30 Apr
2024
30 Apr
'24
9:57 a.m.
Hi fellow contra callers :)
Given the situations I usually call in, I've never done a medley.
However, in a few weeks I'm calling in a situation where a medley would
work really well. It's not an overly experienced group of contra dancers.
However, they are really keen and want to try new stuff. I'd love to have
a no-fail super simple contra medley.
Might you have any suggestions on medleys that you've used that have been
safe/no fail in a situation with mixed experienced levels?
Much thanks :)
Emily in Ottawa ON
30 Apr
30 Apr
7:05 p.m.
Maybe not technically a medley, but we've had success with new dancers at
our local dance with Sun Dance and Moon Dance
<https://contradb.com/dances/2277> by Robert Cromartie. It's two dances
with inverted choreography. We usually walk through each version once.
We've had two callers share the dance and switch back and forth, usually
two rounds each.
- David
On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 10:55 AM Jonathan Sivier via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Here is a medley I have used with some success. I
don't think any of the
figures are especially difficult. I wrote this down several years ago and
haven't yet updated the terminology, so translate it to whatever terms you
are currently using.
Jonathan
Contra Medley
Arranged by Jonathan Sivier
Cascades
Orace Johnson
duple improper
1-2 Neighbor gypsy and swing
3 - Gents allemande left 1 1/2
4 - Partner swing on the other side
5 - Down the hall 4 in line, turn as couples
6 - Return, bend the line to a circle
7 - Circle left 3/4
8 - Balance the circle, california twirl with your
partner to face the next couple
Salmon Chanted Evening
Steve Zakon-Anderson
duple improper
1 - Neighbor allemande right 1 1/2
2 - Gents allemande left 1 1/2
3-4 Partners gypsy and swing (on ladies' side)
5-6 Ladies chain over and back
7 - Right and left through across
8 - Circle left 3/4, pass through along the set
The Casbah Queens
David McMullen
duple improper
1 - Neighbor do-si-do
2 - Neighbor swing
3 - Gents allemande left 1 1/2
4 - Partner allemande right 1 1/2
5 - Ladies left-shoulder gypsy
6 - Partner swing
7 - Promenade across set
8 - Circle left 3/4 and pass through
Cascades (reprise)
1-2 gypsy and swing your neighbor
3 - men allemande left 1 1/2
4 - swing your partner on the other side
5 - down the hall 4 in line, turn as couples
6 - return, bend the line to a circle
7 - circle left 3/4
8 - balance the circle, california twirl with your
partner to face the next couple
Last time:
(7 - circle left 1 time)
(8 - swing your partner on the side)
On 4/30/2024 9:57 AM, Emily Addison via Contra Callers wrote:
Hi fellow contra callers :)
Given the situations I usually call in, I've never done a medley.
However, in a few weeks I'm calling in a situation where a medley would
work
really well. It's not an overly experienced group of contra dancers.
However, they are really keen and want to try new stuff. I'd love to have
a no-fail super simple contra medley.
Might you have any suggestions on medleys that you've used that have
been
safe/no fail in a situation with mixed experienced levels?
Much thanks :)
Emily in Ottawa ON
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1:54 p.m.
Here is a medley I have used with some success. I don't think any of the figures are
especially difficult. I wrote this down several years ago and haven't yet updated the
terminology, so translate it to whatever terms you are currently using.
Jonathan
Contra Medley
Arranged by Jonathan Sivier
Cascades
Orace Johnson
duple improper
1-2 Neighbor gypsy and swing
3 - Gents allemande left 1 1/2
4 - Partner swing on the other side
5 - Down the hall 4 in line, turn as couples
6 - Return, bend the line to a circle
7 - Circle left 3/4
8 - Balance the circle, california twirl with your
partner to face the next couple
Salmon Chanted Evening
Steve Zakon-Anderson
duple improper
1 - Neighbor allemande right 1 1/2
2 - Gents allemande left 1 1/2
3-4 Partners gypsy and swing (on ladies' side)
5-6 Ladies chain over and back
7 - Right and left through across
8 - Circle left 3/4, pass through along the set
The Casbah Queens
David McMullen
duple improper
1 - Neighbor do-si-do
2 - Neighbor swing
3 - Gents allemande left 1 1/2
4 - Partner allemande right 1 1/2
5 - Ladies left-shoulder gypsy
6 - Partner swing
7 - Promenade across set
8 - Circle left 3/4 and pass through
Cascades (reprise)
1-2 gypsy and swing your neighbor
3 - men allemande left 1 1/2
4 - swing your partner on the other side
5 - down the hall 4 in line, turn as couples
6 - return, bend the line to a circle
7 - circle left 3/4
8 - balance the circle, california twirl with your
partner to face the next couple
Last time:
(7 - circle left 1 time)
(8 - swing your partner on the side)
On 4/30/2024 9:57 AM, Emily Addison via Contra Callers wrote:
Hi fellow contra callers :)
Given the situations I usually call in, I've never done a medley.
However, in a few weeks I'm calling in a situation where a medley would work really
well. It's not an overly experienced group of contra dancers. However, they are
really keen and want to try new stuff. I'd love to have a no-fail super simple contra
medley.
Might you have any suggestions on medleys that you've used that have been safe/no
fail in a situation with mixed experienced levels?
Much thanks :)
Emily in Ottawa ON
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10:12 a.m.
New subject: [External] Help with figuring out a suuuuuuper simple medley?
Emily
It all depends upon what you have taught earlier in the evening?
One of my favorite medleys is:
Forgotten
Treasure<https://www.grantgoodyear.org/dance/programs/20081122.html#forg…ad>,
Beth Parkes -> Roll in the
Hey<http://www.quiteapair.us/calling/acdol/dance/acd_131.html>, Roger Diggle ->
Hey in the
Barn<https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=1048…82>, Chart
Guthrie
Partner interaction increases and builds up over the 3 dances. Requires they are
comfortable with a hey. However, if your group doesn't do heys, perhaps something
like:
Forgotten
Treasure<https://www.grantgoodyear.org/dance/programs/20081122.html#forg…ad>,
Beth Parkes -> Push the
Button<https://cdss.org/wp-content/uploads/resources/CDSS-The-Basics-of-…=6>,
Gene Hubert ->
Airpants<https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=…77>, Lisa
Greenleaf
The point is to have fun and validate what the dancers have learned over the course of the
evening. The point is NOT to challenge them. You expect the dancers will be able to
execute all the choreography comfortably. You might even consider putting in one of the
dances you had done earlier in the evening, as part of the medley, kind of as a joke.
Seth
Seth Tepfer, MBA, CSM, PMP (he, him, his)
Senior IT Manager, Emory Primate Center
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Subject: [External] [Callers] Help with figuring out a suuuuuuper simple medley?
Hi fellow contra callers :)
Given the situations I usually call in, I've never done a medley.
However, in a few weeks I'm calling in a situation where a medley would work really
well. It's not an overly experienced group of contra dancers. However, they are
really keen and want to try new stuff. I'd love to have a no-fail super simple contra
medley.
Might you have any suggestions on medleys that you've used that have been safe/no fail
in a situation with mixed experienced levels?
Much thanks :)
Emily in Ottawa ON
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