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 fall apart in entertaining ways even with pretty advanced dancers.

Happy Jew Queer 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.

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On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 4:27 PM Michael Fuerst via Contra Callers <contracallers@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@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 <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
"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 <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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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