6 Mar
2024
6 Mar
'24
4:15 p.m.
Thanks for all the replies--I did get a couple direct-responses but the
full court response is helpful :)
Joseph, I don't know if this will help or hinder, but here's my group
dancing Coconut Cream Pie one iteration through.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zLeatvIlt5tYpWIWgm2xk1MyfgG2Oy01/view?usp=…
(Calling while video-ing seems to result in poorer calling and poor
video-ing, lesson learned...)
Appreciate all these suggestions--my dancers are probably more at the Apple
Pie Quadrille level this year, but some day I'll figure out how to
introduce rory o'more! The Devil's Backbone also looks really neat--I'll
have to hold it in reserve for a day when my regulars:newbies ratio is
high, but if I do that I bet we can be successful with it.
On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 9:00 AM Joseph Erhard-Hudson via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 2:49 AM Colin Hume via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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Allison Jonjak
allisonjonjak(a)gmail.com
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On Sun, 3 Mar 2024 17:30:25 -0600, Allison Jonjak
via Contra Callers
wrote:
Er, for me it’s not “I don’t like them”, but rather “I have not yet called
one, nor has my local community ever danced one to the best of my
knowledge, so I am eagerly awaiting other suggestions that I can wrap my
own head around well enough to call on my first outing.”
Any simple favorites? Bonus points if they are a
california twirl
progression to feel "familiar".
I'm really surprised that in three or four days no-one has responded to
the request.
Maybe the people on this list just don't like 4-face-4 dances. So I decided to write one It has the obligatory
two swings! And the
bonus points!
Allison's Favorite (or if you don't like the title, Allison, I'm happy to
change it).
I suggest 32-bar jigs because of all that balancing.
A1: Lines of four forward and back.
Left-hand people (of each couple) make a left-hand star: balance
in and out; star half-way.
A2: Meet the one diagonally across from you, balance and swing -
finish on the usual side, facing into the set.
B1: Right-hand people make a right-hand star: balance in and out; star
half-way.
Swing partner and face into the set.
B2: Join hands in a ring of 8: go in to the middle and back (with
suitable noises).
Balance the ring; California twirl partner to face a new line.
As usually happens in a double contra, you stay with the other couple in
your own line
but alternate ends.
For the partner swing, the left-hand people need to move forward and to
the left
as your partner approaches.
When you're out at the ends you can do the figure as a two-couple set.
Just make sure that the final California twirl leaves you facing the
approaching line of four.
Colin Hume
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