Rich,

I call primarily in southern New England, and I often insert mixers, reels, and squares into Contra Dances.

I seldom do this at the bigger "contra" venues, but I would feel free at most smaller venues, especially if there are lots of newbies or children. Other than Squares, I would probably never use more than one of each in any particular evening, but my experience is that many local contra dancers love singing squares.

Rich Sbardella

Stafford, CT

On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 10:27 AM Rich Goss via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Does anyone slip in a ceilidh style dance at a contra? Some of the mixers work well at contra dances. Also, it’s an opportunity to give new dancers brains a break. I suspect this practice is more common in the UK. Colin, feel free to chime in.

Rich
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