I'm supposed to be working this morning, but there are so many contras here that I
wanted to add to my collection!
I call mainly in England, usually a mixed programme, so I already have far too many
contras for my needs, but these are
so interesting and varied. And it's great to have some contras with just one swing.
I know dancers in the States
expect two swings in every dance, but in England we tend to prefer interesting
choreography rather than two swings and a
few allemandes or whatever just to glue them together. I have quite a different
repertoire when I'm calling in the
States or Canada.
In "Roger's New Contra" it's worth noting that if you reach the end of
the set at the end of A1 you need to face in and
be ready for the diagonal ladies chain in A2. And although the hey is described as (LR,
N2L, GR, PL) it's a full hey.
And a note to the Administrator - the subject line should start [Contra Callers] rather
than just [Callers] since we
have the Traditional Dance Callers list as well.
Colin Hume
Email colin(a)colinhume.com Web site
http://colinhume.com