Re: [Callers] Seeking a contra dance with an smooth and slow flow

Hi Nancy, My current favorite may be Family Contra Sherry Nevins (a longways contra that can be danced proper or improper, and gender doesn't matter either.) A1 balance ring twice circle left 1x A2 balance ring twice circle right 1x (face your neighbor) B1 do-si-do neighbor (face your partner) do-si-do partner B2 (face neighbor, take inside hands with partner) do-si-do as a couple 1 1/2x (to face new neighbors) If the dancers tend to get through the B2 too soon you could try telling them to make the couples do-si-do a bit larger. The progression in this dance is very easy for even inexperienced dancers to understand. Let us know what works. Rickey Holt. -----Original Message----- From: callers-bounces(a)sharedweight.net [mailto:callers-bounces@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Nancy Turner Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 8:33 PM To: callers(a)sharedweight.net Subject: [Callers] Seeking a contra dance with an smooth and slow flow Hi All, I am calling a dance this coming weekend for a 40th birthday party. Since the group is mostly non-dancers, I have prepped a number of simple dances. I am looking for an easy contra that has a smooth and slow flow... almost English Country dance in the pace/tone. Any ideas for me? It would also help if you could suggest how you might describe this dance to the musicians so that they could play tunes to match. Thanks very much, Nancy Turner Waitsfield VT _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers