14 Dec
2017
14 Dec
'17
7:20 p.m.
I need to get that page updated. It's on my list of Things To Do
Real Soon Now. Maybe I can get to that over the holidays. ;-)
Here is the dance.
Champaign Cocktail
Jonathan Sivier
duple improper
1 - Neighbor do-si-do
2 - Ladies allemande left 1 1/2
3-4 Partner balance and swing (on gent's original side)
5 - Circle left 3/4 (back to original places)
6 - Neighbor swing (on the side)
7 - Circle left
8 - Star left (look for new neighbors)
I came up with this dance on 5/20/2013 prior to a gig in Bloomington,
IN. I wanted a nice easy dance for early in the evening and was tired
of the same old dances I had been using. I borrowed bits from several
other easy dances. I live in Champaign, IL and figured it was a
cocktail of dances and thus the name, a play on Champagne Cocktail.
Jonathan
On 12/14/2017 1:09 PM, Linda Leslie wrote:
Hi, Jonathan!
Just went to your website to look for Champaign Cocktail. I am not seeing it. Would you
share it with us?
Thanks! Linda
On Dec 14, 2017, at 1:39 PM, Jonathan Sivier via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> It depends on what you consider to be a holiday theme. Here are some dances I
included in my program at our local contra dance last Friday.
>
> What we are all trying to do at this time of year -
> Losing Weight by Michael Barraclough
>
> For New Years Eve -
> Champaign Cocktail by Jonathan Sivier
>
> For the Gay Gordon's figure -
> Glen Echo Promenade by Bob Dalsemer
>
> For Christmas shopping -
> Scrod Pudding's Trip to the Mall by Bill Olson
>
> Snow Dance by Gene Hubert
>
> Christmas is on Monday -
> Monday by Jim Hemphill
>
> And what we are looking forward to after winter -
> American Spring by Glen Nickerson
> Summer Sunshine by Paul Balliet
>
> I also had some Star themed dances such as Star of Joy by Kate Chaitin in reserve.
>
> Jonathan
> -----
> Jonathan Sivier
> Caller of Contra, Square, English and Early American Dances
> jsivier AT illinois DOT edu
> Dance Page: http://www.sivier.me/dance_leader.html
> -----
> Q: How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
> A: It depends on what dance you call!
>
> On 12/14/2017 12:24 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers wrote:
>> Does anyone have a couple of easy holiday themed contras to share?
>> Thanks,
>> Rich