Fun question!
Last fall my wife, Kathleen, and I had a marriage celebration dance with the Russet Trio playing and we wrote Autumn Marriage to be danced to Tom Kruskal's Reel.

Autumn Marriage         by Kathleen Larkin and Jon Greene
CW becket

A1, A2:
[slide left and] circle left 3/4x,
partners half CW pousette around current neighbors (robins move forward to start)
partners full CCW pousette around future neighbors (larks move forward to start)
current neighbors swing (end facing across)

B1: larks allemande left 1.5x, partners star promenade, butterfly whirl
B2: robins right shoulder round (or do-si-do)
       partners swing

end effects:
if no couple is waiting out, the end couple should do the full CCW pousette with a ghost couple
If a couple is waiting out, they should participate in the full CCW pousette with the end couple.

Possible flourish: during the full CCW pousette, partners can do two CW half turns (i.e., turning pousette), preferably on the outside of the set while going around future neighbors. This happens twice hence a half turn each time puts the couple back oriented correctly for the neighbor swing.

On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 11:02 PM Don Veino via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I'm looking for recommendations for contras written to specifically match a given tune, square or crooked. Obviously, there's singing squares, the Chestnuts and some well known examples like David Kaynor's Cherokee Shuffle. I'm looking for other examples of excellent "modern era" dances perfectly crafted to fit an outstanding or unusual tune - such that it surpasses the standard "pick the dance, then a suitable tune" approach to foster dance floor joy.

I've written a few such dances but would love to augment my repertoire with others.

Thanks,
Don
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