For Those Who Cared  is a good dance, but the second circle left
makes it a bit too much clockwise for the actives. It also makes
for a fairly rushed start to the half figure 8.

Virtually the same dance is Fruit Harvest Reel by Luther Black

http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/acdol/dance/acd_277.html

This changes the second circle to LLFB, which is a lot nicer.

Peter

On 13/09/2024 3:20 pm, Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers wrote:
> The first hurdle in introducing contra corners to dancers these days
> is to get them to know which side of the dance is their proper side. 
> I've been trying to do a few proper dances when I call and many
> dancers don't know how to handle it.
>
> Here is a contra corners dance that I like.  There are some aspects
> that are a bit tricky for today's dancers.  Circling all the way
> around is a bit of a challenge.  Half-figure 8 is unknown to most
> contra dancers these days, though English and Scottish dancers will
> have no trouble.  Then there is the whole bit of doing the contra
> corners figure while everyone is on their proper side.
>
> For Those Who Cared
> Tony Parkes
> duple improper
>
> 1 - circle left 1 time
> 2 - swing neighbor, end facing across
> 3 - circle left 1 time
> 4 - actives half figure 8 above, around inactives
> 5-6 contra corners
> 7-8 actives balance and swing
>
> Chorus Jig can certainly be done to a different tune, though if the
> band can play the Chorus Jig tune you might as well use it. As I
> mentioned above a proper dance is a bit of a challenge these days, and
> no one knows how to cast off anymore.  I've been trying to bring some
> of those dances back and have had a little luck in doing so.
>
> One suggestion I have heard is to use a triplet with contra corners to
> get the dancers up to speed on the figure and then put it into a
> longways dance.
>
> Jonathan Sivier
> Champaign, IL
>
> On 9/12/2024 11:41 PM, Abbie Sorg via Contra Callers wrote:
>> Any suggestions on contra corners dances? None have been called at
>> our local dance for years now, and I want to try and re-introduce the
>> move. I've been calling for a few years and think it's a good time to
>> try, but I haven't collected any contra corners dances yet so I'd
>> like to start with something as straightforward as possible.
>>
>> Chorus Jig seems like the natural choice, but I noticed that
>> basically every video I could find of it uses the same tune. How
>> rigid is this tradition? What if the band doesn't have this in their
>> repertoire? Will the contra police raid the dance hall if I call this
>> choreography to a different tune?
>>
>> Abbie Sorg
>> Tucson, AZ
>>
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