I just looked at the notebook kept by Jeremiah Brown, of Seabrook, New Hampshire, circa 1782. His description of the dance Love In A Village includes the direction, "turne contrary corners".Jacob BloomOn Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 9:59 AM Rich Sbardella via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:Using the term corners does make more sensei a triple minor.Rich_______________________________________________On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 10:02 PM Jonathan Sivier <jsivier@illinois.edu> wrote:Given that it was most likely a triple minor back in the day it may in fact be very closely related to Chorus Jig, which was also probably a triple minor at one point. Perhaps someone liked the figures and applied them to another tune. My understanding is that was very common then.
Jonathan
On 8/21/2023 7:11 PM, Jerome Grisanti wrote:
> Just adding to Jonathan's reply, the English country dance Trip to Tunbridge is almost exactly the same as Chorus Jig, but as a three-couple set:
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> A1: Ones cast down outside past two couples, take a peak and dance back.
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> A2: Ones down the center, return, cast to second place
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> B1: Ones pass right shoulder, turn first corner by the right hand;
> Ones pass right, turn second corner by the right hand.
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> B2: Ones cross to their own side (proper), lines of three lead out a double, turn alone and dance back, Ones cast to bottom, threes lead to second place, and twos two-hand turn at top in preparation for cast.
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> There's no balance and swing, of course, and only right-hand turns, but the structure is clearly the same.
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> Jerome Grisanti
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> On Mon, Aug 21, 2023, 6:47 PM Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net <mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
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> There are a bunch of English country dances that have corner/partner figures similar to the contra corners in contra dance (i.e. Fandango, Prince William, etc.) I don't know what the earliest one is, but I suspect the figure was well known when the early American dances were being devised. The figure is included in several of the chestnut dances such as Chorus Jig (which I once saw listed as Cora's Jig), Rory O'More and Sackett's Harbor. Somewhere I saw the figure referred to as "contrary corners" in something written about chestnut dances. I don't know if that is a genuine name that was once used, or not.
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> Jonathan
>
> On 8/21/2023 5:34 PM, Rich Sbardella via Contra Callers wrote:
> > Hey friends,
> > Can anyone shed some light on the origin of the movement and the especially the name "Contra Corners"?
> > Rich Sbardella
> > Stafford, CT
> >
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