In looking at Kalia's suggestions, I've put the Itchinton dance in what is more readable to me. Kalia, do I have it correct?

Itchington Long Dance
Hugh Rippon, 1990

(pretending it's) Improper
A1: Star L/R;

A2: Wm DSD; Mn DSD

B1: Ones down center, turn alone, return, cast

B2: 1s swing and look down for new Nbrs

For beginning dancers, I'd change B2 to Long lines forward and back (good for connection, reduces swing time, which is often better for beginners)

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On 3/5/2016 12:54 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:

On 3/5/2016 10:44 AM, Rich Sbardella via Callers wrote:

I rarely call a contra at a One Night Party Dance, but occasionally I am
asked to. I have a few in my cards, but can anyone make some sure fire
recommendations.

Assume 95%-100% non dancers.

Just getting to the duple minor progression can be quite a process. The simplest duple minor I've got is not technically a contra (it's an English ceilidh dance), but works well as a mine-sweeper to see whether more complex duples will work. It's called the Itchington Long Dance (Hugh Rippon, 1990). Star L/R; cnrs dosido; 1s down/bk/cast; 1s swing and look down for new Ns. If your crowd is up for it and you've got room, the B2 can be a general P swing, but I like to do it just for the 1s to make the progression clearer.

Washington Quickstep (a contra chestnut) is good too, and if the 1s lose track of who needs to be on the right after the swing, nothing terrible happens. Star R/L, 1s dn/bk/cast; R&L thru over/bk; LLFB, 1s sw.

Kalia
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