25 Oct
2024
25 Oct
'24
12:53 p.m.
Observation: The wizard variants are a bit of a jumble to sort through. I
see what you mean about The Witches Way – it does seem a nice variant. It
is linked to a single video on YouTube, which is confusingly titled
“Wizards Walk” there.
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by things being unpredictable and
surprising when wizards and witches are involved.
Joseph Erhard-Hudson
Moscow, Idaho
Sent from my phone, which has odd ideas about formatting sometimes.
On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 7:00 AM Tepfer, Seth via Contra Callers <
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See also The Wizard's Way
<https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=13773> by
Dean Snipes
And the best of the series (IMnsHO) The Witches Way
<https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=3804> by
Cis HInkle.
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*From:* Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers <
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*Sent:* Thursday, October 24, 2024 11:35 PM
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*Subject:* [External] [Callers] Re: Any ideas for contras to include in a
Halloween Program?
Wizards Walk by Ruthie Ungar would be another good one. Especially if the
band can play the tune. One band I have worked with sometimes used
Childgrove or Dancing Bear as change tune. They would start with the other
tune and then switch to Witches Switches.
Jonathan
On 10/24/2024 10:33 PM, Jonathan Sivier wrote:
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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