Don, Check out Rick Mohr's "Chuck the Budgie", written for Graham Townsend's "Pat the Budgie". Rick's dance is on his webpage and also has the clever title (Pat and Chuck can both be either verbs or proper names). Graham's tune is 32 bars AABC and the balances in B2 of the dance fit the C part of the tune nicely.

bill

From: Don Veino via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 9, 2023 4:01 AM
To: Caller's discussion list <callers@sharedweight.net>
Subject: [Callers] Dances Crafted for a Tune
 
I'm looking for recommendations for contras written to specifically match a given tune, square or crooked. Obviously, there's singing squares, the Chestnuts and some well known examples like David Kaynor's Cherokee Shuffle. I'm looking for other examples of excellent "modern era" dances perfectly crafted to fit an outstanding or unusual tune - such that it surpasses the standard "pick the dance, then a suitable tune" approach to foster dance floor joy.

I've written a few such dances but would love to augment my repertoire with others.

Thanks,
Don