New Dance- St George's Day Contra - Contra Callers

21 Apr 2019

Hi All,
Whilst on a walk with my dogs recently enjoying the remarkably good weather we have in the
UK at the moment, I ended up writing a dance in my head that I thought might be quite
nice. Well after a bit of refinement, it seems to work nicely (although I haven’t tried it
out with a big group of dancers yet). At the moment It is called ’St George’s Day Contra’
for the simple reason that it is St Georges day on Tuesday and I couldn’t think of a
better name for it, but I am hoping that one will pop into my head soon.
Please let me know what you think.

Longways: 1s Improper
A1:

(16) Neighbour balance & swing

A2:

(8) Lines forward & back; (8) Ladies allemande RH  WHILST gents orbit CW and loop wide
*1 to flow into…

B1:

(16) Partner balance & swing

B2:

(8) Promenade across {ladies passing R} *2; (6) Circle L ¾; (2) Pass through.

NB

*1 Gents cross the set and turn R wide so that it uses up all the music and it will flow
into the balance & swing. *2 Ladies need to pass R shoulder so that you turning R as a
unit and it should flow nicely into the circle L ¾.

P.S Here is a link to the music I have used, It’s on Spotify so whether everyone will be
able to get it, I don’t know
https://open.spotify.com/track/40dgK9bzB6NiR3tRUmNTdL?si=lGmyeXhlRO-fNkDrNP…
<https://open.spotify.com/track/40dgK9bzB6NiR3tRUmNTdL?si=lGmyeXhlRO-fNkDrNP4EOQ>

Many Thanks,
Liam Binley.

liam.binley(a)me.com