13 May
2023
13 May
'23
4:39 p.m.
This sounds like a typical tune set played for our Monday Contras at the
Concord (MA) Scout House. Our dancers would happily enjoy this set in an
evening.
FWIW, to me it feels up energy and lively, like a walk on a bright spring
(or autumn 😉) day. If I recall correctly your community has a limited set
of figures you do, so keeping that in mind:
Autumn Leaves - Becket Left/CW - Linda Leslie
A1 Long Lines Fwd & Back; Circle Left 3/4x & Pass Through to next
A2 Next NBR Dosido; NBR Swing, end facing down
B1 Line/4 Down The Hall, Turn As Couples;
Come Back, Bend The Line
B2 Ring/4 Balance, Gents Draw PNR to home side; PNR Swing
On Fri, May 12, 2023, 8:47 PM Katherine Kitching via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi friends!
You may remember I asked a while ago about what sort of dance I could call
to a specific quebecois tune that one of our bands always played and I hate
to call to.
In the end that conversation shifted into one regarding how to communicate
with bands generally, and what sort of expectations I could have of a band
that doesn't get into the business of choosing tunes to match dances
themselves.
It was all very helpful and I am pleased to report that my relationship
with the band I was previously having some friction with has improved!
And- at our upcoming dance they're doing a wonderful thing - they've
invited any interested and aspiring musicians to come and play along
unmic'd behind them - and they've set up a google drive folder with the
tunes, containing both recordings and sheet music,.
This is great for me because finally I can preview all the tunes and be
ready with the desired order they will be played in!
But listening to the Aime-Gagnon-Telephone tune set, I realized this is
the other set this band plays that really bums me out.
I just can't get a dance of mine to feel good to it.
Could you folks have a listen and let me know your thoughts?
I can't really put my finger on it other than ... it kinda feels plodding
to dance to at this speed, and yet it feels like the musicians are playing
really fast already?
and....it has a bit of a stressful and on edge feel- rather than a "sit
back and enjoy" feel of other tunes?
I will close by saying this band also plays LOTS of great tunes, which I
love, and they are fabulous musicians :)
here is the tune in the google drive....
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qsoLthlIYvBNRqD2Kvd0JyYzSjwj4KS4/view?usp=…
or if you prefer, on spotify!
https://open.spotify.com/track/7fAJSwoKsQQC1cqlAmouLJ?si=nijl2dibR6Ktupc-w0…
thank you for thoughts and/or dance suggestions :)
Kat in Halifax
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