24 Oct
2023
24 Oct
'23
1:12 a.m.
Committing discussion necromancy because I just found this at the bottom of
my inbox.
Seconding Cary Ravitz' "Reflections", which continues to be the wonkiest
dance in my box. I've also had Chris Weiler's mixer No Use Crying Over
Spilled Milk
<https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=1608> fall
apart in entertaining ways even with pretty advanced dancers.
Happy Jew Queer <https://contra.maiamccormick.com/dances.html#happyjewqueer>
is one of mine, and has been revised several times to make it a little more
tractable, but it's still a fun gnarly double-prog double shadow dance.
- Maia
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On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 4:27 PM Michael Fuerst via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
In Happy as a Cold Pig in Warm Mud, the allemande 1
1/2 and the 1 3/4 can
causes the excitement. I suspect emphasizing one's shadow can help a bit.
But the direction change at the end of set guarantees temporary chaos.
Happy also appears in the "MIdwest Folklore" book mentioned in my
response to Woody
On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 7:11 PM Dale Wilson <dale.wilson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
"Happy as a Cold Pig in Warm Mud" y
Mike Boerschig doesn't seem like it
would be very difficult when you read the card, but it is amazing how many
creative ways it can go wrong. There is usually at least one star for five
somewhere in the line at the same time there's a star for three going on
elsewhere. I call it sometimes with the right crowd of experienced dancers
because it's fun to watch the recovery process.
Dale
On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 6:47 PM Jerome Grisanti via Contra Callers <
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"Would You Do It for Twenty?" by Robert
Cromartie. We have discussions
about "glossary" dances, this one is a "kitchen sink" dance, as in
"everything you can think of but the kitchen sink." Contra corners,
petronella, diagonal hey, alternates between proper and improper.
Maybe in a workshop, on a bet, hence the title.
Jerome
On Mon, Sep 25, 2023, 6:38 PM Michael Fuerst via Contra Callers <
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Penultimatum: Surrender now or next time I threaten you I'll really mean
it.
What are the most difficult contras (improper,
proper, indecent or
becket) that you have danced, have called, and remain afraid to call?
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