[Callers] Re: Most difficult contras

"Irish Stars" first appeared in the book *Midwest Folklore*, published in1995 by the Urbana (IL) Country Dancers, in honor of Orace Johnson, one of our group's leaders who died of a heart attack at one of our community dances. I edited the dances in the book, had not looked at the dance in almost 30 years, but had danced it 2 or 3 times. Orace and Al Olson used to talk often and long by phone (pre-internet days) about dance compositions. Seeing it in your post I looked at it for the first time in close to 30 years. The dance is challenging since A2 and B2 parts each a bit over 16 beats. So the music must be slowed and/or the dancers must adjust. I think dancers today would have an easier time with it. And, as you know, it has no swings. I must be wide awake before reflecting on "Reflections" On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 6:22 PM Woody Lane via Contra Callers < contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote: