25 Oct
2024
25 Oct
'24
9:14 a.m.
The tune for March of the Coffee Zombies is by Tom Cunningham, and is s
great fit for that dance. I had the pleasure of dancing the dance to that
tune this past Saturday.
Jerome
On Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 6:07 AM Vicki Morrison via Contra Callers <
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March of the Coffee Zombies by Cary Ravitz and Zombies
of Sugar Hill by
Gene Hubert come to mind.
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On Friday, October 25, 2024, 12:09 AM, Cheryl Joyal via Contra Callers <
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Can you share calls for Witches Stitches?
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On Oct 24, 2024, at 10:34 PM, Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers <
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Witches' Switches by Al Olson. It's triple progression, so a bit
challenging, but can be fun.
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When The Stars Are Right
Jonathan Sivier
duple improper; beginner-intermediate
written: 2/2/2000
1 - allemande left 1 1/2 with neighbor
2 - ladies chain (to partner)
3 - hey for four halfway (ladies start passing right shoulders)
4 - swing partners (on ladies' original side)
5 - gents allemande left 1 1/2 in the center
6 - swing neighbors on the other side
7 - star left 1 time
8 - star right 1 time (look for new neighbors)
Notes
7 - the transition from a swing to a left hand star may be a little
awkward,
but I think the satisfying transition to a right hand star makes up for
that
History
This dance was inspired by the writings of H. P. Lovecraft. Many of his
stories take place in small towns and back-woods areas in New England in
the
early part of the 20th century and that was where contra dancing was being
done
at that time. While he never mentions dancing in his writing, and I have
no
reason to think he even knew what contra dancing was, I like to think that
his
characters occasionally went contra dancing for recreation. Lovecraft was
an
anglophile and more interested in things of the past than in the present
and I
think he would have approved of contra dance's roots in the past and the
dances
from England. In many of his stories reference is made to the Great Old
Ones
and how they will rise up "when the stars are right" so I wanted to create
a
dance where you progress on to your next neighbor when the stars become
right.
Jonathan
On 10/24/2024 10:23 PM, Cheryl Joyal via Contra Callers wrote:
Wondering if there are any dances with a fall or
Halloween themed name
…. Or that may be extra fun in costume ?
TIA - Cheryl
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