David,
It helps VERY MUCH thank you! I think I was looking alphabetically under "O" for
Olson instead of "J" for Jennings. DUH! Google was pulling up the right page,
but I kept scrolling down too far.
And thank you for the Roger Diggle version!
Alison Murphy
-- David.Millstone(a)valley.net (David Millstone) wrote:
Dear Alison,
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Zesty Contras does, indeed, appear to be available from CDSS:
http://www.cdss.org/sales/american_dance.html#books
and scroll down to Jennings. Along with 500 dances in his unique transcription
style, Larry includees many provocative essays that are in many ways even more
valuable than the dances. Same thing goes for Give-and-Take, the more recent
sequel which was written in part because Larry's sense of what constituted a
"zesty" contra had changed over time. "Zesty Contras" actually
includes dances
without a partner swing-- gasp!
I was on autopilot when I suggested this and credited it to Roger Diggle. It's because
the version I usually call is Roger's variation of Al's dance, which Al liked even
better than his original composition.
MORE FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR
Roger Diggle variation of dance by Al Olson
Becket formation
A1 Circle left 3/4, allemande right with your neighbor 1-1/2 into long waves
(men facing in, women out)
A2 Rory O'More balances
B1 Allemande right once around, men start hey for four across the set
B2 Continue the hey (until you meet partner), swing partner, slide left along
the set to the next couple
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Hope this helps...
David Millstone
Lebanon, NH
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