[Callers] Re: Contras of unusual length?

Not quite to the letter but perhaps the theme of the prompt, a while back I wrote a 28-bar dance meant to be danced to a standard 32-bar tune: *Bar Crawl - Isaac Banner* *A1* (8) Neighbor allemande RH 1.5 to trade places - LH to next neighbor to form a long wave (8) Long waves balance forward/back, box circulate CW *A2* (16) Partner balance/swing *B1* (8) Long lines forward+back (8) Right hand chain to neighbors *B2* (8) Partner RH balance across, square through 2 (on to new neighbors) The idea is that after the band has played 7 times through the tune, you'll have danced 8 times through the dance. Each time through the dance it drifts one phrase "up" through the tune (the second time through "starts" with the long waves balance, e.g.). It's written to have fairly clear 8s, with exception for the swing-to-lines between A2 and B1. Having called it a few times, it seems to confuse callers the most and new dancers the least (ha!). Isaac Banner On Mon, Feb 27, 2023, at 11:34 PM, Colin Hume via Contra Callers wrote: On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 20:03:48 -0800, Russell Owen via Contra Callers wrote: including The Peacock Follows the Hen and Here's to and a neighbor swing, so I don't call them I think that's a sad comment on contra dancing today. Surely adding interest and variety is more important than having a partner swing and neighbor swing in every dance. Are we being bullied by a vocal minority? Colin Hume _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-leave(a)lists.sharedweight.net _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-leave(a)lists.sharedweight.net