Re: [Callers] contras for modern square dancers

Hi Judy I called a couple of contras at a square dance festival here in Australia, and found that I needed to keep calling all the way through, as they were used to calls being varied through the dance, so would stop dancing if I faded out the calling. This may not be common to all codes of square dancing. cheersJeanette Jeanette Mill Contra dance caller, musician, workshop facilitatorCanberra, AustraliaPhone: +61 (0)449 686 077 Email: jeanette_mill(a)yahoo.com.au Skype: jeanette.mill   "The piano - 88 little mistakes waiting to happen"Kate Barnes   On Wednesday, 19 July 2017, 12:28, Judy Greenhill via Callers &lt;callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote: <!--#yiv9539423143 _filtered #yiv9539423143 {font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}#yiv9539423143 #yiv9539423143 p.yiv9539423143MsoNormal, #yiv9539423143 li.yiv9539423143MsoNormal, #yiv9539423143 div.yiv9539423143MsoNormal {margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";}#yiv9539423143 a:link, #yiv9539423143 span.yiv9539423143MsoHyperlink {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv9539423143 a:visited, #yiv9539423143 span.yiv9539423143MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv9539423143 span.yiv9539423143EmailStyle17 {font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:windowtext;}#yiv9539423143 .yiv9539423143MsoChpDefault {font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";} _filtered #yiv9539423143 {margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}#yiv9539423143 div.yiv9539423143WordSection1 {}-->Hi everyone,I have undertaken to teach some modern square dancers how to contra dance, and I’m wondering if anyone has experience with this and has any dances to recommend? I’m a square dancer myself but most of my contra repertoire is for modern contra dancers- 2 swings, lots of Balance and swing, etc. I’d like more dances with MWSD moves in them and possibly without any, or only 1, swing, and they don’t need to have a partner swing. The dancers I am teaching are all either plus or advanced, so they will tire pretty quickly of the usual simple glossary contras I would normally do in a teaching situation. They can do the moves; it’s the formation that is new to them.  Thanks,Judy   | | Virus-free. www.avast.com | _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net