven't booked please check the website rather than just turning up.
No alcohol or smoking on the premises, and you will need to bring finger food to share, plus your own drink.
Colin Hume
Email colin(a)colinhume.com Web site http://colinhume.com
I will be calling a dance at our local State Fair next month. It will be
open to the public, and we've also invited several Contra Communities
around the State to join us in helping to introduce people to Contra
Dancing, and other forms of Folk Dance. I suspect that most people of the
general public will stay and watch/join maybe 1 or 2 dances, and then they
will move onto the next exciting thing at the Fair.
We will have about 3.5 hours to fill, and I want a good variety of dances
to choose from.
So my question to you is, what simple, fun, beginner-friendly dances would
you recommend? Being able to "build up" to more advanced dances I don't
think will be very possible, simply because we expect a steady stream of
people joining and leaving at any given moment, so I need a variety of
simple and fun dances to share that don't require much prior experience.
I already have several ideas as to some dances to include, but I'd love to
hear your suggestions.
They don't have to be Contra-specific, as I'm planning to throw in a few
circle mixers, and a couple easy English Country Dances as well.
Maybe Hole in the Wall, or even the Virginia Reel... The genre of the
dances isn't that important.
Just any other fun, family dances that you can send my way. Many thanks in
advance.
I look forward to reading your suggestions.
Excitedly,
JJ.
[Take 2]
Triskaidekaphobia
http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=3271
Bi-TriskaDeka-thon .2 Reel
http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=2095
Lalah's TriskadekaMania http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=2115
Triskaidekaphilia
http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=201
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I'm calling a delightful small-town dance here in Melrose, Florida this Friday...which is Friday the 13th, and also a full moon.
I love using theme opportunities to collect new dances! Anyone have any ideas?
Off the top of my head, I'll probably need to look into Mirror Mirror (Jim Kitch, I believe) and Cats and More Cats (Melanie Axel-Lute). I wonder if I could convince the band to play Stevie Wonder? 😉
Thanks!
Angela
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Does anyone have any recommendations, for silly fun called/led
dances/figures/games for a family dance that has lots of young kids and
perhaps not enough adults joining in the mix?
Thanks,
T-Claw
Hi T Claw and all,
Silly Threesomes has been mentioned by others. The video below
is a simpler version which is particularly suited to an excess of young kids.
Instructions in video description.
https://youtu.be/q1ObiQAkZOM
Cheers, Bill
On 6/09/2019 7:27 a.m., T Claw via Callers wrote:
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> dances/figures/games for a family dance that has lots of young kids and
> perhaps not enough adults joining in the mix?
>
> Thanks,
> T-Claw
Capture/Silly Threesomes
Groups of 3 instead of couples, circle mixer
Promenade in groups of 3 counterclockwise
Middle person allemande right the person on the right
Same middle person allemande left the person on the left
Middle person do-si-do person on the right
Outsides make an arch
Middles turn around and walk single file clockwise through the arches until
caller says "capture!"
Basket swing with these 3 and put someone new in the middle
(Lone people or twos who didn't capture anyone wave to find each other -
caller wait for matches before starting over)
You can find a video by googling silly threesome.
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I received a request for a caller for an event and I am unable to do it.John Tutweiler and his son are fine people and are active in the Charlotte Folk Society. Nick has played for several Charlotte contradances. If you can help, please contact John directly at john.tutweiler(a)gmail.com
"Nick and a trio are playing at a Civil War Event on Sept 21 at Bost Grist Mill and there is a camp dance that night from like 7-10. The caller they have used before is unavailable so I was reaching out to see if you have an interest or know of someone who I could contact? There dances are a bit different from the contra, think Virginia Reel and that sort of thing. Let me know. There would be pay involved. I think $75...maybe a bit more in a pinch. "
Thanks for considering this.Gretchen CaldwellCharlotte NC
As it happens, I'm calling a regular contra evening in a few weeks and I'm
going to experiment, right off the top of the beginner session, by playing
a tune (i.e. start music, then say "welcome")
https://youtu.be/O0AW6MQXX0Y
(Don't worry, the 3/4 quickly changes to jigs. I've listened to many tunes
to accompany this idea - Pop, Motown, Celtic - and this tune seems to
provide the musicality and the clear phrasing useful for this exercise, and
continuity with what they'll hear while dancing later.)
have the dancers listen for phrasing and then (repeating) in a big circle
holding hands:
L/R 8
F/B 8
L4/R12
F2/B2/R4
L OR R 6/2 the other way.
i.e. introduce them to a few ways of slicing up a musical phrase in ways
they will encounter with contra figures.
Finish off with a maze of F/B/L/R 8 OR 16
My contention/hope/observation is that I have never seen an intro session
that actually introduces new dancers to the music and, therefore, they have
no connection between music and figures when the band actually starts
playing later. My hope is that, by first laying a musical foundation, the
newbies will try to sync the movements they learn to the music they heard
first.
We'll see.
this idea might work for your situation.
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> Although I've been calling forever and I know things, I'm not currently
> inspired to do this and am asking for help.
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> Been hired to lead a dance for a music school -- ages 5 and up to teens and
> their parents and my contact asked if I could lead "dances that encourage
> really paying attention to beat counts?.throw in some music education in
> addition to fun."
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> So I'll do my standard ONS dances for this group to recorded music that has
> very good beat counts and distinct phrasing. That's not the problem. The
> problem is *"throw in some music education." *I don't need a dissertation,
> just bits and pieces. The dance is only 1-1/2 hours long followed by ice
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> I've got a job that keeps me pretty busy and am training for a new job
> that's taking up a lot of my time and I just can't think anymore.
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May I first compliment Becky on her phraseology. Terrific post.
As for an alternate name: given that it is a variant of a California Twirl,
a group figure as it were, how about Polyfornia Twirl?
Just a thought.
Ken
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