5 Dec
2016
5 Dec
'16
11:49 p.m.
The year I called the No Snow Ball in the SF Bay Area, Hillbillies from Mars agreed to
include I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus as one tune in a set. I sang it after dancers got
their flow going, and it went great.
I like Alan's idea of including not only holiday tunes but bad holiday puns as alt
dance titles. That way, you can choose excellent dances and still get your holiday theme
on.
I also look forward to hearing more ideas here. Have fun!
Tina
On Saturday, December 3, 2016 David Harding via Callers
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I'm interested in familiar holiday tunes that work for contras. I know
I've danced to Jingle Bells a couple of times (as Alan suggested), and
think I remember doing a mixer to Gloria in Excelsis Deo. Any other ideas?
David
> On 12/2/2016 6:10 PM, Winston, Alan P. via Callers wrote:
> Claire --
>
> In my experience, choosing dances because their titles fit a
> particular theme isn't the best way to make programs.
>
> For Christmas holiday dances I'm used to bands slipping familiar
> holiday tunes into their regular sets. (Jingle Bells fits in nicely as
> a bouncy tune. Several carols can be played as waltzes.) You can also
> playfully alter the names of dances you'd want to call anyway to make
> them fit the theme.
6 Dec
6 Dec
9:08 a.m.
New subject: Holiday contras - BEG/EASY
It's not my cup of tea but Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer could
be used as a singing square or in a contra medley.
On Dec 5, 2016, at 11:49 PM, Tina Fields via Callers wrote:
The year I called the No Snow Ball in the SF Bay Area,
Hillbillies
from Mars agreed to include I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus as one
tune in a set. I sang it after dancers got their flow going, and it
went great.
I like Alan's idea of including not only holiday tunes but bad
holiday puns as alt dance titles. That way, you can choose
excellent dances and still get your holiday theme on.
I also look forward to hearing more ideas here. Have fun!
Tina
On Saturday, December 3, 2016 David Harding via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I'm interested in familiar holiday tunes that work for contras. I
know
I've danced to Jingle Bells a couple of times (as Alan suggested),
and
think I remember doing a mixer to Gloria in Excelsis Deo. Any
other ideas?
David
> On 12/2/2016 6:10 PM, Winston, Alan P. via Callers wrote:
> Claire --
>
> In my experience, choosing dances because their titles fit a
> particular theme isn't the best way to make programs.
>
> For Christmas holiday dances I'm used to bands slipping familiar
> holiday tunes into their regular sets. (Jingle Bells fits in
> nicely as
> a bouncy tune. Several carols can be played as waltzes.) You can
> also
> playfully alter the names of dances you'd want to call anyway to
> make
> them fit the theme.
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9:15 a.m.
New subject: Holiday contras - BEG/EASY
Tina, If you investigate Square Dance singing calls, many, many have been
arranged into 32 bar tunes, and many are appropriate for contra dance with
a slight tempo adjustment.
Rich
On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Tom Hinds via Callers <
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It's not my cup of tea but Grandma Got Run Over by
a Reindeer could be
used as a singing square or in a contra medley.
On Dec 5, 2016, at 11:49 PM, Tina Fields via Callers wrote:
The year I called the No Snow Ball in the SF Bay Area, Hillbillies from
Mars agreed to include I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa
Claus as one tune in a
set. I sang it after dancers got their flow going, and it went great.
I like Alan's idea of including not only holiday tunes but bad holiday
puns as alt dance titles. That way, you can choose excellent dances and
still get your holiday theme on.
I also look forward to hearing more ideas here. Have fun!
Tina
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On Saturday, December 3, 2016 David Harding via
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I'm interested in familiar holiday tunes that work for contras. I know
I've danced to Jingle Bells a couple of times (as Alan suggested), and
think I remember doing a mixer to Gloria in Excelsis Deo. Any other
ideas?
David
On 12/2/2016 6:10 PM, Winston, Alan P. via Callers wrote:
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Claire --
In my experience, choosing dances because their titles fit a
particular theme isn't the best way to make programs.
For Christmas holiday dances I'm used to bands slipping familiar
holiday tunes into their regular sets. (Jingle Bells fits in nicely as
a bouncy tune. Several carols can be played as waltzes.) You can also
playfully alter the names of dances you'd want to call anyway to make
them fit the theme.
9:28 a.m.
New subject: Holiday contras - BEG/EASY
Rich,
Good point. I'm always on the look out for new material. Do you
have any in mind?
Come to think of it, JIngle Bells can be used as a singing square and
for contras too.
Tom
On Dec 6, 2016, at 9:15 AM, Rich Sbardella wrote:
Tina, If you investigate Square Dance singing calls,
many, many
have been arranged into 32 bar tunes, and many are appropriate for
contra dance with a slight tempo adjustment.
Rich
On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Tom Hinds via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
It's not my cup of tea but Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer could
be used as a singing square or in a contra medley.
On Dec 5, 2016, at 11:49 PM, Tina Fields via Callers wrote:
The year I called the No Snow Ball in the SF Bay Area, Hillbillies
from Mars agreed to include I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus as one
tune in a set. I sang it after dancers got their flow going, and it
went great.
I like Alan's idea of including not only holiday tunes but bad
holiday puns as alt dance titles. That way, you can choose
excellent dances and still get your holiday theme on.
I also look forward to hearing more ideas here. Have fun!
Tina
On Saturday, December 3, 2016 David Harding via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I'm interested in familiar holiday tunes that work for contras. I know
I've danced to Jingle Bells a couple of times (as Alan suggested), and
think I remember doing a mixer to Gloria in Excelsis Deo. Any other
ideas?
David
On 12/2/2016 6:10 PM, Winston, Alan P. via Callers wrote:
Claire --
In my experience, choosing dances because their titles fit a
particular theme isn't the best way to make programs.
For Christmas holiday dances I'm used to bands slipping familiar
holiday tunes into their regular sets. (Jingle Bells fits in nicely as
a bouncy tune. Several carols can be played as waltzes.) You can also
playfully alter the names of dances you'd want to call anyway to make
them fit the theme.
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10:24 a.m.
New subject: Holiday contras - BEG/EASY
Here are some Christmas singing call records that are in my record case.
All of these were available as 45rpms until recently. The ones in* Bold *are
ones I called most recently. I most often choose singing calls that have
no lyrics on beat 7/8 of the last phrase, so I can prompt the next figure.
*Winter Wonderland*
*Feliz Navidad*
*Jingle Bells*
*Jingle Bell Rock*
*Blue Christmas*
*I'll Be Home with Bells On (Dolly Parton)*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0fxBCasbZc
*I'll Be Home for Christmas*
*Rockin Around the Christmas Tree*
*White Christmas*
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Grandma Got Run Over
Merry Christmas in My Home Town
Silver Bells
White Christmas
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Christmas Island
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts roasting...)
I Believe in Santa Claus
Up on the Housetop
Senor Santa Claus
Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Merry Christmas Polka
Deck the Halls
Let It Snow
Christmas in Your Arms
On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Tom Hinds <twhinds(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
Rich,
Good point. I'm always on the look out for new material. Do you have any
in mind?
Come to think of it, JIngle Bells can be used as a singing square and for
contras too.
Tom
On Dec 6, 2016, at 9:15 AM, Rich Sbardella wrote:
Tina, If you investigate Square Dance singing calls, many, many have been
arranged into 32 bar tunes, and many are appropriate for contra dance with
a slight tempo adjustment.
Rich
On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Tom Hinds via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
It's not my cup of tea but Grandma Got Run
Over by a Reindeer could be
used as a singing square or in a contra medley.
On Dec 5, 2016, at 11:49 PM, Tina Fields via Callers wrote:
The year I called the No Snow Ball in the SF Bay Area, Hillbillies from
Mars agreed to include I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa
Claus as one tune in a
set. I sang it after dancers got their flow going, and it went great.
I like Alan's idea of including not only holiday tunes but bad holiday
puns as alt dance titles. That way, you can choose excellent dances and
still get your holiday theme on.
I also look forward to hearing more ideas here. Have fun!
Tina
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On Saturday, December 3, 2016 David Harding via
Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I'm interested in familiar holiday tunes that work for contras. I know
I've danced to Jingle Bells a couple of times (as Alan suggested), and
think I remember doing a mixer to Gloria in Excelsis Deo. Any other
ideas?
David
On 12/2/2016 6:10 PM, Winston, Alan P. via Callers wrote:
> Claire --
>
> In my experience, choosing dances because their titles fit a
> particular theme isn't the best way to make programs.
>
> For Christmas holiday dances I'm used to bands slipping familiar
> holiday tunes into their regular sets. (Jingle Bells fits in nicely as
> a bouncy tune. Several carols can be played as waltzes.) You can also
> playfully alter the names of dances you'd want to call anyway to make
> them fit the theme.
>
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