31 Mar
2024
31 Mar
'24
6:43 p.m.
Not a beginner dance or one to put in a medley, but... inspired by the need
to fix the mid-phrase swing in Du Quoin Races, I wrote this, which I called
"Dreamland Races":
https://contradb.com/dances/2006
It keeps most of Du Quoin intact, but I thought the rollaway progression
was novel enough that it was worth naming it as its own dance.
Isaac Banner has written a bunch of great box-circulate dances, a few of
which are on the simpler side. Lake City Crossing (
https://contradb.com/dances/1498) and Higgs Boson (
https://contradb.com/dances/876) are pretty approachable; a newer one
Bobbing for Isaacs (https://contradb.com/dances/2305) is a bit trickier but
well worth it. (The ricochet-to-wave thing is much easier to dance than it
is to teach - once you get it, it flows really nicely.)
Koren
On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 11:05 AM Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Du Quoin Races also has a swing that ends mid-phrase.
Dancers tend not to
like to end those when the choreographer wants them to.
On Mar 31, 2024, at 2:01 PM, Alexandra Deis-Lauby <adeislauby(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I wrote that first dance you asked about the other day too! And for the
exact same reason!
I just inverted Bob’s Read between the lines. And I used a slide and
circle instead of a circle and pass through.
Love this thread. Thanks!
Alex
On Mar 31, 2024, at 2:50 AM, Chris Page via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Close hits:
"Bob the Surfer" by Dugan Murphy.
"The Blizzard Chimney Contra" by Geoff Cubitt
"The Plagiarist's Reel" by Peter Foster
Cheers,
-Chris Page
Los Angeles, CA
On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 10:17 AM Julian Blechner via Contra Callers
<contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Becket
A1. Circle L, Pass Thru N (or slide L to next and circle)
N Alle R 1 1/4 to long wavy line, Larks face out, Robins face in
A2. Bal, Circulate x2
B1. N B+S
B2. Larks Alle L 1.5x (or pull by)
PS
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