Hi, I use this one of the Brattleboro Dawn Dance: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8642400794835819168 For people I know, or those that ask me where they can find more info, I refer them to, or loan them my own copies of: "Together in Time: A Story of New England Contra Dance Music and Dance", by Steve Alves. DVD available from Great Meadows Music and CDSS. Contra Connections: "Paid To Eat Ice Cream" and "What's Not to Like?", by David Millstone, DVD available from Great Meadows Music and CDSS. They are all on my web page: www.karenscontracorner.com Hope that helps! Karen Fontana Jerome Grisanti &lt;jerome.grisanti(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Hello All, I'm trying to start a contra dance series 90 miles from the nearest regular contra dances. When someone asks me what contra dance looks I know that verbal descriptions can only go so far, and even snapshots don't really tell the story. One person has trusted me enough to make the 90-mile drive, but I know most folks aren't willing to do that. What I'd really like is to point them to a contra video that is simple and clean, showing one line from a caller's perspective. A contra with good lighting, good music and simple calling. And I'd love for that video to be freely available on the Internet. I've found a few contra videos on YouTube, but most are shot from the floor and so it's very hard to get a feel for the set. The few I've seen shot from a balcony have a very jerky, hand-held feel. I know I may be asking for something that does not exist, in which case perhaps a contest could be held for a video that "captures" contra for a person who has never seen or danced contra. Any suggestions? -- Jerome Grisanti 660-528-0858 660-528-0714 http://www.jeromegrisanti.com _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list Callers(a)sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<> Karen Fontana www.karenscontracorner.com karen_fontana(a)yahoo.com (H) 650-691-9663 <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>

There's a brief clip of a contradance in Chapel Hill, NC, on the Dancing Bears' website: http://main.nc.us/drumdance/bears/tunes.htm The music is kind of "swingy" and you can't really hear the calling, so it may not be exactly what you're looking for. But it does give some of the flavor of what we do. ~Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerome Grisanti" &lt;jerome.grisanti(a)gmail.com&gt; To: &lt;callers(a)sharedweight.net&gt; Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 12:18 PM Subject: [Callers] Any Good Contra Videos on the Internet?

Oops, my bad. I was having another middle-aged moment there. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Mitchell" &lt;jamitch3(a)mindspring.com&gt; To: "Caller's discussion list" &lt;callers(a)sharedweight.net&gt; Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [Callers] Any Good Contra Videos on the Internet?